I am wanting to revamp my CV, and believe you can get this done professionally.

Does anybody know of , or had experience of any Companies specialising in this area?

All help gratefully received.

Steve

 

I do mine myself..

I am contract and change my job as often as every 6months.

You can tell if it is good enough if you get job interviews....
then the CV is good enough...

I think you will get charged lots for something you don't really need to have done.

Just try and keep the Cv to 2pages of a4 plus a page for references.

Include a "Key Skills" section at the top and list what your skills are briefly eg: Programming in C...

Then list your jobs starting with most resent, going to oldest..
giving a brief overview of what you did there.
Then list qualifications...
Can put interests or hobbies on but don;t include the usual 'sociallising' because everyone knows you spend Friday and Saturday night in the pub and there is not much point advertising it.
Other people may disagree but I am in work and have been for the past 10years using the above method with no problems.

Then again if you are having no luck getting work then it might be worth getting it done...

JGM

 

I agree JGM2, Do it yourself or.......

When I went to Reed IT they decided that they would help me re-write my CV and of course you can request a copy once they have finished.

K.I.S.S keep it simple stupid or old rock band, basic details, concise info, in a relevent order and you will do fine !!

Phill (good luck)

 

JGM, if you do it yourself, it may be a good idea to proof read your CV for spelling mistakes and punctuation

edited to add or change to grammar



[Edited by InvisibleMan - 3/14/2002 1:28:27 PM]

 

Thanks for the help, guys.

I've not actually submitted a CV for over 12 years, and so wondered more than anything else, whether the expected format has changed.

I think I'll take your advice and do it myself.The results, I am sure, will speak for themselves.

Steve

 

I too have this question with about the same time period since a CV was done - maybe longer...

In fact I find it hard to describe what my skills and roles are as my job has sort of evolved & as many of you know, I do a very wide variety of things

It comes down to what employers are looking for I suppose, but I'm not wishing to have a load of different CVs for different applications.

I was thinking to have someone sort out what is relevant for the current job market & then bang that up into a CV. So I suppose the original question still stands?

Hmm..

 

Buy a book on it - under a fiver probably I did and have been told my CV is excellent. Keep it under 2 pages. It goes something like this.

Name and address contact details (centred bold)

Profile
A graduate from the school of 4 wheel drifiting, I am currently looking for a role where these skills can be used and developed blah blah (4 or 5 lines max)

Then -

Key Skills (use bullet points) e.g.
- NT Server
- Exchange Server
etc. 5 or 6 of these relevant to the job.

then....

Professional Qualifications

Educational History

Order these on how long ago you were a speccy student.

Then Work History with a brief listing of duties for each.
Don't list that **** job in McDonalds

Piece of p1ss.

Oh and print at 600 dpi or more on nice paper.

 

Let me have a look at your current CV.... I will give you call and advise of changes formats etc.

THe guys are right most CV's are 2 pages. 3 pages is probably a max.

Make sure your last 2/3 positions have a section unless you have been their for a long long time.

Dont list too many skills!

 

Still not finished that CV Puff ?

I would say that it is worth tailoring a CV to a specific job. If you keep the CV brief to keep it in the suggested 2/3 pages it can be hard to highlight everthing you feel you want to. It should only take a few mins to change the focus or highlight depending on th Job you're applying for.

Deano

 

Funny but I haven't the time to re-read all my posts and check them through.

Where as my CV I would take the time to check.

To some of us writing and reading doesn't come so easy.. but we all live with our own problems.
I don't appreciate you trying to diss my advice just because my spelling and punctuation was not correct on a bl00dy BBS post!