Check my CV please.

3 pages? Reduce it to two.

The big grey bar seems strangely placed on the second page, this may be to do with different versions of word being used. You should always submit as a pdf if you can to prevent this.
If it is meant to start from the bottom and end just below "Product Support Advisor" Then remove it.

References available on request should be removed, or placed at the very end.

The tone is very conversational, I would change it to 3rd person, though this is not required.

Remove irrelevant experience, such as your bar work.

Place your personal details at the top, below/next to your name. Your contact info is the most important thing on the CV, and should be easy to find.
 
Judgeneo said:
3 pages? Reduce it to two.

The big grey bar seems strangely placed on the second page, this may be to do with different versions of word being used. You should always submit as a pdf if you can to prevent this.
If it is meant to start from the bottom and end just below "Product Support Advisor" Then remove it.

References available on request should be removed, or placed at the very end.

The tone is very conversational, I would change it to 3rd person, though this is not required.

Remove irrelevant experience, such as your bar work.

Place your personal details at the top, below/next to your name. Your contact info is the most important thing on the CV, and should be easy to find.
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It's just the one page, I've changed it to PDF format.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll have a tinker based on it. Regarding the personal details, I've always thought that these are the least important things when applying for jobs, surely what I'm capable of is far more relevant?
 
Takes direction readily but maintains productivity when
working on own initiative. A vast knowledge of processes and the ability
to micromanage workload and integrate seamlessly into any team.
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Things like this shouldn't need to be said. It should be evident from what you've written about in your previous roles.

My manager is reviewing CVs at the moment and always has a chuckle at "I work well independently, but I also work well in groups" or variations of.

You've said it twice as well, under 'personal skills'

Works well individually and as part of a team
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I'd also remove;

Excellent punctuality
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That is (imo) expected, and if they want to look into that they can contact your references.

Check your use of punctuation

PC's,
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Try and write about your previous work experiences in a way that shows what you took away (not the Pentel Gel pens) from each job.
 
Lots of text, try to cut it down to essential key phrases, try bullet points, and lists of key words.

Only list related and recent work experience, e.g. the bar work is not needed at all.

There is redundancy throughout, e.g. "Desktop and laptop troubleshooting and problem resolution."
Choose trouble shooting or problem resolution, you don't need bot, and really listing desktop an laptop is bit superfluous. I picked this example because the redundancy has meant the line has spilled over to the next which takes up more space and breaks the cleanliness.

Same with "Installing and configuring peripherals", surely just use installing as configuration is implied. Then this should make a single line.


Contact details should be prominent, put them right at the top of the page, bigger font.
Remove the DoB, it is not need and illegal to ask for it (and because of that may see your CV thrown in the bin because employers don't want to handle any possible legal nastiness related to age discrimination).

Similarly, if the job doesn't involve driving then remove the driving license, who cares?
 
Steameh said:
It's just the one page, I've changed it to PDF format.

Thanks for the feedback, I'll have a tinker based on it. Regarding the personal details, I've always thought that these are the least important things when applying for jobs, surely what I'm capable of is far more relevant?
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Looks much much better on 1 page.

Personally details aren't important for determining if you are a good fit, but they need to be easily visible so HR can actually contact you. I would leave them where they are now, its quite easy to spot on the 1 page format. Looks good!
 
I've got a choice myself. I can expand on the courses I've done in my degree + ongoing masters (I've got a lack of proper work experience, or relevant experience to be more precise), but that would mean going into 3 pages instead of 2 pages.

Worth the trade off to show off new computing skills etc etc?
 
Not bad tbh. A few things though:

The bit in your work history where you are a bar tender. Get rid of what you've got under the dates and make it relevant. You were in a customer service position, so make it count.

It the IT technician part from 2003-04 also needs to be amde more relevant. An employer doesn't just want to know about where you worked, just what you did that is useful to what you're applying for now.

The bit where you've got corporate experience and then support skills is repeating much of the same information. Merge and make sure this is clear about what skills you have. You've got limited space to keep someone's attention, don't repeat yourself and make full use of the paper.

Qualifications: of they'all pass/fail you don't need to put the pass just that you hold the qualification. If there are grades and it's relevant, put them on there.

Personal details should who you are before they read too much moved to know who you are before they read too much more about you. Your date of birth also doesn't need to be on there.

If you can fit something about your personal interests, that does make it easier for an ice breaker in any interview, so might have some worth.
 
Its funny but I'm looking for new jobs at the moment and I've had my brother look over my CV. He hires people for Shell so is looking at CVS and doing interviews the majority of the time.

He gave me a doc that is produced by Shell regarding CV building. And some of the advice given on it is very different to what people on these threads say.

If any body wants to see it I can try send it when I'm not on my phone :)

ETA I never know what to write for personal interests, I'm not that exciting!
 
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Its funny but I'm looking for new jobs at the moment and I've had my brother look over my CV. He hires people for Shell so is looking at CVS and doing interviews the majority of the time.

He gave me a doc that is produced by Shell regarding CV building. And some of the advice given on it is very different to what people on these threads say.

If any body wants to see it I can try send it when I'm not on my phone :)

ETA I never know what to write for personal interests, I'm not that exciting!
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I'd be very interested to know what that doc says, be nice to know quite how out of whack I am :)
 
_dogma_ said:
Its funny but I'm looking for new jobs at the moment and I've had my brother look over my CV. He hires people for Shell so is looking at CVS and doing interviews the majority of the time.

He gave me a doc that is produced by Shell regarding CV building. And some of the advice given on it is very different to what people on these threads say.

If any body wants to see it I can try send it when I'm not on my phone :)

ETA I never know what to write for personal interests, I'm not that exciting!
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That'd be great as I need to redo mine at some point :)
 
snitcher said:
try to cut it down to points.
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I disagree with this push for making it bullet points.

My CV has a lot of words on it, hell it spans 3 pages, yes three. The only bullet pointed bit is a short list of my key language / platform areas.

I've recently been job hunting, out of the 4 companies I sent it to - I got 3 face to face interviews, 1 technical task and 2 job offers. I think my formatting works!
 
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I disagree with this push for making it bullet points.

My CV has a lot of words on it, hell it spans 3 pages, yes three[b/]. The only bullet pointed bit is a short list of my key language / platform areas.

I've recently been job hunting, out of the 4 companies I sent it to - I got 3 face to face interviews, 1 technical task and 2 job offers. I think my formatting works!
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I'd be interested to read the end result and see how you managed to pull that off.
 
I have to say I much prefer a single page CV with bullet points. It allows me to quickly see the key points and refer to them easily during an interview. I have spent many hours reviewing CV's that are walls of text that I then have to go through and pull out the salient points.
 
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