Pfft, its stupidity like this that brings this forum down a level, show some commitment man, I write my CVs in blood, hell sometimes I even use my own!
CV Layout - What do you use?
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Pfft, its stupidity like this that brings this forum down a level, show some commitment man, I write my CVs in blood, hell sometimes I even use my own!
Disappointing.
I just go to the receptionist, lick their face and walk away.
Get a **** ton of replies.
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/
Without the quote malarky, and contact details right at the top.
Without the quote malarky, and contact details right at the top.
I've re-re-tweaked it but I'm still not happy. I think I need to condense my skills and experience although I've gone through it so many times it's just a bunch of words at the moment!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kb4641w8e9rmzmv/CV1.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6j57dkt6p3p8ylf/CV2.png
Appreciate any help/advice/giveusajob etc
That's not too bad tbh. Some agencies want your whole working history, some are happy with anything that is recent and relevant.
I'd be tempted to put work experience ahead of skills as you have an impressive background . What you have included is quite impressive but the big gap for me is nothing about your education (or are there more pages that you haven't posted?). I'd maybe look to ditch a few lines here and there from experience e.g. even with the same role you have separate bullets for 'building healthy business relationships' and then 'working hand-in-hand with...'.
I stole the idea for mine from some old CV post on here
Thinking being the black bar makes it stand out from the pile of CVs.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/121322/Screenshots/CVredact.png
Thinking being the black bar makes it stand out from the pile of CVs.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/121322/Screenshots/CVredact.png
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I hate to be negative but there are a lot of grammar and spelling errors here. It reads as if you've used the synonym finder wherever you've had to repeat something. For example, 'I am determined to meet deadlines also I have excellent customer service skills and am polite and well-mannered to customers on the phone and on the shop floor,' should be split into two separate sentences. Be careful with commas and lists.
Have someone you know and trust read through it.
Name.
Contact details.
Personal statement (make this brief, what you are, where you want to be, why you are in the position of looking for another job if required)
Employment history (brief outline of company and what it did bullet point key information about role)
Qualifications.
Interests (they are not interested in this part, so dont waste your time writing an essay about your snowboarding holidays, they just want to see that you are not a Norman Bates type, dont list "socialising" as one of your interests, its interpreted as getting drunk in a lot of places)
Tailor CV for the job you are applying for, over emphasize relevant duties or skills in previous roles that are relevant to the prospective position, one size doesn't fit all.
Contact details.
Personal statement (make this brief, what you are, where you want to be, why you are in the position of looking for another job if required)
Employment history (brief outline of company and what it did bullet point key information about role)
Qualifications.
Interests (they are not interested in this part, so dont waste your time writing an essay about your snowboarding holidays, they just want to see that you are not a Norman Bates type, dont list "socialising" as one of your interests, its interpreted as getting drunk in a lot of places)
Tailor CV for the job you are applying for, over emphasize relevant duties or skills in previous roles that are relevant to the prospective position, one size doesn't fit all.
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Thanks
I guess there's no right answer with these as it's down to opinion of whoever reads it.