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CV Workshop

• Why do Employers ask for a CV
• How to do a Skills Audit
• What your CV should include
• Example CV's
• How to do a Covering Letter
• Where to get further help

Why do Employers ask for a CV

to get a speedy response - it it takes less time than sending and waiting for completed application forms
they might not have an application form - these can be expensive to produce
they want to see evidence of how well you present yourself on paper

A CV in essence is a summary of all your personal details which should be relevant to an employer or work experience provider. In designing your CV you have the freedom to decide how to present the material in the most effective way for you.
Different employers respond to different types of presentation. It is worth considering the format which is likely to bring the most positive results. For example, an advertising agency or design consultancy may respond well to an original idea which is eye catching and will make your application stand out. Other organisations may simply require a neatly word processed and well presented CV.

The aim is to provide a comprehensive summary which is concise, easy to read, attractive and appropriate to the organisation and the opportunity.

 

How to do a Skills Audit

Use a sheet of paper to jot down details of your life under the following headings. When you've finished you will have to consider which points to include on your CV. Looking at yourself in this way helps you to identify your skills and sell yourself!

Education and Qualifications

Record exams and dates, outline special projects, dissertation work / research. Put your most recent first. Dates Course / Qualification College / School 

Work Experience

Paid or unpaid. Put your most recent first.

Dates Job Title / Organisation Duties Skills Developed 

Achievements

List the things you have done that you are proud of and consider your achievements.

Describe the Achievement

Why do you consider this an achievement 

Leisure Time Interests

What are they

What do you get out of them

What skills do you use
     

Other relevant skills - Hard and Soft

Hard

What are they How did you develop them  Level of competence
speak French at school and holidays in France Good conversational

Soft

The following skills are commonly asked for by employers:
Team work
Organisational skills
Communication (written, verbal and visual)
Your task is to reflect on whether you have the skills and provide examples of where and how you have developed the skill

What are they How did you develop them  Describe how you use them
     

What your CV should include

This checklist covers all of the common mistakes people make when writing their CV. It's an opportunity for you to learn by these mistakes and create a good impression for yourself!

Your CV should:

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  be in an appropriate format. There are different kinds of CV according to the type of opportunity applied for. These range from a traditional chronological CV to a skills based format, see our Sample CVs.

• be attention grabbing - highlight the important facts, cut out irrelevant ones

• be focused on what you're doing now or things from your recent past

• be concise it should be no more than two pages long

• be to the point it's not necessary to repeat facts or go into unnecessary detail

• be selective and concentrate on the job description, only include information relevant to the job or opportunity you are applying for

• be easy to read with logical headings to help the reader skim through information and find main points of interest

• use self confident language. The CV should not underplay your achievements and skills or they may go unnoticed. Try using action words with a strong impact, for example 'organised' or 'managed' see our Sample CVs

• have accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation

• use plain English avoid abbreviations, jargon or terminology

• be adaptable a core CV can be updated and adapted to suit different situations

• be up to date always review what you have written remembering to add any new information as you go

• be well designed with attention to choice of font, size and layout

• have strong visual impact to help your CV stand out from all the others

• 'photocopyable' the people you send your CV to may need to make photocopies. Do check the design, paper quality and use of colour on your CV, to see how it looks when photocopied

• be 'emailable' will the person receiving your application be able to open your documents? Best to use a standard software package such as Microsoft Word or check which design software packages the person has access to

• and finally, the CV should always have a covering letter
   
  

 

Example CV's

Unlike an application form, a CV is a personal document that you have control over and so there are many styles. We have two sample CV formats that show the different information you should include for each style.

Which style best suits your needs?

Chronological Skills CV

This format maintains a chronological outline (in date order) and focuses on your strengths and skills. It can include a Personal Profile at the beginning. This Profile is a good way of stating who you are and what you are offering at the outset.

Here is an example  of what a chronological C.V. could look like. You would need to use your own words and headings to make a successful version.

Skills Based CV

This format may be particularly useful if you have had considerable life work experience which if included means that a traditional CV will run into several pages.

The process of constructing a skills based CV is helpful in self-assessment, identifying and categorising your skills and attributes. The basic premise of this kind of CV is to divide up your main skills into broad areas: e.g. 'Visual Awareness', 'Technical Skills', 'Organisational Ability' and give examples of how you have demonstrated them during your employment history, educational background or other activities.

Here is an example of what a skills-based CV could look like. You would need to use your own words and skill headings to make a successful version.

Power CV

This CV is powerful in terms of the language used. Dynamic words are used to describe skills and experience.

A CV is a presentation in words, an advertisement selling you. Its objective is not to get you the job, but the interview for the job. In the same way as an advertisement, you need to convey the benefits of employing you to the recruiter. Not just what you can do, but what you can do that is relevant to their needs.

Avoid passive phrases like: "The college arranged for us to..." "I assisted...I was part of a team which..."
Use instead action words with strong impact like:

• researched

• organised designed trained

• supervised directed  planned expanded

• invented analysed  managed wrote

• developed created negotiated increased 

 

Targeted CV

The skills you demonstrate on your CV are specific, or targeted, to a particular job. This format is very useful if you have been provided with a job description, or better still, a 'person specification'. Large companies with highly structured recruitment procedures are most likely to supply this information.

If you do receive a 'person spec' (which lists, sometimes in order of priority, the skills identified by the company as being essential to function effectively in post) you must make reference to each and every requirement. Often these criteria must be satisfied before applicants can be shortlisted for interview. It is also acceptable to send a traditional C.V. and address the requirements in your covering letter.

Click here for an example of a CV complete with a Careers Adviser's comments.

How to do a Covering Letter

Always send a covering letter with your CV, addressed to a named person whenever possible.

Your covering letter should:

• be concise and clear

• say who you are and the reason why you are writing, at the beginning

• target your strengths in relation to that particular job

• highlight relevant points and not repeat your CV -- you want your reader to move on to your CV

• say why you want to work for that particular organisation and

• show that you have done some research, where possible

• show clearly what you are offering and not what you hope to gain from the employer

• say when you are available and give a time scale for following up if you are making a speculative application
  

For a professional approach to job seeking, you could use headed notepaper and include your business card, and a postcard with a good quality printed example of your work. You can also incorporate an image into your CV, perhaps scanning in one of your designs? But be careful that the text is readable.

If you take care with the design and presentation of your application, you are more likely to be taken seriously as a well organised and professional person.

Tips on a standard layout and format of a covering letter

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