Is there something wrong with my CV?

the zenos statement sounds like you were in some sort of institution, having to monitor your own attendance behaviour and dress code, surely there not hard things to monitor. turned up, was well behaved, looked good?? anything else you did in that year???

and the formatting is terrible, try somthing as simple as 2 colums, will fill the white and look a lot more organised.

and remember a CV is best general its your cover letter that will sort you out from the rest. also make sure your not applying out of your league, start small, look for jobs with trainee mentioned start small, at 17 i started as a trainee and moved up slowly ended up as senior in the lab in 4 years time and now moved to a different sector and currently looking into transferring to the US/Canada (im 23 now).

and like everyone else said get rid of the damn logos you should mention that you are in the CV not plaster some stupid image, it looks like an agency letter!!!
 
right, its not completely finished but its all ive done so far. seeing placement officer tomorrow at zenos so i will see what she thinks.
ignore the part completed thing im having that checked tomorrow.
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Personally, I would put your name in a large font across the top. Underneath put your address on one line, then under that your phone numbers/email.

Put education and qualifications together. Put the college name then what qualifications you earned.

I haven't even put my GCSE grades on mine, just : "9 GCSE's at grade A-C including maths, english and science." That is usually all they need to know.

Another little thing, do you need to have certified after those qualifications, especially the MCP, doesn't the C mean certified? What is the NVQ you did?
 
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I'd suggest moving the bit about the computer from the 'interest' section into the IT skills. e.g:

* Computer building and upgrading - one of my self built machines was featured in xxxx magazine
 
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Isn't that what most people say NOT to do? i.e. just put name at the top.
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You should able to tell at a glance that it's a CV. That looks like some random person's lost certificate.

1st line should be "Curriculum Vitae". Your name should be on the next line, not too big, no more than 16pt.

This is mine from a while ago (I change it for every prospective employer):
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Would make you seem more professional if you actually bothered to type the names of organisations and qualifications properly, e.g. CompTIA A+ IT Technician instead of CompTiA A+ IT PC Technician and removing the big collection of spaces in the middle of the 'Certiport' qualification.

You also still lack consistency in formatting. Why are your grades, years and "certified/completed" not lined up? Why is "Available on request" not on the next line down like every other section?

P.S. I'm fairly sure it is "References" not "Referees".
 
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Huh.... i've never heard anyone recommend to put "Curriculum Vitae" at the top. In fact it's always been at the top of the list of "things not to do"
 
Put your name in a large size on the top left (mines in Times NR 20pt compared to 11 on the rest of the document and looks good - no dwarfing effect). Under your name have 2 columns - on the left your date of birth & contact details like phone #, email and on the right your address. Make sure both columns take up the same number of lines. This will look neater and not use up any extra space. Regarding the date of birth, it's not strictly something they need to know but it tells them you're only 17 so will be cheap labour and able to learn fast.

Change the next heading to Education / Qualifications and then list the college followed by the certificates, then the school followed by the GCSEs. Get rid of the bullet points. Use indentations for the text and bolding for the titles to highlight the difference. The bullet points make it look very cluttered. If you're going to have the Certified/Completed/Grade X then align them all.

From your work experience down it all looks pretty good. The bullet points might be deemed slightly offensive but they do make clear dividers. Keep the single page format. There's definitely no need to go over that until you've got a few jobs to talk about.

That would be my advice although I'm sure opinions will differ. Oh, and don't write CV at the top - if the formatting is right it will be clear what it is.
 
As I said before, take out the obvious - like the word CV, Name, Address etc - just put those details in without the heading & centre the info.

<name>
<addy>
<contact details>

There is no point in stating the obvious.
 
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