Sending out your CV

Something to keep in mind...

According to the University of Kent's career advisory service:
* For every one interview gained graduates send out 25 applications.
* The average graduate sends out 70 applications. The average number of responses is seven, with three or four being polite rejections.
* The more CV's you send out the more responses you will get.
* Including a covering letter increases your chances of getting a response by 10%.
* 60% of CV's are mailed to the wrong person (usually the managing director). Mailing your CV to the right person will give 15% more chance of getting a response, and 5% more chance of getting an interview.
* Applications with NO SPELLING MISTAKES are 61% more likely to get a reply and 26% more likely to get an interview.
* The biggest hiring turn-offs: misspelling the name of the company or addressee, not having a reply address on the CV or trying to be amusing.

For more helpful tips check it out: http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm