For those who have ever applied for a job and not heard anything back, this could be the reason why. It turns out, falling at the first hurdle and not even being inviting to interview can be down to your CV, new research has revealed. Conducted by research firm YouGov for higher education school, GSM London, 600 employees and senior executives were surveyed to find out their biggest resume peeves. A survey of 600 employers and senior executives has revealed that the biggest CV blunder is spelling or grammar mistakes . It has been revealed that the worst CV blunder is a spelling or grammatical mistake, with a whopping 87 per cent of the 600 employers admitting that they find it annoying. Other high ranking errors are incorrect personal information (wrong contact names and companies), and also if key information such as contact details are missing. Unsurprisingly, brevity is valued, with a massive 46 per cent of the polled senior executives finding long waffling CVs irritating, with only 26 per cent disliking short resumes. Another high ranking resume error flagged by employers is incorrect personal information . The survey also revealed that employers prefer a professional quality to a CV, with nearly half (44 per cent) disliking if the tone seemed too informal or casual. Although ranking relatively low in the scheme of annoying resume errors, senior execs also found attached images of applicant irritating.
A poll of 600 executives was conducted by YouGov for GSM London .
The biggest pet peeve was spelling or grammatical errors on the CV .
Brevity is valued, with employers disliking waffling resumes .