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Providing that you are, why not add in that you are punctual and reliable, as employers will be looking for that.

Unless you are going for a gym job, I would decrease the amount you say about the gym, and remove the stuff about muscle group toning. It's not relevant to most jobs and makes you sound more committed to going to the gym that you will be to doing the job.

Rgds
 
radderfire said:
Providing that you are, why not add in that you are punctual and reliable, as employers will be looking for that.

Unless you are going for a gym job, I would decrease the amount you say about the gym, and remove the stuff about muscle group toning. It's not relevant to most jobs and makes you sound more committed to going to the gym that you will be to doing the job.

Rgds
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Thanks,

Does anyone have a starting point I can use for my personal profile. I'm terrible at writing these things; as you can see.
 
Other good things to add to personal profile:

Quick to learn, good at taking instruction, self motivated, can be left to work unsupervised, hard working, willing to work hard for career progression.

Rgds
 
In the section that I provided you with there is a bit you need to delete as appropriate. Delete (extensive/basic) depending on your ability.
 
Your personal profile looks boring to me. Also, use a simple C.V template to work on.

Example of my personal profile on my C.V;

I am an ambitious, hardworking and motivated individual with exceptional communication skills. I am a team
player who is very easy going and also able to work autonomously when required. I am also an organised
person, with good time management skills, who adapts well to change and is able to work well under stressful
conditions. I possess the ability to organise and prioritise my own workload, to ensure that deadlines are met.
I am conscious of health and safety procedures and can adhere to policies, procedures and regulations of
the organisation at all times. I believe it is important to maintain my own personal professional development
in which I am keen and committed to on-going training. I feel that I am able to build up good rapport with
people of all levels and can communicate effectively with customers, colleagues and higher level management.
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Jokester said:
I was going to say remove your Interests section, as ultimately they won't care about that in the slightest, with the exception that your interests can be tied in with the job you're appying for. If that's the case I would be more inclined to mention that in a covering letter and just remove that section completely from your CV.
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Some things just don't care about, unless the interest/hobby/sport is directly related to the job then it is useless information.

Same with things like driving license, bless you are applying for a job involving driving.
 
radderfire said:
Can you give us some examples of the various job roles you intend to apply for?
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Anything really, most probably retail stores for now just to get some experience and money.

Swifty55 said:
Your personal profile looks boring to me. Also, use a simple C.V template to work on.

Example of my personal profile on my C.V;
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Thanks, i'll see what I can do.
 
tidusjar said:
Anything really, most probably retail stores for now just to get some experience and money.

Thanks, i'll see what I can do.
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If you want a retail job then say you are presentable and take pride in your appearance - that's important. Also say good with people.

What are you really good at?

What would be your perfect job?

Are you really good at fixing computers? If you are, you could considering setting yourself up self employed as a computer help guy. It's not a job I would do myself because I'm not that hot with hardware, plus customers are very demanding, but it's a way of making some income.

Consider also applying for broadband install engineer positions if you are good with hardware and telecomms. That's a good area to get into.

Rgds
 
radderfire said:
If you want a retail job then say you are presentable and take pride in your appearance - that's important. Also say good with people.

What are you really good at?

What would be your perfect job?

Are you really good at fixing computers? If you are, you could considering setting yourself up self employed as a computer help guy. It's not a job I would do myself because I'm not that hot with hardware, plus customers are very demanding, but it's a way of making some income.

Consider also applying for broadband install engineer positions if you are good with hardware and telecomms. That's a good area to get into.

Rgds
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I'm not sure what i'm really good at, General ICT support i guess would be a good start.

I'd like to be working with computers, selling computers and building.

I wouldn't say i'm amazing but i'm alright. The problem with doing that is that I do not drive so transportation to individual places would be quite difficult, same problem with the broadband install engineer i guess...:confused:
 
tidusjar said:
I'm not sure what i'm really good at, General ICT support i guess would be a good start.

I'd like to be working with computers, selling computers and building.

I wouldn't say i'm amazing but i'm alright. The problem with doing that is that I do not drive so transportation to individual places would be quite difficult, same problem with the broadband install engineer i guess...:confused:
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If you want to do tech support, then potentially you could get a job supporting computer users within a large organisation, e.g. bank back office, insurance company. Job role would be going round and sorting software issues with user's computer, e.g. configuring their Outlook. This can provide a decent living. What kind of companies do you have in your area? Do you have many finance companies / insurance companies? They will have specialist IT requirements that are often contracted out to specialist contracting IT firms. You need to identify the names of those IT firms, and apply with them.

Selling and building computers - This market has diminished somewhat IMO as computers are now just a retail item. However, you could still make an opportunity for yourself, but like you say, you're either going to need a driving licence, or find a local firm offering an opportunity.

Otherwise it will be working in retail, as a sales person in the tech department, or perhaps as a hardware repair man. For sales you will need to be presentable and good with people. Repair it sounds like you could handle that. Only issue is you might not earn as much as doing computer support (or running your own business if you're good).

Do you plan to get a driving licence as obviously that will help you.

Rgds
 
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radderfire said:
If you want to do tech support, then potentially you could get a job supporting computer users within a large organisation, e.g. bank back office, insurance company. Job role would be going round and sorting software issues with user's computer, e.g. configuring their Outlook. This can provide a decent living. What kind of companies do you have in your area? Do you have many finance companies / insurance companies? They will have specialist IT requirements that are often contracted out to specialist contracting IT firms. You need to identify the names of those IT firms, and apply with them.

Selling and building computers - This market has diminished somewhat IMO as computers are now just a retail item. However, you could still make an opportunity for yourself, but like you say, you're either going to need a driving licence, or find a local firm offering an opportunity.

Otherwise it will be working in retail, as a sales person in the tech department, or perhaps as a hardware repair man. For sales you will need to be presentable and good with people. Repair it sounds like you could handle that. Only issue is you might not earn as much as doing computer support (or running your own business if you're good).

Do you plan to get a driving licence as obviously that will help you.

Rgds
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I would love to provide tech support for an organisation, there are a few banks and what not around. How would I find out where to apply for this type of thing?

And yes I plan to get my driving licence as soon as possible when I start earning money.

Very good advice, thanks.
 
From completing different courses I have learned to produce work to the highest standards, completing the course projects has taught me to provide quality and originality to the work I have produced.
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This doesn't make any sense as it appears to be two sentences separated by a comma.

'Having completed various courses I am now able to produce work to the highest standard. Completing these course projects has also taught me to bring quality and originality to any work I undertake.'

Just a suggestion (although it's still grammatically incorrect due to clause fragmentation but I'm sure you can adapt it).
 
tidusjar said:
I would love to provide tech support for an organisation, there are a few banks and what not around. How would I find out where to apply for this type of thing?
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You could just write a speculative letter to the Head of IT at a given office asking if they had a requirement for IT support workers.

Or ask the receptionist whether their IT support is managed in house or is outsourced to a separate company.

Or look at company websites.

Or hang out in the pubs near the offices and see if you can get chatting to some of the staff.

I'm saying that often the IT support dept or a large financial institution will be outsourced to a company like:

http://www.ca.com/gb/default.aspx

Rgds
 
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