AS I SEE IT: How to stand out from the rest!

The muscles in my stomach tighten, for that is the crux of the problem; as a recent university-leaver, I have little professional experience.

This is problem number one. Problem number two is that if any entry level jobs do crop up, the employer in question might well receive hundreds, if not thousands, of CVs, many as well-crafted, as grammatically pristine, as packed with qualifications as my own.

A (fortunately employed) friend recently told me that his boss received so many CVs for one particular job that he split the pile in two and desposited one half in the bin. That may be a kick in the teeth for some graduates, yet the majority of us have already come to terms with the fact that this is the level of competition we face with every application. Writing a CV has become less about extolling your own virtues, and more about stopping your CV from ending up as dustbin fodder.