Some of this has been said already
- 2 sides A4 MAX don't go below 11pt either.
- lots of whitespace
- name as title in middle, bigger font, bold. Don't put "CV"
- in general don't label obvious stuff. It's OK to have a single line in 8pt italic below your name saying:
3 Imbruglia's Passage, Albasarse, Costessy NR2 3XX; 01603 123456; a.s.mdc84@w**kmal.com
This is a good tactic if going through agencies who *will* remove your contact details (so the client can't contact you direct) - a single strip like this they can just cut and the rest looks as you've left it
- first section: Executive Summary. Single para, no more than four lines. Avoid clichés like the plague.
- second section: Key Achievements. No more than four or at a push five bullet-pointed key achievements, each of no more than two lines (one line is better). Be precise: not "successfully delivered a significant project ahead of schedule" but "drove a £4m project with 16 staff to completion 2 months ahead of 1-year schedule".
- then, either Career Summary or Education, your choice. In each case, reverse chronological and decreasingly detailed i.e.
LastJob: A good para
Job beforethat: A smaller para
etc. Don't waffle and don't use corporate bulls**t language (i.e. don't say "significantly leveraged my client's skill-base to drive cross-cutting revenue enhancements" - say "Saved money by restructuring/redeploying staff")
- Education: degree if any with grade and subject. A/AS with grades and subjects. GCSEs just list number and grades e.g.8 GCSEs, 5 at grade A
- No-one gives a s**t what your hobbies are. Trust me on that.
- You can cover general points with a "miscellaneous" at the bottom. A single bullet could say:
- Full clean driving licence; UK national; speaks conversational French; buggers Turkeys every other Thursday
The "Exec Summary" is the most important bit and the "Key Achievements" the next most important.
The purpose of the CV is to get you an interview - no more no less.
HTH
Posted By: Partial Angler on May 2nd 2008 at 17:09:46
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- Quick and easy tips to writing a good CV (General Chat) - samcd84, May 2, 16:12:47
- I interview/employ people al the time (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, May 2, 21:16:22
- I write peoples cv for a living. check jobsite.com for tips.... (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, May 2, 17:44:42
- or email me (General Chat) - shoddy, May 2, 18:42:08
- Some of this has been said already (General Chat) - Partial Angler, May 2, 17:09:46
- And (General Chat) - Partial Angler, May 2, 17:11:26
- Ask HVR to do it for you (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 16:34:29
- I will even forgo the meal/coffee for thrice the bumming (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 16:38:01
- Don't mention the Cartoon porn obsession (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 2, 16:29:40
- Unless of course you're applying for a job as a cartoon porn artist (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, May 2, 16:33:38
- get one of those security pens and write as many obscenities as possibly on it (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 16:27:47
- and if you're applying to the police (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 16:30:09
- If you want to look really slick, do it in power point. (General Chat) - tudders, May 2, 16:21:46
- keep it to to a double sided A4. Don't clutter it. (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 16:17:20
- Also.... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, May 2, 16:24:33
- great stuff, cheers (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, May 2, 16:22:22
- ^^^ Yep, all of that. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 2, 16:21:20
- show a bit of leg (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 2, 16:17:11
- here yar (General Chat) - Stoopish, May 2, 16:16:11
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