C.V Help

To make your CV stand out make sure the content is well written, relevant and paints you in a decent light (i.e., not why you want the job, but what you will do for them if you get it).
 
With my experience in checking CVs, your CV will stand out if it's good.

This means clear, cleanly presented, correct spelling/punctuation/grammar, no more than 2 pages and above all DO NOT have some horrendous waffle of a personal statement, keep it short and sweet.

Most other people's CVs are average to poor.
 
xJcBx said:
Should he/I/we include cover letters when applying by jobs by email, or put the cover letter in the email (not as an attachment) or just not bother?
They have aways confused me, if I get the the point where I am handing them directly to shops then I ususally staple my cv and cover letter together as one, is this right?

Sorry for stealing the thread a tad, but I think its in both of out intrests ^^
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I have always put the covering letter in the email itself. Since it is not too long it makes a nice sum up of what your CV contains and obviously spares the person reading it to have to open hundreds of CV's by eliminating what's not right for them in the email. I was told by my boss (who I applied to via email) that my covering letter really got his attention because of the way it was laid out and to the pont :)

Yateszy said:
Whats wrong with Comic Sans? It's actually used in my CV lol. What do you recommend I use?
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lol, get rid of that now :D If I was looking for an employee and saw Comic Sans I would not be bothered to read the rest! Use something simple. Like Arial or you can go for an oldstyle font for the headings instead.

To the OP: Like mentioned before, unless you are applying for a job as a web-designer or something creative it's best to just keep it simple. You can make a good impression just by making stuff easy to read and to 'navigate' through (like good headlines and sub-headlines) and the way you use paragraphs. Keep it to 2 pages and to the point.

You would be amazed how many people who don't understand the importance of those things :p
 
Reginald said:
My best friend used http://thecvprofessionals.com/ and was really happy with the result...if youre unsure could always leave it to people who do it all the time i suppose!
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Pro written CVs often stand out for the wrong reasons. If you can't be bothered to put the time and effort into crafting your CV why should anyone bother to hire you? This obviously doesn't apply to the really super-high flyers (board level positions) as they are too busy to do that kind of thing and get the really good guys (who cost £££££) to write theirs for them.
 
Yeah, although I had a peep at hers and it was really well written...and I'm incredibly fussy about the style, format & content of mine. I suppose it depends where you go.. they were good but I have seen a terrible example..one of my friends had his done by a company online and proudly showed it to me... I cringed so hard my face nearly fell off...they had written it all in the third person! "he is this...he is that..." hahaha
 
Just need the help with the indesign


I am trying to add grey lines on the below image

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and I want the grey lines like the one on this image

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I am following this tutorial

but I cant see what I have done wrong?

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Thanks
 
PMKeates said:
Seriously? Remove it - now! :p

A traditional font, that I use, is Times New Roman 11 pt. Arial, Verdana, Tahoma etc. would all be much better than Comic Sans.
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Fixed.:)

I don't know why at the time I chose that font, but your right it looks bad on a CV. Changed to TNR.
 
Yateszy said:
Fixed.:)

I don't know why at the time I chose that font, but your right it looks bad on a CV. Changed to TNR.
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Remember that if it's going to be viewed on a screen, rather than printed, a sans-serif font will be more readable. I went with Tahoma over Arial as the former isn't a poor imitation of a classic (Helvetica) and 99% of people probably pick the latter so hopefully mine stood out a little bit (but mostly for the content).
 
@ euro_scene..

Double check you have the grid turned on in the settings.

Also it's worth zooming in a bit as you'll see the grid changes when you zoom in, anyway.
 
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