CV Help/CV review. Please? :)
- Thread starter BuZ
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Initial thoughts (don't be put off by the critical tone, it is just my style):
-Key Skills & Qualities feels like it comes too early in the CV. I've just read your personal profile, and now I'm confronted with a bunch of bullet points saying basically the same thing that 99.9% of people claim to have anyway. Largely meaningless and has me skipping ahead. I want to see your experience and qualifications - everybody claims to be a reliable team worker with good communication skills; not everyone can boast a PhD in Astrophysics or has worked for Google.
-Maybe expand out the key Prince's Trust points to make them stand out more e.g. bullets and in particular I would want to make the actual qualifications more obvious than in the body of text.
-Work experience feels a bit 'padded out' i.e. putting cleaning shelves and aisles on separate lines. On the flipside, 'Working in the warehouse' feels a bit generic and having never worked in a warehouse I wouldn't know what involved - there might be some positives you want to highlight such as stock control.
-Be a bit more specific on the IT side of things - basically the only thing I can glean from your CV is that you are competent in MS Office, but presumably you know a bit more than that from your Diploma etc.
-During your studies, did you do anything 'real world' i.e. any projects or research that had a practical application? If so, this could give your CV a boost in terms of concrete examples to show how you've applied your studies which I think would help bearing in mind you've only got two weeks work experience.
Having been in a similar position myself once (no experience to show other than a two week stint at school) you need to maximise anything else you can that illustrates how you've achieved something in the real world rather than just a list of qualifications. You talked about photography earlier - blend this in somewhere, you mention travelling and seeing the scenery - embellish that a little by talking about how you produce photo albums of the places you visit or something like that - basically showing working towards an end product rather than just cruising about.
-Key Skills & Qualities feels like it comes too early in the CV. I've just read your personal profile, and now I'm confronted with a bunch of bullet points saying basically the same thing that 99.9% of people claim to have anyway. Largely meaningless and has me skipping ahead. I want to see your experience and qualifications - everybody claims to be a reliable team worker with good communication skills; not everyone can boast a PhD in Astrophysics or has worked for Google.
-Maybe expand out the key Prince's Trust points to make them stand out more e.g. bullets and in particular I would want to make the actual qualifications more obvious than in the body of text.
-Work experience feels a bit 'padded out' i.e. putting cleaning shelves and aisles on separate lines. On the flipside, 'Working in the warehouse' feels a bit generic and having never worked in a warehouse I wouldn't know what involved - there might be some positives you want to highlight such as stock control.
-Be a bit more specific on the IT side of things - basically the only thing I can glean from your CV is that you are competent in MS Office, but presumably you know a bit more than that from your Diploma etc.
-During your studies, did you do anything 'real world' i.e. any projects or research that had a practical application? If so, this could give your CV a boost in terms of concrete examples to show how you've applied your studies which I think would help bearing in mind you've only got two weeks work experience.
Having been in a similar position myself once (no experience to show other than a two week stint at school) you need to maximise anything else you can that illustrates how you've achieved something in the real world rather than just a list of qualifications. You talked about photography earlier - blend this in somewhere, you mention travelling and seeing the scenery - embellish that a little by talking about how you produce photo albums of the places you visit or something like that - basically showing working towards an end product rather than just cruising about.
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