Improving Your CV, Chapter 9: The "Introduction" section of your CV

Part of Course 1: Improving your CV · Chapter 9 of 29 · 6 min

About this chapter

The top of your CV should be brief so you can get to your experience quickly. I explain what to include, what to leave off, and why recruiters and HR often strip this section out anyway.

Key points

• Your name, phone number, email and perhaps a LinkedIn, GitHub or portfolio link are enough; a full postal address isn't needed.
• Recruiters often delete this block to remove bias or to stop clients going direct, so check your CV still looks good without it.
• Photos are generally not needed in the UK and will often be removed.
• Optionally put your job title under your name (for example "Data Analyst") as a quick bit of branding.

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