Week 9 CV'S

Week 9 CV's

 What are they?

Summary if all your personal details that would be relevant to an employer

Why?
- marketing tool
- to introduce yourself to a potential employer
- often asked for in a job ad
- trade shows and networking events
- send them with a letter to ask for work experience, cover letter.

Good and bad cv

Good

- good grammar and punctuation
- professionally presented
- individual
- concise
- genuine interest
-Tailor made to the job

Bad

- generic
- slang language
- lying
- dirty/messy
- using the wrong tenses

Writing an effective cv

- the usual order - name, personal details, profile and objective relate it to the job your applying for, skills, education put in reverse to gcse, employment, interests, references

- discusss specific requirements of your Subject specialism with your lecture
- as a designer you need to talk about your design skills
- keep it concise, clear and simple to read
- experiment with quirky layout using the appropriate software keep it simple
- keep it to 2 pages max
- highlight important facts and disregard irrelevant ones
- info on page 1 must have a real impact
- use space to create impact
- font size and layout must be readable ( arial 12)
- check grammar punctuation and spelling
- visual impact highly important for your design career
- use plain English avoid abbreviations avoid babbling
- cover letter
- quality of paper is important

Types of cv

- conventional lists the basics in the usual order
- skills based, main emphasis on skills information on qualifications and experience kept to a minimum
- academic, mostly used for postgraduate applications focus on subjects studied/ research undertaking and work you have had published
- electronic, submitted via email with cover letter save as PDF
- European, may require a different emphasis
- scientific, focus on procedures and equipment and work published
- creative, innovative imaginative approach


What skills do employers look for?
- flexibility
- communication
- teamwork
- leadership
- initiative
- problem solving
- self awareness
- commitment
- interpersonal skills
- numeracy

Skills based cv

- describe your skills from college or when you have so much skills that their is not enough room. Your cv becomes more focused

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- Create a cv
- education & qualifications
- work experience & employment
- achievements
- leisure interests and hobbies
-any other skills