CV writing help/Advice

Most people forget that your CV is to get to an interview nothing more. Your CV wont get you a job. Your interview might.

You need to tailor your CV so it sparks interest from the person reading it. That's all you need. The first page needs to shout " I can do the job I am applying for" qualifications, skills, experience.

The second page needs to show examples of why 'they' want to interview you. Include Career history, achievements, personality, ambition.

The first page is critical. Medium sized headings. No fancy fonts and no colours. It needs to be simple and easy to read. If you have so much career history, list your jobs and give less detail as you go back in time for each job. No one cares that you started life stacking shelves at Tesco's so don't bother putting details in. They can ask you those questions at the interview.

Well I'm still looking for work, haven't been around much of late either for that reason, plus I really feel quite ill right now.

I applied for 2 jobs, didn't even get an interview, haven't got any feedback either, which isn't useful.

I still thinking what do I want to do......I'm thinking along down the lines of marketing, sales, event production but breaking across into that could be pain. I still have hands on techincal skills as well, the techincal side of event stuff doesn't gretly intrest me, having do something like it before but I could do it. The job isn't hard at all.

I would also think about moving overseas if I found the right job, I would quite happily live in the US, I almost got a job there once. I would happily live in europe, but I would have to learn the lanuage as I go along which isn't too much of an issue.

How would you emphaise transferable skills? Thats what I feel I need to do with my CV. I want to take a job that will maybe last 2 years, the idea being to build up experince. I'm thinking out loud here, but still working things out.

Focus more on the covering letter.

A CV is really a checklist: Do you have the necessary skills?

A covering letter tells them if you're someone they want to work with

Oh, and; I sent my CV to many many agencies for advice. ALL offered something completely different and contradictory. There is no "correct" way of doing it.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

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