take advantage of the extra helping hand and blow the dust off those hobbies and membership forms as they could help to land you your next job. Get social Once you have re-worked your CV to give more prominence to your interests and activities, the second shift you must make is to get social with your CV. Sending out a .doc CV by email instead of post doesn't make you "cutting edge"; if you really want to be at the forefront of the next big shift in recruitment, you need to get yourself a professional profile on at least one of the three main social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn). LinkedIn is a great place to start as it is most similar to the old style CV, except with this, you can connect with potential employers directly, network with people in your industry, and open yourself up to the opportunity of being headhunted for a role. Every new year brings with it the opportunity to do things differently from the year before so embrace these two CV changes this year and you may well get results you've never had before in your job search. Mildred Talabi is a CV consultant, trainer and the author of Seven keys to a winning CV: how to create a CV that gets results, published by Harriman House