Applying for a few jobs after Uni and feel that my current CV looks a bit rubbish, can some people post up their own CV's please to give me some ideas. Please only post a CV that you've succesfully got a job with.
Much appriciated
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Applying for a few jobs after Uni and feel that my current CV looks a bit rubbish, can some people post up their own CV's please to give me some ideas. Please only post a CV that you've succesfully got a job with.
Much appriciated
Why don't you post yours and we'll tell you how to improve it...
Everyone one has a different CV depending on their career/job/skills/qual's..etcetc...there would be no point in posting mine for example, as it is tailored to my career.
http://www.5lab.co.uk/cv/Hugh_Lunnon_CV.gif
bit out of date thou
Yeah well considering the personal information i'm not posting mine here, you need to post yours really i think...
TiG
lol, i live just round the corner from you 5lab. (might wanna blur that a little) nicely laid out cv too btw, i like the divider lines, i use them too.
my old a level art teacher who was an ex designer always said never underline the titles, just use bold or different size fonts or it looks like a kid has designed the layout.
ps.ever ride cwmcarn 5lab?
5lab - you are able to work as an individual and as part of a team? Thats amazing!
;)
So much tripe on the average, modern CV. :)
My CV just has a picture of a nice dog on it, with 'I know all the numbers up to 8!' written on it, in orange crayon.
looks nice 5lab, nice layout etc
id recommend u hide the personal details tho :)
indeed - you might want to photochop it a tad :)
also I'd put work experiance first.
No offence 5lab, but "setting up a network for my mates" is not going to impress anyone and is best left out. It's smacks of desperation for something to say. But it's not the worst i have seen by a long way.
It's good to have a generic CV, but you should not send them out to all employers. CV's should be modifed and targeted to the specific type of business. I.e, the manger at a games developer does not what to hear you are good at fixing car, even if you did it for years.
Try and keep it to a max of 2 A4 pages. And don't put much about what you get upto at the weekend, most employers don't care and know it's BS anyway. 1-2 line will do. My manager says some of the best professional CV's have been on 1 page! (must have been small text!). And these are professionally qualified people. But she says she just can't be arsed when she has 100's to look at.
to be honest, that cv got me 2 interview at the 2 people i sent it to, and a job with one of them
all the personal details are out of date tbh, and i dont really care if people know where i live. what are they going to do? write to me?
Impersonate you?, steal your indentity, get a few credit cards in your name?..
I dunno you choice mate but giving that much info away is not something i want to do...
TiG
My cv simply says "I Know Where You Live".....seems to work!
tbh if someone wants to know your name/address they can just look you up on the bloody yellow pages.Quote:
Originally Posted by TiG
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I beg to differ. He didn't write it like that. He indicated that he takes an interest in computers as a hobby and has gained a lot of experience by building and upgrading machines and networks for himself and others :) That's a good thing IMHO.
It depends on what he's applying for - If it was a basic IT position , i'd me more intrested to see that he has good communication skills and can follow procedures without fiddling around with the system.