Post your CV

[Furton]

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

[poindextermatic]

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.

[5lab]

bit out of date thou

[TiG]

Yeah well considering the personal information i'm not posting mine here, you need to post yours really i think...

TiG

[noah]

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?

[Stewart]

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.

[Swafe]

looks nice 5lab, nice layout etc

id recommend u hide the personal details tho

[Moby-Dick]

indeed - you might want to photochop it a tad

also I'd put work experiance first.

[autopilot]

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.

[5lab]

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all the personal details are out of date tbh, and i dont really care if people know where i live.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?

[TiG]

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

[EvilMunky]

My cv simply says "I Know Where You Live".....seems to work!

[5lab]

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

tbh if someone wants to know your name/address they can just look you up on the bloody yellow pages.

[Howard]

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.

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.

[Moby-Dick]

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.