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Disaster

Disaster

Disaster

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Only had to use this once for work experience so nobody has had a look at it, go easy on me, I think I stole the template from somebody on here and forgot to give credit to them.

Obviously the blank parts are in the real CV and my references are fine. All comments will be appreciated unless you're a ****.
 
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What are you applying for, might be worth elaborating on your 'experience' section to show some kind of relevance to the role being applied for.

A little confused on the context unless I'm missing something.
 
What is your cover letter like?

State what your role, duties and responsibilities were. Show where you developed your many skills.
 
Forgot about this thread, thanks for bumping it *******.

I tried keeping the CV on one page but ultimately failed, that's why I didn't go into work experience. I'm only looking at getting a part time job somewhere (Supermarkets, retail stores) Something to tie me over and gain some experience until I go to University.

Just noticed I spelt "Centre" wrong too, along with a couple of other grammatical errors.
 
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my placement advisor said its not wise to add curriculum vitae in the top

the cv should be jammed pack with information about you such as things that u learned from work exp and expand on ur skills like you have a good team work skills since u are a rugby player or something like that but must not look cluttered and must be easy to read
 
That's easy to keep to one page tbh

Ditch the hobbies section (no one cares) ditch the bilingual bit (no one speaks Welsh, so no one cares) :p

Don't need to state you have license unless applying for a job that requires one.

Your personal statement needs work..by deleting and starting again ;)
 
Yeah, you don't need to put CV at the top, that's like writing 'Book' on every book ever made, you should expect your potential employer to be able to work this out for themselves, if they can't then you probably don't want to work for them anyway :p

Basically you need to expand upon your skills and interests (not hobbies, hobbies are for children and paedophiles) to show how these give you the skills required for the roles you're applying for. Expand your work experience. You haven't even told us what you did there. I don't care if you were the cleaner you should still tell me about how you were punctual and responsible and all that crap that HR get wet over.

Just sell yourself, don't outright lie but definitely big up any achievement or skill you think you have.

Also I disagree with the above poster Full clean UK driving license is important to show as it shows instantly you can't be stereotyped as a boy racer, it also shows you'll be able to travel to and from work. Also don't say you were once a keen rugby player, say you are. An interviewee is not going to have to see you play to give you a job.

Also, it might just be a personal thing but I don't think you need to have a border.

edit, oh your education should be chronologically descending. Your most recent (and therefore highest) achievements and qualifications should always be listed first, the same goes for work!
 
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The personal statement is terrible, I know that much, it was my first real attempt at writing one and looking back it's pretty embarrassing.

I put once a keen rugby player because I haven't played for 5 years, i agree it's better to not say that though
 
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I put once a keen rugby player because I haven't played for 5 years
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Well that's neither here nor there really you played rugby loads that's enough to say you still play it, nobody will ever know any different and if they found out it wouldn't affect your job. Regardless there are bigger issues within the CV.

Look at as many examples here as they have

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/goodbadCV.htm

They might be more geared towards graduates but the language and words used to describe skills and experience are very relevant to you IMO.
 
I think hobbies as bullet points looks bad, you should say something like "In my free time I like to ... because ...", move it to the end of the personal statement or get rid of it completely.
 
Thats not a skills based CV and most employers will not get what they want at first glance.
You need to order it so the employer sees what they want to see first.

So for the top you do the usual Name address etc but Centre line it not to the left or right.

Then you write your profile followed by some bullet pointed key skills ie computer literacy etc 5 to 6 of those.

This is Immediately followed by employment history then education, hobbies and a statement at the bottom saying references available on request.


Name Email address number -

Profile -

Key Skills -

Employment history training / work experiance

Educational history

Hobbies

References available on request.

Keep it no longer then 2 pages at most and as to the point as easy to read as possible.
 
If you are applying for retail and other temp jobs then restructure and reword it to suit those jobs. Don't talk in great detail about your computing skill, instead try to mention any customer service experience you may have had.
 
Thanks for all the feedback so far guys, I've made quite a lot of changes as you can see below. It's still not finished, I haven't done the personal statement, and I've removed hobbies completely.

Is it a good idea to have a skills section? I've touched upon them in my educational and work experience.

Got any tips for writing the personal statement?

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