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A bit of help required please xxxx
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Im writing my CV and as its been years since I last wrote one and so much has changed I need some advice from you lovely people
Do I make my covering letter as interesting and punchy as possible and list the majority of personal specification and transferable skills on there,whilst keeping the CV very simple or the other way round?
Thanks in advance xxxxxxxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i got a friend to do mine so i wudnt be much use giving advice, but he put a pic on it of me obviously, i thought it wud look tacky, but it looked really good, and the guy i sent it to said it was a good touch, i got the job, lol |
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By *lirty14uMan
over a year ago
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A lot of places will only go by what you complete on their form, so they have standard info about each applicant. Back it up with a detailed CV, but be prepared to spend ages copying it all onto their paperwork!
Best of luck! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I would urge you to search the internet as there are various sites that advise on how to write CVs and covering letters. There really isn't a set method anymore as companies differ in what they require and in the case of CVs you can design it as skill based, previous job/experience based, education based....
There are also some nice templates for both covering letters and CVs on the internet so like i say have a search around. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Thanks everyone..Iv got my templates sorted I just want to make it eyecatching and show as much personality without it being too much if you know what I mean lol
Don't know about adding a photo though,For me it would feel like I was being judged on something other than my skills but I do know that some companies want that so,I used to interview for staff in a previous job and we required photos from everyone and we used to have a right laugh at them all ooops I should'nt have said that lol
Thanks again xxxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Im writing my CV and as its been years since I last wrote one and so much has changed I need some advice from you lovely people
Do I make my covering letter as interesting and punchy as possible and list the majority of personal specification and transferable skills on there,whilst keeping the CV very simple or the other way round?
Thanks in advance xxxxxxxx"
Lie............a lot lol  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Im writing my CV and as its been years since I last wrote one and so much has changed I need some advice from you lovely people
Do I make my covering letter as interesting and punchy as possible and list the majority of personal specification and transferable skills on there,whilst keeping the CV very simple or the other way round?
Thanks in advance xxxxxxxx
Lie............a lot lol "
Hehehe trouble is I don't think I can get away with it with what im doing now...I have to have the proof of qualification and ill have that by the summer
Its making prospective employers choose me over lots of applicants thats making me think I need to stand out and be unique somehow
If I could get away with bending the truth I would and im sure lots of people have done that anyway |
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"Im writing my CV and as its been years since I last wrote one and so much has changed I need some advice from you lovely people
Do I make my covering letter as interesting and punchy as possible and list the majority of personal specification and transferable skills on there,whilst keeping the CV very simple or the other way round?
Thanks in advance xxxxxxxx
Lie............a lot lol
Hehehe trouble is I don't think I can get away with it with what im doing now...I have to have the proof of qualification and ill have that by the summer
Its making prospective employers choose me over lots of applicants thats making me think I need to stand out and be unique somehow
If I could get away with bending the truth I would and im sure lots of people have done that anyway"
print on quality paper and qual paper |
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"Im writing my CV and as its been years since I last wrote one and so much has changed I need some advice from you lovely people
Do I make my covering letter as interesting and punchy as possible and list the majority of personal specification and transferable skills on there,whilst keeping the CV very simple or the other way round?
Thanks in advance xxxxxxxx
Lie............a lot lol
Hehehe trouble is I don't think I can get away with it with what im doing now...I have to have the proof of qualification and ill have that by the summer
Its making prospective employers choose me over lots of applicants thats making me think I need to stand out and be unique somehow
If I could get away with bending the truth I would and im sure lots of people have done that anyway
print on quality paper and qual paper"
i meant good envelope and watch out for errors lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Im writing my CV and as its been years since I last wrote one and so much has changed I need some advice from you lovely people
Do I make my covering letter as interesting and punchy as possible and list the majority of personal specification and transferable skills on there,whilst keeping the CV very simple or the other way round?
Thanks in advance xxxxxxxx
Lie............a lot lol
Hehehe trouble is I don't think I can get away with it with what im doing now...I have to have the proof of qualification and ill have that by the summer
Its making prospective employers choose me over lots of applicants thats making me think I need to stand out and be unique somehow
If I could get away with bending the truth I would and im sure lots of people have done that anyway"
OK Lie a lot and wear that red basque to the interview, thats got to work |
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"So good quality paper and envelope
Lie
wear red basque to interview
Jobs mine! lol"
its in the bag unless its a straight fem interviewing you ...in which case slip into the interview.You have interesting parties where your husbands friends international rugby players come around behave badly ...jobs your .. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I work in recruitment, I see dozens of V's a day. I hate CV's with pictures on and yes potentially you will be juded by something other than your employment record.
To me the CV should tell me about you and the covering letter why you want, and what you can bring, to that particular job. You need to sell yourself but not oversell and that can be a difficult line. A big no no is effectively duplicating the CV and covering letter, I get bored reading the CV then. Also, the covering letter is the first impression so make sure it is grammatically perfect. Anything more than a couple of paragraphs is to long for a covering letter.
If you are applying via a site like Monster and when you submit the CV it asks questions don't lie. An example - I was recruiting for an admin role in a school and asked for people with previous experience in a school. People will say yes because they know that's what you want to hear, well if I look on the CV and it's obvious they havent then the applicant is deleted regardless of how good they look. Why? How do I know what else they have lied about? Answer truthfully and then you'd still get considered. And don't lie about anything else. You are selling yourself and recruiters know that, but oversell yourself too much and it bites you. Tell me that you were a senior PA and if I ring for a reference I get told you were an administrator then basically you are fucked because again I will assume that you have lied about everything.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I work in recruitment, I see dozens of V's a day. I hate CV's with pictures on and yes potentially you will be juded by something other than your employment record.
To me the CV should tell me about you and the covering letter why you want, and what you can bring, to that particular job. You need to sell yourself but not oversell and that can be a difficult line. A big no no is effectively duplicating the CV and covering letter, I get bored reading the CV then. Also, the covering letter is the first impression so make sure it is grammatically perfect. Anything more than a couple of paragraphs is to long for a covering letter.
If you are applying via a site like Monster and when you submit the CV it asks questions don't lie. An example - I was recruiting for an admin role in a school and asked for people with previous experience in a school. People will say yes because they know that's what you want to hear, well if I look on the CV and it's obvious they havent then the applicant is deleted regardless of how good they look. Why? How do I know what else they have lied about? Answer truthfully and then you'd still get considered. And don't lie about anything else. You are selling yourself and recruiters know that, but oversell yourself too much and it bites you. Tell me that you were a senior PA and if I ring for a reference I get told you were an administrator then basically you are fucked because again I will assume that you have lied about everything.
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Thanks very much for that....I will make sure the covering letter has enough information to make the reader want to check out the CV without boring them to death lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Im writing my CV and as its been years since I last wrote one and so much has changed I need some advice from you lovely people
Do I make my covering letter as horny and dirty as possible and list the majority of sexual positions I enjoy and attatch pictures of my foo foo ,whilst keeping the CV very simple or the other way round?
Thanks in advance xxxxxxxx"
Did you get the job babes? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I always browse through the qualifications and experience before the rest of the CV if it's not eye catching then I dont normally read the rest, most places are the same, if I only had a few applicants then I may read the whole CV. |
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