Getting through to the interview stage can often be the hardest part of the hiring process. Recruiters and hiring managers will sometimes look through hundreds of CVs a week, so in order to be within the handful of applicants that get put forward to a potential employer, your CV will need to have some distinctive qualities.

Sometimes it's hard to imagine exactly what an employer will be looking for in a candidate - so we asked our experts!

Here, some of our recruitment consultants and managers give the top things they look for when considering someone's CV.