Question:
What's should the current CV format look like today?
I do understand that there are many threads etc about this, but most
are old. It's now Janruary 2003!
I'm from Australia, and shall be arriving in London, and will be
working somewhere in the UK (I am flexible, I've heard that the
agencies will help you more if you are willing to work outside London)
mid April.
I've had 3 years IT experiance (both web and VB application
programming).
I've heard that UK agencies expect no more than 2 pages for a CV! This
true? Can anyone out there send me some sample CV's that are catering
for the current market.
Answer:
-, I am not sure they even have the attention span to read two pages,
never mind understand anything they have read. But good luck anyway, the
statement is correct, two pages max.
-I reckon to reject a CV in about 10 seconds and read one that I want
for about 5 minutes.
You need to get your message over in the first 5-10 lines. So
Don't put CV or Curriculum Vitae at the top
then a one word sentence on why you are unque and why someone should
hire you - when you have written this ask "so what" and if the answer
isn't impressive revamp & repeat.
Do the same with 2 achievements
Put a skills and achievements in a table followed by your name and
address. List all your skills
Precede you name with the word name:
address with address:
Phone:
Mobile:
email: - not email address - automated systems will pick uo address
So
I will deliver every project ahead of time and under budget
In the past I have done this and made a $AS 100,000 saving providing a
website for XYZ Banking corporation.
I was a team leader for a major development to convert data from OCL
to UNIX and we completd our task in 75% of the time allocated.
Name: Mathew XXX
Address : Any street, Any town
Postcode XXX YYY
Phone : 01205 69587
Mobile: 07562 548712
Email: mathew@mydomain .com
Most recent Employer 1 Job Title Dates
Employer 2 Job Title Dates
Employer 3 Job Title Dates
Employer 4 Job Title Dates
Education
Highest Degree First
Interests
Put your main skills in the email, don't rely on the CV
Don't save your CV as CV.doc or CV.doc. I would suggest you use
yourname.doc
