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ALTERNATIVE TOPIC LINKS Money
Topic Descriptions Further Topic Links for Money Topics Sexuality
Topic Descriptions Alternative Links for Sexuality Topics
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Career Tips and Hints - A Short Article Packed with Useful InformationWriting a CV What to include Name/Contact Details: Your permanent address, telephone number and e-mail address if you have one. CV’s may be kept on file with a company for up to 12 months and they may want to get in touch with you in the future. Personal Details: Personal details can be placed at the beginning or end of the document. If you have a home page/website then include this here. Education: Give places of education where you have studied - most recent education first. Include subject options taken in each year of your course. Include grades, any higher education courses. If you are still at college/university or are doing any kind of course relevant to the job then state what you are doing, when you will be finished etc.. Work Experience: Last position first (dates), including your title/position and company name. Detail your responsibilities and achievements. Include any voluntary work and work placements you did at school. Additional Skills: Regional Studies, Project, Analytical. If you have specific computer, foreign language, typing, or other technical skills, consider highlighting them by giving them their own category— even if they don’t relate directly to the occupation you’re pursuing. Personal Interests: Limit this information but look at what it is saying about you (solitary individual or team player). Don't go in to hobbies that have no interest to the position unless you have wrote articles and had them published, have been a captain of some kind of sport. Referees: Only include - 3 maximum. Ensure at least one is an existing or a previous manager - provide details on company division, job title & telephone/e-mail contact details. Selecting a CV format Functional: Highlights certain skills, achievements and responsibilities rather than chronological listing work history. Good for career changing, periods of unemployment, redundancy or general gaps in work history such as illness. Also useful for repetitious job titles. Targeted: A one off CV targeted for a specific job or vacancy. It focuses on what you can do and your potential. Unlike chronological or targeted which focus on past work, it can be useful for a specific position The length of your CV Presentation Use good quality paper: Your CV maybe forwarded to another office or department so do not use very thick paper as it can jam faxes or photocopiers. Where possible, use a good quality printer and print on one side of the paper only Avoid long sentences Overall appearance: a CV should be visually pleasing and easy to read - bold headings, use indentations and bullets where applicable. Avoid excessive use of capital letters, underlining, bold or italics. Avoid lots of white space - or very wide margins. NEED MORE INFORMATION?
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