Possible Redundancy - Need some help with CV!!
16 January 2009, 12:26 PM
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Possible Redundancy - Need some help with CV!!
The bank I work for is shedding 1000 jobs, the area I work in the figure is 190 and they're hoping they will all be voluntary.
The general feeling is they won't get even half that number volunteering so they will then switch to compulsary redundancies.
Although it's not the best time to be in the job market I feel I'm very good at what I do, I can certainly hold my own when being interviewed and always receive great feedback.
The one area I really struggle in is the content of my CV, which is very important in todays climate to actually get you through the door for an interview.
I'm not sure why but I just can't appear to put everything down on paper that I do and make it sound what an employer wants to hear.
I'm looking for a kind hearted soul out there who'd be willing to help me, I work in Active Directory design and 3rd line support, I desgined and built the current prod and test ESX clusters amongst many other things so if anyone out there who does the same kind of role could take a look at my CV and give me some pointers on a re-write I'd be eternally grateful.
I have no objection to posting all my work detail here if that's preferred but I can PM it also.
Cheers
Hanley
The general feeling is they won't get even half that number volunteering so they will then switch to compulsary redundancies.
Although it's not the best time to be in the job market I feel I'm very good at what I do, I can certainly hold my own when being interviewed and always receive great feedback.
The one area I really struggle in is the content of my CV, which is very important in todays climate to actually get you through the door for an interview.
I'm not sure why but I just can't appear to put everything down on paper that I do and make it sound what an employer wants to hear.
I'm looking for a kind hearted soul out there who'd be willing to help me, I work in Active Directory design and 3rd line support, I desgined and built the current prod and test ESX clusters amongst many other things so if anyone out there who does the same kind of role could take a look at my CV and give me some pointers on a re-write I'd be eternally grateful.
I have no objection to posting all my work detail here if that's preferred but I can PM it also.
Cheers
Hanley
16 January 2009, 12:36 PM
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Google for CV help. There are many companies offering to fine tune your rough CV and I think many are good.
A few offer a free appraisal so you send them a rough one and they will phone and have a chat. Obviously they are after the business and the cost seems to be between £50 - £150. Well worth a punt IMHO.
Modern thinking seems to be to lose the actual words "cv or curriculum vitae" and just have your name and a contact number top left. Then a few buzzy summary lines. Then main body of CV with misc details at bottom. HTH. dl
A few offer a free appraisal so you send them a rough one and they will phone and have a chat. Obviously they are after the business and the cost seems to be between £50 - £150. Well worth a punt IMHO.
Modern thinking seems to be to lose the actual words "cv or curriculum vitae" and just have your name and a contact number top left. Then a few buzzy summary lines. Then main body of CV with misc details at bottom. HTH. dl
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Iain - I have a feeling you'll be okay.
Also used to work in IT Recruitment (ran the Orange account and also Hyder amoung others) and have seen a lot of CVs.
Quick pointers:
2 pages max
Punchy personal summary/statement at the top - 3 lines max.
Write any technical terms as often as possible - a lot of companies use rather lazy word searches to sift through CVs.
Make sure it's on a Word doc not a pdf (so it can be searched/formatted)
List academic quals very briefly but any professional quals in more detail.
Phone every company after sending your CV to make sure they have received it - it will make them remember you and impress them too.
Also used to work in IT Recruitment (ran the Orange account and also Hyder amoung others) and have seen a lot of CVs.
Quick pointers:
2 pages max
Punchy personal summary/statement at the top - 3 lines max.
Write any technical terms as often as possible - a lot of companies use rather lazy word searches to sift through CVs.
Make sure it's on a Word doc not a pdf (so it can be searched/formatted)
List academic quals very briefly but any professional quals in more detail.
Phone every company after sending your CV to make sure they have received it - it will make them remember you and impress them too.
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At the moment i'm sifting through 80 CV's for a FLT driver. I'm looking to interview approx 12, and here's my tips.
Spell the name of the person you address it to correctly.
Dont include any certificates or documents.
Dont say anything negative, i read one today and the first line was how long he had been unemployed.
Make it all look neat and tidy, no ragged envelopes.
Get straight to the point re what they are looking for and what you offer.
Make it easy to contact you.
Dont email a format they cant open.
Send it early, if they get lots of applications they may close it early. We did.
Be positive, make it so they cant refuse.
good luck.
Spell the name of the person you address it to correctly.
Dont include any certificates or documents.
Dont say anything negative, i read one today and the first line was how long he had been unemployed.
Make it all look neat and tidy, no ragged envelopes.
Get straight to the point re what they are looking for and what you offer.
Make it easy to contact you.
Dont email a format they cant open.
Send it early, if they get lots of applications they may close it early. We did.
Be positive, make it so they cant refuse.
good luck.
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