Critique my CV!

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Secondly, it's too spacious? I thought my main problem was that it was too cramped, now it's too spaced out?

1013 words in total over my 2 pages, what is yours


In general maximise the use of the space on the page. It is soo bare with large formatting gaps. Also in the main jobs sections do detailed bullet points. Better to be short and sharp rather than long winded wall of text.Profile is also very generic with standard buzzwords. I don't even have a profile/goal section in mine, don't have the space or time to write generic things in there. Save some overall skills and ambitions for the cover letter.

Some more specifics:
- Module lists arn't that useful, but I'm 3yrs out of uni and can't remember if I listed mine before. Maybe a small section discussing your greatest achievments in certain modules or your disssertation for example. Better to attribute skills learned and implemented in relation to parts of uni.

- Would say keep it in the past tense; 'improved' rather than 'I improve'.
- Delete References section. They will ask you for references should they need them and you don't need to remind them of that
- Disc Jockey..... Put DJ.
- Can see a lot of I I I I I I I I . I eliminated the I and was a little more to the point, for example from mine:

Managed the mechanical design for planned [Insert works here], complied with standards and regulations, coordinated with other disciplines and utilised best practice design achieving assurance sign-off within stringent deadlines.

Some ideas there from a quick scan. Been sorting mine out recently and on the job hunt, so we shall see if I get some interest and interviews in the end

 

[Robi]

1013 words in total over my 2 pages, what is yours


In general maximise the use of the space on the page. It is soo bare with large formatting gaps. Also in the main jobs sections do detailed bullet points. Better to be short and sharp rather than long winded wall of text.Profile is also very generic with standard buzzwords. I don't even have a profile/goal section in mine, don't have the space or time to write generic things in there. Save some overall skills and ambitions for the cover letter.

Some more specifics:
- Module lists arn't that useful, but I'm 3yrs out of uni and can't remember if I listed mine before. Maybe a small section discussing your greatest achievments in certain modules or your disssertation for example. Better to attribute skills learned and implemented in relation to parts of uni.

- Would say keep it in the past tense; 'improved' rather than 'I improve'.
- Delete References section. They will ask you for references should they need them and you don't need to remind them of that
- Disc Jockey..... Put DJ.
- Can see a lot of I I I I I I I I . I eliminated the I and was a little more to the point, for example from mine:

Some ideas there from a quick scan. Been sorting mine out recently and on the job hunt, so we shall see if I get some interest and interviews in the end

For accounting, a module list is essential. I didn't do a dissertation, everything was exam based.

The only reason i've used present tense with the first employment is because I still work there! Everything else is past.

I'll remove the references part and change to disc jockey to DJ.

Any advice for the profile section? I thought it was essential to put key / buzzwords etc. Relate it to the job profile?