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AshD93

AshD93

AshD93

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Hello ladies and gentleman,

Yes, it's another CV thread. I've applied for god knows how many jobs and I've had one interview at the end of it which I couldn't get because of the hours. I'm starting to think it's my CV's fault so I've posted it below for your review.

I'm happy to change it all if needs be so let me know what you think. Thanks in advance.

Ash

P.S. Please ignore the slight cut off on the made up address. I missed it when I was converting it. Also, all sensitive details have been blanked/adjusted.

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Normally I'd say:-

Delete the GCSEs + A levels, nobody cares, esp as you are working towards a degree.
Put the employment, skills, achievements above the education (unless you're looking for jobs relevant to the education rather than previous employment).

Given that you're essentially looking for part time work, you'll probably struggle with anyone getting back to you no matter what. If you can't find some work, you might want to do a bit of free work (http://www.studentjob.co.uk/) in order to pad it out some more, but I don't think theres anything really wrong with your CV, just your situation isn't perfect.

Good luck though mate.
 
It should be one page, so if you refine the info and the free space that should be quick to fix (especially important considering how pointless the second page is).

Not sure whether references upfront is nesscessary.

You don't need your DOB on there.

Educational history should be listed chronologically (latest first usually), so opposite to how you have it now (your degree is worth more than your GCSE's)

Employment history needs more formatting, it doesn't stand out that you actually have two positions listed there, use some more bold or underlining to seperate the data.

Most of the about is useless info or can be just as easily communicated in your covering letter, cutting that would get you down to 1 page too.

Reread some of the sections and try and reword them to be more succinct but informative. Example:

Dealing with visitors to the college throughout the summer
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Could be changed to something like:

Assisted with college vistor enquiries, including [insert couple of tasks here]
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How it is written now sounds a bit rough and ready.
 
Don't delete the A levels, they are the highest level of qualification you hold, it would be absurd. Truncate the gcse's section to list number of a-c gcses, and shrink personal info section, that cv could easily fit on one page.

References on the CV are unnecessary.
 
Okay guys, I'll take that on board.

The changes I've decided to make are:

- Truncate the GCSE section to show the number of each achieved grade.
- Remove the references and either delete or completely re-do the "about" section.
- Completely change the ordering.

+ Other little bits and bobs. I'll get too it and post a updated version later today.

Thanks for the advice peoples! :)
 
aln said:
Normally I'd say:-

Delete the GCSEs + A levels, nobody cares, esp as you are working towards a degree.
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wut? That's a ridiculous thing to suggest, those are his qualifications and you want him to erase them from his CV? Ridiculous.
 
Excuse the brain dump (all aimed at being constructive crit too!):

There is nothing on there about your character in the slightest. You come across as a complete geek: Your second highest thing about you is that you can touch type! What are you interested in?! Your applying for a part time job where you will have to socially interact with everyone around you.

Take off the interviewed by Keith Vaz bit its not an achievement that you need to advertise.

As you progress with your professional life your employment history needs to be bullted with a format similar to Challenge: Action: Result. i.e I was faced with challenge x this is what i did about it and this is how successful I was!

Get rid of the references. If they want references they will ask you could then happily condense this down to a 1 page CV which for your stage in life is no bad thing.

It doesnt need to say Curriculum Vitae anywhere on there or be numbered.

Tailor it to the jobs your applying for. If your trying to be a part time barman pick out the relevant things you have done, for example dealing with customers or working under pressure, to a deadline etc etc.

Dont put your availability on your CV put it in your covering letter. In a more positive manner than, 'University comes first'.
 
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Everyone knows it's a CV take CV of the top and the bottom it's patronising, little personal statement and make it one page, don't think you have enough or are going for a job that needs two pages, flip your education latest to last.
 
Remove "About me" as the whole CV is about you - change to something like "personal details" or just leave as "other skills / achievements".

Having a driving licesnse is not a skill.

"Able to work well in a team as well as an individual" an individual what? you mean you're able to work independently?
this is also one the most overused phrases EVER in a CV.
 
Remove "Paid via vouchers" unecessary and they dont need to know this.

and under no circumstances delete your A Levels, this would only be rellevant for some one that has over 10 years experience and is a lot older than yourself.
 
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What sort of jobs are you applying for / wanting?

I would definitely re order the CV as other people have stated in more detail, and remove the references table. A line that simply says references available upon request is acceptable.

Regarding skills, I would take a careful look at the wording of some of that too. For example regarding Microsoft Office - saying you are happy to use it does not sound right, in my opinion anyway.
 
This may be pedantic, but you say "bilingual speaker and listener" but then don't mention what the other language is.
 
aln said:
Normally I'd say:-

Delete the GCSEs + A levels, nobody cares, esp as you are working towards a degree.
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That is possibly the worst advice I have seen this year on OCUK.

OP you have good grades and your A levels (as said previously) are your most recent and applicable qualifications. Keep them on there.

OP - its a good layout. Change the part about "happy to use ms office" to experienced/confident using ms office.

Take out paid via vouchers.

Take out the "about me" and just keep skills on there.

Write which languages you speak fluently.
 
'Wes said:
wut? That's a ridiculous thing to suggest, those are his qualifications and you want him to erase them from his CV? Ridiculous.
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The only ridiculous thing is your reaction to it. You know you can disagree without being an *******?

99% of people will throw away your CV when its too long, and people don't want to read crap which isn't relevant to the position you're applying for. You can disagree with me and think that these are relevant, but I find unless the role you're going for specifically mentions them, nobody cares.

Now I take Energize point that its considered his highest level of completed education (though the uni modules are completed qualifications which trump everything before them, and resonably show you got decent grades, so you don't need to trumpet them), and I'd also take the point that he doesn't have much worth writing about (no offense lad, we were all there), thus you could argue leaving it there for the padding, but long term its the first thing to delete.

Regardless, OP, I think you should rather discuss what type of roles you're going for and hopefully, better ways in finding them as opposed to sending out your CV.
 
aidman said:
I'd flip the order of the qualifications so it reads: degree, a-level, gcse
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This, on a CV you should list stuff in reverse chronological order as most people are interested in your highest qualifications, most recent positions etc.
Also feather out the info - give the most info about the stuff at the top of the section, little less for stuff you did before that and the briefest of overview of the stuff you did a while ago. They can always ask more about it at interview if they are interested.
 
Okay, I've editted it taking everything on board including all the latest posts.

A few things I should state:

- I've not wrote a bio bar my personal statement in life and therefore, the one below may be totally s***. I'm welcome to all the advice you can give me!
- When I hand in a CV, I normally edit my skills section to make it more appropriate for the job. For example, I consider the CV above to be good for a call centre job or something in a office. However, I could be totally wrong!

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Let me know what you think. And thank you in advance like always.
 
You did not get 5xA* at GCSE. Be clear what you got. Otherwise could be awkward at interview. No need to state AS-level results for them except for Computing. AS-level results are superseded by A-level results.

Mention your key first year modules.

Otherwise seems like a good CV for an 18/19 year old.

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Yeh it looks fine for a call centre job if you want that. No need to make the GCSE changes.
 
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