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Regardless of where you are in your career, an effective and up-to-date CV should be a key part of your professional portfolio.

Career experts, including Fiona Craig (LSJ Career Coach), Alex Gotch (Robert Walters), Rachel Clements (Centre for Corporate Health) and Amanda Augustine (Ladders, an online job marketing site) offer the following suggestions for maximising the impact of your CV:

Keep it up to date. Not only will you be prepared for any unexpected time when you need one – a last minute speaking engagement, firm mergers, applying for funding for start-up – the process of updating your CV is a good opportunity to take a strategic look at your current role and career.

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