Praetorian Outsource Marketing's Top Tips for a Great CV

Why is it so important to have a great CV? The labour market is becoming increasingly competitive and there is fierce competition for jobs. Praetorian Outsource Marketing sees a CV as a vital component to getting ahead in your chosen career, as it singles you out above others. Your CV is also the first opportunity you have to show why you are suitable for the role.

Praetorian Outsource Marketing realise just how important a CV is, so have devised some top tips to help make sure that yours stands out and gives you the best chance of being selected for an interview! Here are four suggestions:

Focus on the positives

Keep it short and sweet! Employers look through hundreds of applications so try and stick to under two pages of A4.

Use an appropriate email address: It takes no time at all to set up a professional-sounding email address to attach to your CV.

List the skills you feel you have gained from each job or work experience. This helps your future employer to see the relevance of each role that you’ve had and relate it to the position they’re offering.

There are many (hilarious) examples of blunders people have made on CV’s and they must be avoided. Possibly the most common CV mistake to make is letting typos slip through. Spelling and grammar errors are easily avoided so proof reading is a must; spelling errors shows a lack of conscientiousness and gives off the wrong impression. Don’t forget, no lies! By all means make the most of what you have got, but do not make things up.

Presentation is very important too: One candidate wrote their CV in pencil on a page ripped out from an exercise book and another reportedly had chocolate and grease stains all over the paper!

The managing director of Praetorian Outsource Marketing explains just how important it is to have a good CV. “The four tips mentioned above should help you get on the right track to developing a good CV, and they are certainly the things we look for. Try sending over your CV to someone you used to work for or someone who regularly looks at CV’s to help you gain a second opinion and a different perspective on what you have written.”

Praetorian Outsource Marketing Announces New Southampton Office

Praetorian Outsource Marketing, the experienced outsource sales and marketing company have opened the doors of their brand new office in Southampton. Bringing industry expertise acquired over time, the new managing director of Praetorian Outsource Marketing Southampton talks about why he made the decision to move to Southampton, and what this means for business in the area.

The Birmingham born managing director, who recently moved to Southampton, has talked about his decision to move and the exciting prospect of helping Praetorian Outsource Marketing expand: 

"Southampton really is a great place to be and has a lot to offer, with both a modern and historical appeal.  The city is one of the top ten most populated metropolitan areas in the UK and consequently we felt there was definitely a demand for our services as well as a gap in the market ready for us to fill. We're incredibly excited about this new venture and are confident that it is going to see us and our clients grow significantly."

Praetorian Outsource Marketing specialise in providing a high quality service to clients using their specially developed outsource sales and marketing strategies. Using tried and tested methods Praetorian Outsource Marketing are able to provide a great brand awareness and enhancement for their clients at low cost.

The managing director of Praetorian Outsource Marketing Southampton added,

"This is a very interesting time for Praetorian Outsource Marketing as a company and also for me individually. Moving to a new environment and putting my knowledge and industry experience to the test is something I am very excited about. We’re working with fantastic clients, bringing them success and growing in a time where other businesses are struggling. We are looking forwards to delivering products and services to a new wave of customers."

Praetorian Outsource Marketing continues to expand and the launch of the new Southampton office is just one of many exciting ventures planned for the near future. The company's aim over the next six months is to bring existing projects that are in the pipeline out into the open. "We have a couple of new clients that we are in the process of building campaigns with, it's an exciting time for us and for them."   

Praetorian Outsource Marketing Anticipates 1m New Olympic Tickets

 The final block of Olympic Tickets are to be released for sale on Friday. Praetorian Outsource Marketing looks at what to do to get your hands on them.

With the London 2012 Games only weeks away now, people all over the world are looking forwards to a spectacular games. Unlike many previous Olympics, the Games organising committee LOCOG seem to be well on schedule. A couple of the team members at Praetorian Outsource Marketing have even been able to attend the London Prepares Series that have been taking place in the Olympic venues. However if there is one area that Praetorian Outsource Marketing has heard complaints, it has been the sales of tickets.

The ballot process which took place last year received a lot of criticism, with many people applying for huge numbers of tickets but not actually obtaining any. As a result Praetorian Outsource Marketing was pleased to hear LOCOG say that priority would be given to those who had been unsuccessful in previous ballot rounds. They have been as good as their word and just under one million remaining tickets will be released on Friday morning with 20,000 unsuccessful applicants given first dibs in a 31 hour period prior to going on general release.

LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe said of the ticketing, “We know thousands of sports fans were disappointed when they missed out in the initial sales period because of massive demand for tickets.” The former Olympic medalist continued, “We promised we would prioritise these fans when we released the contingency tickets, which is exactly what we are doing.”

A spokesperson for Praetorian Outsource Marketing expressed his hope that local people would be more successful this time round. “Although the whole country is entitled to getting tickets you have to feel sorry for those people who live right around the corner and have to deal with all of the disruption, but haven't received any tickets. Its fantastic that tickets for all sports will be available, we hope people have more luck this time round!”

Praetorian Outsource Marketing is an outsource sales and marketing company that specialises in direct fact to face advertising, event management and in store promotions.