Your CV usually gets seconds, not minutes - and for a graduate with limited experience, every line has to earn its place. Knowing what UK employers actually look for, and the mistakes that trigger an instant rejection, is the difference between clearing the first filter and never being read. Here is what matters.
What employers want to see
- Relevant evidence, fast - experience, projects and skills that match the role, up top
- Concrete achievements - what you did and the result, with numbers where possible
- Clarity and structure - clean, scannable, error-free
- Tailoring - a CV that speaks to this role, not a generic one
- UK conventions - the right format and expectations, as in a UK-style CV
The mistakes that get you rejected
- Generic and untailored - the same CV fired at everything
- Duties, not achievements - listing responsibilities instead of results
- Typos and clutter - fatal in seconds
- Burying the relevant - making the reader hunt for your best evidence
These are the avoidable errors behind much of why UK employers reject CVs.
Build it for the reader
Put your strongest, most relevant evidence first, quantify it, tailor it to the role, and keep it clean. Write for a busy recruiter skimming in seconds, not a careful reader with time.
The bottom line
A graduate CV wins by putting relevant, quantified evidence first, tailored and error-free - built for a recruiter who skims in seconds. Developing genuine, evidenced skills through London School of Business UK gives your CV the substance recruiters look for. Enquire today.