How can i improve my C.V?

Question

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Personal Statement
I am a hard working conscientious individual who enjoys learning new skills and being part of a team, I can also work well on my own as I have the ability to use my own initiative.

I hold a full U.K drivers license.

Having completed the C&G 2330 Certificate in Electro-Technical Technology (Electrical Installation to level 2) last year, I attended College one day a week this academic year to complete to level 3 & am now a fully qualified Electrician.

Previous Employment
Oct 2006 - Nov 2007 Wm. Morrison’s Supermarket
Fresh foods / general shop assistant.
I worked a minimum of 17 hours a week from leaving school throughout my first year at College.
The job involved stock rotation/ replenishment, monthly stock-takes, organising displays, handling deliveries, assisting customers, tidying, cleaning and various other tasks.

While I was at school I had a Saturday job at Bella Roma Restaurant, helping out in the kitchen in the preparation of food etc.

Education - School (2001-2006)
2006 I obtained an award for the pupil(s) with the most GCSE passes.
At Grade C; English, Science, Statistics, Geography, Religious Studies, Spanish, Art & Design
At Grade D; Mathematics & Resistant Materials
Merit in ICT (Equivalent to 4 GCSE’s at B Grade)

Further Education - College
2006-2007; Edexcel level 1 BTEC Introductory diploma in Engineering;
Working in engineering, Developing skills, Personal effectiveness, Social responsibility at work, Planning and making a machined product, Electronic assembly and electrical wiring, assembling mechanical components & joining using Welding Techniques.

 OCR level 2 in Adult Numeracy
 OCR level 2 in Adult Literacy

College (2007- 2008)
2007-2008; City & Guilds 2330 in Electro-Technical Technology (Electrical Installation) Level 2;
Working Effectively & Safely in the Electro Technical Environment, Application of Health & Safety and Electrical Principles, Installation (buildings and structures) & Principles of Electro Technology

College (2008-2009)
2008-2009; City & Guilds 2330 in Electro-Technical Technology (Electrical Installation) Level 3;
Application of Health & Safety and Electrical Principles, Installing (Buildings and Structures): Inspection, Testing & Commissioning, Installation (Buildings and Structures): Fault diagnosis & Rectification

Answer 1

I am going to answer the question form my perspective on this side of the pond.



When you pick up a sheet of paper and hold it at arms length, your eyes come to rest about ¼ of the way down the page from the top. This is where you want to put your most important information.



Start with your personal contact information tucked away on the top left and top right of the page. It’s not important.



Next should come a one liner objective (personal) statement. This is not a statement of what you want, but what you can do for the company. Mine reads, “Use my skills in people development, process improvement and metrics to take an entrepreneurial company and advance it to the next level of organization.” This changes with each job for which I apply.



Next is a skills summary. I use a 3 x 3 or 4 x 3 word table to summarize the skills I have that are best suited for that job. Some of your bullets may look like: Health & Safety, Electrical Principles, Inspection andTesting.



Then list the experience in inverse chronological order. This is not a hard and fast rule, as most relevant experience is more important than recent experience. In your case this would be your college experience. Consider combining your levels 1, 2 and 3 together into one section.



Give a one or two line narrative and follow up with bullets.



Ideally, you should not just tell them what you did, but how well what you did had a favorable impact on the organization. This is difficult enough to do with work experience and almost impossible with academic only experience.



Put down your outside work at the very end of the resume. Your work experience is not relevant to the career you are seeking, but it does prove you can manage work and studies at the same time.



Use plenty of white space. Resumes should be easy to read. Hold it up at arm’s length. Does it look right? Do your eyes naturally gravitate to the skills summary?



Your resume can be as long as it needs to be (As a general rule, people with less than 10 years experience can get away with a one page resume. People with more experience can use two pages.). Regardless of how long your resume is, you must make the “sale” half way down page 1 or you will have lost your audience.



Your mileage may vary. This is my perspective as an American manager, in a commercial, high-tech area. I don’t know how much off the mark I may be for academia or other industries and for Europe or other areas of the world.

Answer 2

If you were looking to employ someone what is the first thing YOU would want to know? when you are competing with lots of other Candidates what will make you stand out - Your C.V. is a tool to get you in front of the company and that is what we have to do,when I read about you I can see your passion for music I am not convinced you want a job,if you really want to earn money convince me!!!!! so:- Name and contact details No date of birth ( your experience will date you) Introduction- look at the job role advertised decide on the type of person they want then highlight your relevant qualities in this intro i.e. Health Club Ast Manager required, must be qualified and have excellent people skills,, experience not essential as training will be given Your intro would be An experienced Fitness Instructor who is looking for a position where customer service is appreciated, where the ability to learn new tasks is expected to maintain a professional image and hard work produces results You need to complete in you own words but write this intro in the third person as ''I did this and I can do that'' sounds a bit like bragging and not appealing. So think about your skills and qualities and list in an interesting way as if a friend was telling somebody about you,listing skills in bullet point fashion does not sound as good The intro gets the attention so now tell them your work experience I would be thinking at this point that I like the sound of you but can you do the work:- so Nov 2006 to Now Company X Job Title List responsibilities Achievements List 1 thing you did well do not waffle Oct 2005 to Nov 2006 Company Y Job Title Responsibilities List what you did Achievements List 1 thing you did that you are proud of keep it simple do not waffle At this point an employer has made decision to put you on the KEEP pile or in the bin so the next bits are for reference or to support what has gone before Education List last school and Quals achieved Further Education List quals achieved do not bother with college unless it is well known i.e. Oxford Interests list no more than 3 do not explain i.e. Reading- Keep fit -Music ( this is something to be talked about at interview , if the interviewer mentions they went to a concert last night then you can bring up your interest in music and your personality will come out , on paper it never does the max number of pages is 2- no Photos not fancy font no colours, text size readable not too large or small and ask some one to critique it when it is finished and ask them to be brutally honest - YOU WANT THIS TOOL to GET YOU A JOB WILL IT?????!!!!! References Available on request ( if you get the job that's the time the company will need this)

Answer 3

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