CV help!

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 18:40

Hello everyone,

I feel very cheeky for doing this but I don't really have anyone else I could ask who works in this kind of field. I was wondering if you guys could kindly give me some feedback on my CV.

As the first page is the most important I have copied and pasted it here. Obviously, if I knew if there was anyway of attaching it, I would have haha.

The job I'm going for is IT First Line support. I made a thread yesterday briefly along these lines but was more to do with it being important having CompTIA certifications.

I will appreciate all honest and harsh feedback as thats the only way I can learn

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EDIT: Have posted whole of my CV from google doc.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...833&authkey=!AJdQ0ulBZlL4Kbg&ithint=file,docx

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 20:14

*bump

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 20:31

I do have an education section. It goes onto my second page and I'm finding it hard to fit all one page. I would show you my layout but not sure how.

My trust account doesnt seem to be activated on my OCUK forum profile. I don't receive PMs

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 20:38

I will do that

I did not know about google doc.

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 20:42

I've uploaded my CV onto google doc now

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 20:45

@ Ultralaser, I see what you mean as I'm going into a a completely different field I'm finding it difficult to really sell myself. Your feedback is very helpful and I understand where you're coming from

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 20:57

Hello Dacads, I literally just noticed. I've set it to public now

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 21:03

Yeah, I can't get the formatting to show at the moment

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 21:09

I've never had to do this before haha.

I have one drive infact. I will take a look

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 21:25

I've finally managed to upload my CV with the current format.

I have noticed qualifications goes onto my first page, but thats because I removed my details.

I hope you guys can view it correctly now

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sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 21:31

I did have it separate at one stage because I did my A levels and GCSEs at the same school. But now you picked up on it, maybe others will get confused too. Thank you

I am going to improve this so much and show more character and actually show off my degree more. I was just trying to think of job experiences more than education

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 21:49

Thank you Scotty, that advice will help me when I actually start applying for jobs. At the moment I'm trying to complete a general CV which then I can tailor around jobs I apply for.

To me, my CV 'other experiences' section is a bit unnecessary and I'm not sure if to shorten it and just keep the important skills or just delete it altogether. The extra space will allow me to go into more detail about my degree which I can place under the qualifications section.

Ultralaser has really made me rethink my whole CV. It horrible how I'm stressing out more about selling a suit at lousy TOPMAN than achieving one of the best things I have and that is a degree in Forensic Science.

@ Militant, I've just tested this out and I agree, it actually looks more clean structured

sreeve1993 · 29 Jan 2016 at 22:16

Thank you scotty, very nicely worded.

Never thought it'd be so damn hard writing up a CV. I haven't started my cover letter yet, but I tend to be better as I can go into more detail.

sreeve1993 · 30 Jan 2016 at 11:41

WOW! Thank you for your support guys this is really helping me out

@PhilGQ I was not expecting a whole layout change and a reworded CV just casual feedback but you did the lot! Thank you so much, it shows more character. One question, shall I keep the format you have?

@Benny haha that made me laugh, I was not 100% with the summary myself. I was really stuck in how to reword and show off my degree even though its not IT based. Thank you for your feedback very helpful. Infact in my "other experiences" section, thats all voluntary work so I will change the heading.

@Quartz, I was told this as well, as I'm new to IT field, my goal is to really show my passion for IT. Didn't realise how difficult it was.

sreeve1993 · 30 Jan 2016 at 12:04

I'm the same, when people hand in CVS at my current place. If structured nicely I will read it.

Once I have my final copy of my CV I will post it on here again

. Thanks for all the support

sreeve1993 · 30 Jan 2016 at 13:07

@Phil, thats a good point, I will keep the format.

I was thinking to add a few bullet points under my degree to talk about the responsibilities involved. For example, how Forensic Science involves a high calibre of technology, this comes from the computers, software they use. Also how Forensic science involves thinking outside of the box to find a solution to a problem, how you have to think into the smallest of details. In this case very similar to IT. As IT, one problem could actually be caused by another.

Okay, what font would you recommend?

. I like the layout of my CV, I'm thinking to add a bit of colour and change the headings to like a dark blue? There are plenty of templates on google, but whats putting me off them is everyone using them. As the other day, a person handed in a CV and her template was taken from the internet which I recognised.