Applying For Jobs / Compiling CV etc
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Loads of threads on this if you do a search. Main tips I would give are tell the truth and show achievements rather than your job description.
Good luck.
Good luck.
houst69
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Achievements? What are those?
I was useless at writing cvs so I used these about 10 years ago and have used them to update it each time I've went for a job,it has got me lots of interest and ultimately my last few jobs. Initially it cost about £70 for the cv and generic covering letter.
https://www.cvcentre.co.uk
https://www.cvcentre.co.uk
SAFC Wilks
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Google it
Followed tips/template from a site I found on google, and got the only full time job I applied for.
Followed tips/template from a site I found on google, and got the only full time job I applied for.
If you use a full page colour picture of yourself in word and put it in a text box behind the text but set at about 25% transparency it works really well with a bit of comic sans.
What a lot of people don't realise also is you can actually create your own "bullet" for bullet pointed lists too! I like to use a nice shiny silver horseshoe because it's lucky.
What a lot of people don't realise also is you can actually create your own "bullet" for bullet pointed lists too! I like to use a nice shiny silver horseshoe because it's lucky.
Made tea for office of thirteen people without getting any of the orders wrong. That sort of stuff. Anything you can stick numbers against.
Cypher
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FishburnMackem
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Email me your CV and I'll cater it to whatever job role your looking for.
What industry? Go in LinkedIn and thread people's profile who do similar jobs to see how they format and word their online version.
houst69
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Really?
Moyes and the Boys
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Short and sweet
Lambchops
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FishburnMackem
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Yes, no probs.
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Wonderbra
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Say you once won a prize at work, could be for anything, attendance, weekly or monthly employee of the month. You can now say on your CV that you are an award winning sales person for example. Doesn't matter how trivial the award was. Talk about when you have hit your targets on numerous occasions, you can now say you are a serial target hitter even though you may have only done it a couple of times.
You really need to big yourself up mate as it's the first step before even getting that interview.
worth every pennysorry mate but that's crackers
Unrelated but also CV query
I've done a load of different jobs, many on short-term contracts, and none of which are related to my current career.
How do I fit all these in a CV without making it too long, or without removing some and making it look like I have a patchy job history?
I've done a load of different jobs, many on short-term contracts, and none of which are related to my current career.
How do I fit all these in a CV without making it too long, or without removing some and making it look like I have a patchy job history?
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