Writing a resume might seem like a daunting task. Monthly, the human resources department sees hundreds of resumes. They immediately can spot errors and blunders which most times will cause the resume/cv to end up in the thrash can. This can cause you, the job seeker, to loose that single opportunity to get the job due to something as simple as a grammatical error. Here is a listing of the top ten resume and CV blunders. For a more detailed explanation of each of these points, follow the link in the resource section at the end of this article.

The commonplace method of advertising jobs in the Caribbean is via the traditional marketing means such as radio and newspapers ads. Everyday, more and more companies are turning to either Caribbean recruitment agencies or online job advertising. This trend seems to be escalating as more jobseekers turn to the online medium to search for jobs.