Louisa Henderson says that your CV should help you get noticed. It's a marketing tool - it provides information to make an employer want to interview you and it should be tailored to match each role and the organisation you apply to.
She gave a list of things you could include in your CV:
- Name, contact details, social media links (include website portfolios, blogs, twitter, linkedIn etc)
- Profile/About me
- Education
- Technical Skills
- Relevant Experience
- Additional Experience
- Interests/Additional Information
- Referees
- Consent to share CV statement
Introduction
Tailor the introduction to your CV. It should make the reader want to find out more. It should include who you are, what you can offer and what role you are looking for.
Education & Qualifications
Pick out what the reader will be interested in:
- Begin with University, then College/School. Keep brief, you could highlight relevant modules or dissertation topic
- High school information, show dates and highest level qualifications only
- Don’t go further back than high school
Skills
- Keep them relevant to the job you’re applying for
- List your technical skills
- Soft skills - articulate how you developed them, give evidence
- Ensure they are accurate
Relevant Experience
- Paid, placements or voluntary work all count
- Include the name of the organisation and your role
- Include key achievements
- Say what you learned, gained from the experience
- Use active verbs such as “developed”, “organised”, “delivered”
- Differentiate experience gained as part of course and worked in an industrial setting
Additional information
- Language skills
- Full driving license
- Relevant certificates
Interests
Include these if you can show they are relevant to the role, for example if you applying to work on a sports production and captain a sports team
References
- Seek permission first
- Include name, contact details (ensure they are accurate)
- Or “References available on request”
- 2 maximum, one academic and one work
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