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Tommo:

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sorry.
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there,s always one :roll:  :lol:
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actually mines got 2!  :lol:  :lol:

Range Rover Blues:
Put yourself in the interviewer's seat.

He takes a big pile of CVs and chucks half in the bin, no honestly he does.

Yours has to stand out, so at the top should be a personal summary, your name and address then that 30 word statement all the interview books talk about.  If the 1st paragraph doesn't grab his attention he will file it under B for, you guessed it, Bin.

Then a statement detailing your current job, do I need to tell you to go as close to lying as you dare so it looks on paper like you are ideal?

All the stuff they'l ask you anyway, like hobbies, married etc goes at the back.  It's what you are doing today that gets you the job and that's all they are interested in.

shaun and co:
I must have gone through hundreds of cv's and the first thing that destines them to the bin is bad spelling and grammer. After that you really are just looking for ones that stand out. Be carefull about lying though- some that I :shock: 've had were so obviously made up it was untrue.

strapping young lad:
ive just made mine again after 6 years!

took me many an hour to construct it most of it to make the personal statement sound good, and true (cos you have to back up the bull you put there! :) )

you need to customise your roles in previous jobs to sound more like what they are after, leave out irrelevant bits as it will bore them.

oh and get good referees!

Evilgoat:
Actually used an American style Resume before. Similar thing to a CV but much more condensed, and it got me the job I'm in now.


Oh yes, I see the flaw...... 8)

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