Here’s an interesting article provided by the HEA and based on the experiences of a real (but anonymous) recruiter.
Unlucky 13 – 13 Reasons Why I Binned Your CV
It goes through the problem of taking 114 applications and having to get down to a shortlist of 20 as quickly as possible.
I’ve certainly spotted many of these problems with CVs, so this could be usefully used as a “checklist” to ensure that the CV passes the “bin test” used by many recruiters.