Can someone look over my CV please

Smokes said:
I've just re done my CV with a view to adding it on some job websites and just wondered if you peeps would have a look over it and tell me where I've gone wrong :D

Any input is gratefully received :)

http://www.smokes.dsl.pipex.com/cv.pdf
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Oh man, i was looking forward to see your DOB and NI number......and then go straight to the tax credit website. :D


It looks fine to me but i will let other decide.
 
Sort your apostrophe's out!

Working backwards, on page 3 you have area's where you mean areas. At the top of page 2 you've written posses instead of possess, and you want a colon ':' at the end of that line, not a semicolon ';'. At the bottom of page 1 you have focussed instead of focused. The phrase people-oriented should be hyphenated, I think. I swear there was another apostrophe in the wrong place but I can't find it :(

Edit: I would put a full stop at the end of every bullet point if I were you.

Edit: At the bottom of page 2, you have a hyphen where you need a dash. Also there's an unusually large space after the word advising.

Edit: At the top of page 2, the word scanners has gone a bit wonky. The shouldn't be a space in the middle of bar-coding. The phrase in-depth should be hyphenated. As a more general point, your employment history is much more impressive than your qualifications, so consider putting it on the front page. I think that 'employment history' sounds more professional than 'career experience' but that's just a personal preference.

Are you applying for jobs in Wales? If not, you might even want to consider putting your name as John Hiscox. It's been shown that people with more Anglicised names are more successful at getting interviews from a CV than people without.
 
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Excellent, thanks for looking at it :)

/runs off to make changes :p

Also I was wondering if I should be putting in more specific areas of knowledge? i.e. I've virtually single handedly setup 10 sbs 2003 networks so know my way around 2003 server and exchange 2003 pretty well along with setting up a primary school of 100+ users, using group policies e.t.c. i just don't have the bit of microsoft paper with my name on it due to funds :(

EDIT: the colour was the missus being fancy with it ;) Take it out you reckon?
 
Mention as a manager you are fully aware of Health and safety, Diversity and Equality rules and legislation. Also DDA, ( Disabled discrimination act ) If you want a managers job or even get on the ladder they will probably ask for these skills. Especially in local government.
 
You don't need to list your GCSEs individually, saying 10 at A-C inc English and Mathematics will surfice and win you back some space

MB
 
My honest opinion of your CV.

1) Too many gaps in the CV and colour in a CV has always been disregarded.

2) Size 12 font and either Times new roman or Arial font.

3) Try to improve the job role specification as it looks far too plain.

For example:

Name of company: Telefónica-Móviles España
Location: Barcelona/Madrid, Spain
Job role: Senior Telecom engineer
Dates employed: xxxx to xxxx

Brief desription of the company

Telefonica is the leading telecommunications operator in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world and the second largest European operator by market capitalization. The company provides a network for transmission of national and international television programs and leases lines to the Spanish Post Office and other Telecommunication competitors and resellers. Telefonica Moviles is the 3rd largest mobile telephone/network operator in Europe.

What you did with the company

Mobile base installs, platform installs, handset configuration, software, applications installs, operators methods using 2G, 2.5G, 3G, GSM, EDGE, UMTS, MAP, OMAP, API, CAMEL, infrastructure design, etc etc.

Specific roles did you do, what did you learn, what skills did you gain, did you gain any further qualifications whist with the company?


That's my 2p worth of help for your CV.
 
Arcade Fire said:
Edit: I would put a full stop at the end of every bullet point if I were you.
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Should a bullet point(ed?) list be seperated by a semi-colon? I've always believed this to be the way with 'normal' lists. I could be wrong - just seeking clarification :]

-RaZ
 
1) Too many gaps in the CV and colour in a CV has always been disregarded.
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what a lie, yes the gaps but the colour and pictures in a CV shows your personality, my gf's cv, has background images on like watermarks of fashion model icons, and it looks superb, you want something eye catching.
 
Font is too large, it has too much irrelevant information (who cares what an IT Consultants GCSEs are for gods sake?)
Also for some reason it doesn't seem to show up properly in firefox embedded Acrobat Reader 7, where you have "knowledge of intergration of printers, scanners" the e and the r in scanner seems to be on top of each other.
I must say I'm one of those people that hates colour in a CV, it draws the eye away from what you're saying, which I suppose is what you want if you've not got a lot of experience, but you seem to actually have enough experience to base a decent CV on.
 
The one pointer everyone has always given me is try and keep a CV to two pages. So for example if your job experience is too numerous, provide a list of your experience and only elaborate on the important ones for that specific job, best to customise a CV for each application i think.

Also yes, Times new Roman, size 12 with no colour.
 
You guys are top! I'm in the process of re hashing it so I'll put an updated one up later on for you to tear apart again ;)
 
Too many pages - try and keep to 2 pages - I should be able to get the important stuff from the front.

I don't care about your address, mobile, d.o.b, etc... One for of contact is enough, along with your name (and poss. age).

I don't care what your GCSEs are, just your highest educational achievement.

Applying for a course is not the same as having a qualification.

You also seem to be working two jobs at the moment.

Lose the blue, narrow your margins, lose the bold.

Leave the personal statement bits to the covering letter - you can then use it to tailor your CV to a particular job (which you should also do).

For an online d/base, add keywords at the end - they will help with search engines.

JohnnyG said:
Possess is spelt wrong under Areas of Expertise:)
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Spelt is spelled wrong.

Unless you are referring to wheat.

:)
 
As has already been mentioned, lose the colour, make the font a bit smaller, get it down to 2 pages and end each of your bullet points with a full stop. :)
 
Neon said:
colour and pictures in a CV shows your personality, my gf's cv, has background images on like watermarks of fashion model icons, and it looks superb, you want something eye catching.
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I'm putting Jenna Jameson and the Strongbow logo on mine right now ;)

MB
 
I've seen some shocking CV's in my current job (and before you all start asking me for a job I am not a recruitment Consultant! :p)

Looks fine to me, as people have said try to stick to two pages, a lot of agencies, job websites etc are only bothered about the info contained and whether the spelling grammar etc is good.

Colour is not important unless you are applying direct to an employer.

Stick with Arial 11/12 rather than TNR as its easier to read.

I would also briefly say what you acheived from each of the jobs listed (shows that your knowledge/skills have improved since moving between each job).

Good luck! :)

BB x
 
Neon said:
what a lie, yes the gaps but the colour and pictures in a CV shows your personality, my gf's cv, has background images on like watermarks of fashion model icons, and it looks superb, you want something eye catching.
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And don't forget to scent the paper - something floral and metro, like Anais-Anais.
 
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