C.V. Template advice..

maxofe · 24-08-2010, 15:58

i have done a cv before, but not for a very long time!

anybody out there who can point me in the direction of an up to date example or template?

many thanks in advance....

max

warrior8 · 24-08-2010, 16:14

There are hundreds of templates if you look on google.

Second, do a search on the forum - this has been asked before and plenty of good examples have been given.

maxofe · 24-08-2010, 16:16

thanks warrior8.

just wanted someone to point me towards an upto date one, as trends change.

max

ukstudent · 24-08-2010, 16:58

Name/address/telephone number

Education/qualifications

Employment history/voluntary work

Interests outside of work (brief)

Details of referees.

*Maximum 2 pages of A4*

maxofe · 24-08-2010, 17:01

thankyou ukstudent

steveroberts · 25-08-2010, 07:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukstudent

Name/address/telephone number

Education/qualifications

Employment history/voluntary work

Interests outside of work (brief)

Details of referees.

*Maximum 2 pages of A4*

Employment history first; education second

I always put a summary of skills and personal successes as bullet points right at the start...employers have to scan through lots of CVs; so those that grab their attention are likely to get read.

Don't worry about referees (unless the application specifically asks for them)...if the employer is interested, they will come back and ask you for these.

Joanl · 25-08-2010, 07:56

This is very timely as I am just updating one for OH's brother. Are there any guidelines as to how far back the employment history should go? Should it be everything that anyone has ever done since they left full time education?

steveroberts · 25-08-2010, 08:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joanl

This is very timely as I am just updating one for OH's brother. Are there any guidelines as to how far back the employment history should go? Should it be everything that anyone has ever done since they left full time education?

I would say yes, but make them one liners if not very relevant to the job they are applying for (ignore really short term ones...anything over a year).

DenadaInnit · 25-08-2010, 10:58

I've just received an excellent template from an agency. PM me and I'll forward.

keronzi9 · 14-09-2010, 23:18

DenadaInnit care to send to me as well?.

ukstudent · 15-09-2010, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joanl

This is very timely as I am just updating one for OH's brother. Are there any guidelines as to how far back the employment history should go? Should it be everything that anyone has ever done since they left full time education?

Depends how long it was since he left school.

james1911 · 08-11-2010, 11:49

Hi Maxofe,

Did you find what you were looking for? I was in a similar situation few months back. I checked careers advice sections of top recruitment sites, some of them like Totaljobs.com have a great variety of CV templates

http://www.totaljobs.com/careers-adv...tions/which-cv

Also have a look around this forum http://www.jobseekersadvice.com/foru...splay.php?f=11.

Hope this helps

maxofe · 08-11-2010, 12:09

many thanks for the links, will have a look now.

the main prob i am having to be honest, is content!

the CV is for my son and whilst he is older than a school leaver, theres just not a lot of work exp. to put in there!

jobseekers did one for him but its rubbish

gonna bash on with it now......
cheers all.

gbhtheears · 16-11-2010, 20:00

I would recommend a brief Personal Profile at the beginning, just a short paragraph, this certainly works well for recent school leavers, it's becoming more common, especially for roles in sales/media.

Don't create just one generic CV for everything, consider creating separate CVs targeted to the job description, make it easily 'scannable', on one page, consider highlighting keywords/phrases from the job description in the CV.

Good luck!

maxofe · 17-11-2010, 07:09

Funny......does nobody put their DOB in cv's anymore?

anyway, all done, thanks again for the help and direction

DenadaInnit · 17-11-2010, 10:29

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Originally Posted by maxofe

Funny......does nobody put their DOB in cv's anymore?

anyway, all done, thanks again for the help and direction

Hi, no they shouldn't because it goes against equal opportunities. They ask this in the equal opps form which goes to HR for analysis and which gets detached from the application form.

JohnAlan · 26-11-2010, 13:48

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LisaVictor · 26-11-2010, 14:45

If you have it, Microsoft Office 2010 (in fact any of the Microsoft Offices) offers some great templates including CVs. If not, there are some great downloads on the internet e.g.
http://career-advice.monster.co.uk/c...ates/jobs.aspx

If he is a school leaver, a skills based CV may be better for him, with the focus on things like team building, initiative etc,

eg. http://career-advice.monster.co.uk/c...l/article.aspx