couple of simple rules, 2 pages only, people don't want to be reading a small book.
Key information up top, things like driving license, UK passport holder, full name, then start with your latest job.
Also little tip, name your cv "you_name.doc" when someone interviewing has 100 "my_cv.doc" in their documents, yours will stand out more.
This is well off topic for a car forum but I thought i would as anyhow as there seems to be a goood selection of educated individuals on here.If you need to see a CV format to work from I will pm my CV to you. It is basically as Tunnie just explained,
I am hoping that somebody/`s could take the time to give some good pointers in how to produce a well written CV such as layout and what to include and what to avoid writing on the CV. Also when writing a covering letter to go with the CV what would be the best things to include here as well.
Any help at all would be appreciated whether constructive or not.
Thank you
Dafydd
couple of simple rules, 2 pages only, people don't want to be reading a small book.good advice and very true :y
Key information up top, things like driving license, UK passport holder, full name, then start with your latest job.
Also little tip, name your cv "you_name_CV.doc" when someone interviewing has 100 "my_cv.doc" in their documents, yours will stand out more.
QuoteThis is well off topic for a car forum but I thought i would as anyhow as there seems to be a goood selection of educated individuals on here.If you need to see a CV format to work from I will pm my CV to you. It is basically as Tunnie just explained,
I am hoping that somebody/`s could take the time to give some good pointers in how to produce a well written CV such as layout and what to include and what to avoid writing on the CV. Also when writing a covering letter to go with the CV what would be the best things to include here as well.
Any help at all would be appreciated whether constructive or not.
Thank you
Dafydd
:y
Not bothered about you nowing my personnel details. I have sent my Cv to my people and compaies over the years.QuoteQuoteThis is well off topic for a car forum but I thought i would as anyhow as there seems to be a goood selection of educated individuals on here.If you need to see a CV format to work from I will pm my CV to you. It is basically as Tunnie just explained,
I am hoping that somebody/`s could take the time to give some good pointers in how to produce a well written CV such as layout and what to include and what to avoid writing on the CV. Also when writing a covering letter to go with the CV what would be the best things to include here as well.
Any help at all would be appreciated whether constructive or not.
Thank you
Dafydd
:y
That would be appreciated, just to make clear im not looking for your personal details just a good template/guide to writing a splendid CV of my own as I fell that this could be my problem at moment looking for a job in such a scarce market.
other things i did was separate sections with a faint grey line below the title so top i have my first name in bold then my surname, to the right, key details, mobile phone, e-mail, drivers licence.Just noticed you're from my neck of the woods :y
before you describe your job, say where, then, what, who
Cool nice one splottSee your PM, if I copy CV to pm the format is lost. :y
Sorry splott bit slow a moment as its rush hour in my house with all my kids coming in from school but pm returnedNo prob, see your e-mails. CV sent :y
Quoteother things i did was separate sections with a faint grey line below the title so top i have my first name in bold then my surname, to the right, key details, mobile phone, e-mail, drivers licence.Just noticed you're from my neck of the woods :y
before you describe your job, say where, then, what, who
QuoteSorry splott bit slow a moment as its rush hour in my house with all my kids coming in from school but pm returnedNo prob, see your e-mails. CV sent :y
QuoteQuoteSorry splott bit slow a moment as its rush hour in my house with all my kids coming in from school but pm returnedNo prob, see your e-mails. CV sent :y
WAW looking at the way its writen no wwonder I`m not getting much luck recently as that puts my schoolboy style CV to shame and probably to file B1N
Then if you get thier attension you have a chance of getting it read.
If they are interested in you on page one and read it all, then you stand a better chance rather than being passed by as another blah blah blah CV on a pile of hundreds.
Sorry it took so long to get back to your last posts but I have been busy adapting amending the cv email to me to include information about me and the relevance to my character work history and to be fare it now looks like what id expect to see on my desk from a prospective employee, although spellcheck only works if your remotely close to the word you are trying to write it was a very good point to follow, I`m also grateful to my teenager who helped my spelling correction :-[
When I posted this at first I thought it was going to be a bad idea but so glad that I went ahead with it as the response was brilliant.
I would just like to ad that you are a grate bunch on here with help for many different requests :y