To avoid mistakes and wrong information about you, do try to double check your resume or CV before sending it out. Double check the grammar, the personal information and make sure that the employer information is also correct to save yourself from embarrassment. If you are preparing a few applications at the same time, better be sure that the letters and resume are placed into the correct envelopes under the appropriate addresses. Employers will surely ask for your certificates so attach copies of certificates in advance. And in case you will be granted with a job interview, keep a copy of the document for reference. And if you have done all these, you are ready to send them out.

Go ahead of the job hunting game by writing your CV and application letters with more emphasis on business and formality. Get rid of the typical student writing styles that includes much highlight on hobbies, references, course details and grades of every examination that was taken. Instead, focus on your language, tone and word usage. Write it like you really mean business, be direct to the point yet polite. That way, you will sound smarter and surer of yourself. Try including positive words such as performed, redirected, implemented, developed, solved and supervise. They sound more mature and confident than the words assisted, involved, ambitious and hardworking.