Killer CV - Job Hunting

[Beaker]

The only people I know who dont have a CV have pretty low paid menial jobs.

I do not have a CV and I would not call my job menial and low paid i bring home around £1600 a month and is that a low paid job nower days if it is can someone do me a CV

My CV is going out again for that sort of takehome... a fortnight.

I think yours and mine are probably not the normal though so it would be silly to suggest CV's get you twice as much money...

Mind you thats a 37 hour week.

.... yet you still drive a slow, economical car?

On that kind of money I'd be prioritising power/luxury/class over economy

42kpa give or take is hardly much to be going out and splashing money on a car. Now if I was earning 600kpa then I might consider it

[E_T_V]

Yes some jobs don't require a CV, and some expect it.

I mean a graphic designer won't need a CV as such, they need a resume of previous work.
An engineer will almost definatly need one to prove his training and competance.

CV type will depend enormously on the type of job you are applying for.

Write your CV thinking about what the people who will be interviewing you are trying to find out, not necessarily what you want to tell them. Look at it from the interviewers side and make it easy for them to hire you.

You need to include the basic info that means it'll get past the HR drones, i.e. prove you have the skills for the job in hand to get the interview. Then it'll get passed on to the interviewer who will want to be sure you have the technical skills (usually easy enough to judge from the CV, your referees and a few techy questions at the interview). Then the interviewer will want to know what sort of person you are. Prove that you are a human with some social skills and a life outside of work. After that the interviewer will then use the CV to provide opportunities to get to know more about you and that you'll fit in with his other employees and not rock the boat too much.

Cv's don't want to be too long, and should be easy to scan read. Mine is pretty plain but easy to read and 2 sides of A4.

[Jonny 5]

The only people I know who dont have a CV have pretty low paid menial jobs.

I do not have a CV and I would not call my job menial and low paid i bring home around £1600 a month and is that a low paid job nower days if it is can someone do me a CV

My CV is going out again for that sort of takehome... a fortnight.

I think yours and mine are probably not the normal though so it would be silly to suggest CV's get you twice as much money...

Mind you thats a 37 hour week.

.... yet you still drive a slow, economical car?

On that kind of money I'd be prioritising power/luxury/class over economy

I probably drive my slow car as fast as you drive your fast car slow and it says alot more about me to my typical client. Money doesnt buy class Sheafy you probably have those bumfluff things still stuck to your face. I kinda prefer my 4 bed house anyway, I get to drive fast cars at work, well I did.

The Insight is just a tool for my job, I make 8p in corporation tax saving for each mile I put through expenses, the fuel costs less than 6p.

[daz500]

Out of curiosity, what do you do these days Jonny?

[james1978]

lie through your teeth
make your self sound like there could be no one else possibly better for the job

i used to almost do a new c.v for every job, changing things around!1

if like me you have loads of experience in all sorts of logger, and have had many jobs in the past, only include what is relevant to the job your applying for, or just the best jobs you have done in the past

dont include too much, make it clear, well spaced out
an employer will hold it out infront of him, if its not clear and easy to read from arms length they will automaticly throw in bin if they have quite a few
cover letter, dont waffle on, short and sweet and straight to the point

should be 3 pages
personal details and qualifications
list of jobs done, who for how long, starting with last
then brief descriptions of job role and experience gained

if you used to be a porn star or something, leave that bit out id ssay, employers done tend to have a great personality and see a joke lol

[Jonny 5]

Out of curiosity, what do you do these days Jonny?

I was on the Product Development side of JLR working on some hybrid cars, 2 production ones for MY13 and 3 prototype Range Rover Sports full Hybrids for September build but that contract ends in 3 weeks and they have serious cashflow issues so no chance of any renewals so theres 140 of use going, maybe more to come. The government offered that £500M 6 months ago but they haven't seen a penny yet.

Hopefully they sort it all out as they have some awesome stuff coming out and the UK needs some sort of volume premium brand.