CV Help
Your CV is the first opportunity you have to make an impression on us, and we, in turn, will want to be able to impress a potential employer with your skills and attributes. It’s main purpose is to sell you and your skills to a potential employer to get you the all-important first interview. In today's competitive job market your CV should not only be good, it must be the BEST it can be.
View example CV | Interview Tips
Here is some simple advice that will help you:
- Don’t use a generic CV.
- Agencies and employers will want to see instantly how you fit the bill for the job advertised. Either develop several versions of your CV each highlighting a specific area in which you are skilled - or tailor your CV each time to the position for which you are applying.
- Format is all-important
- Remember to ensure the look is clean and uncluttered
- Avoid colour
- Bullet point your top skills at the top of your CV – don’t make it into a treasure hunt
- Use a plain and simple font like “Arial 10”
- Try and stick to a maximum of 3 pages
- Be clear - be honest
- Never lie!
- Include personal details, name, address, telephone number, mobile, educational history and qualifications. Don’t list all your exams here – elaborate on relevant Professional and Degree Level qualifications and summarise school attainment e.g. 6 GCSE A*-C
- Career history should be in reverse chronological order with a few sentences on skills, achievements and job content.
- A short skills summary, including product versions with which you are familiar, will enable us to match your skills quickly to a suitable vacancy.
- Always mention languages in which you are proficient – but don’t exaggerate your level of fluency
Example CV
Personal Details
Name: A. Candidate
Address:
1, Street
Town
RI2E 1ST
UK
Nationality: British
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7123 4567
Mobile : +44 (0)20 7876 5432
Email: a.contractor@rize.co.uk
Education
Date: 1991 – 1994 University of ‘Anywhere’ - Qualifications: BSC
Electronic Engineering
Date: 1983 – 1991 Town School, Any Town - Qualifications 9 O’ Levels
(inc. Maths and English) 3 A’ Levels
Languages Spoken (other than Mother tongue) – e.g. Fluent French, Arabic, Mandarin, Swahili etc
Skills Summary
Products/ Versions/ length of experience/ other relevant factors relating to technology
Employment History (in reverse chronological order)
Company: Telecommunications Corporate
Date: 2003 – Present
Position: Senior IT Manager
This company is one of the largest global providers of Telecommunications infrastructure in the world. I joined their UK operation company heading a 15 strong team supporting 3000 users. The environment consisted of Windows NT servers with 3000 workstations in 12 locations. My duties involved day to day management of fault handling........
