Every time a job vacancy is advertised there are likely to be around 200 applicants. Every one of these applicants will submit a CV for consideration. So pity the poor person who has to read them all!

To be realistic, it is simply not practical for a prospective employer to read every application right through. They will be forced to take short cuts. What will actually happen is that the CVs will be speed read in the first instance. Those that do not pass this initial test won’t even get a chance to be properly read – they will go straight in the bin.