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I have been on the receiving end of CV's in the hiring process, and would offer the following advice:
1) Style. If you have such a lack of imagination that you use a default template from Word, I WILL NOT HIRE YOU. I want someone that shows me a spark of themself, not a MS style guide.
2) Tell me who you are: Name, & Location - I need a handle to hang my mental picture of you on, and I need to know you can get here each day. This might sound trivial, but I look into the future and see an employee who is pain in the ass because they have a 1hour+ drive to work. If you are prepared to move, say so now.
3) Tell me what you can do. List skills, not jobs, on page one.
4) List (very briefly) what you'e done since school - but only go into any detail at all for things in the last 3-5 years.
5) List (even briefer) schooling.
6) Spend a paragraph telling me why you are more than your CV. Hobbies, desires, etc.
7) Write a covering letter, explain why you want the job, explain what you can bring. Type the letter, but write "Dear ...." and "Yours.... etc" in hand. Take the time to call my office and find out my name. There are extra points awarded for this sort of thing.
8) Do not lie.
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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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