Writing My C.V.
When I first read the module requirements I did think this task wouldn’t be that difficult, but after attempting it a number of times I began to think differently. I was finding it extremely difficult to condense everything down to just one A4 page.
After starting to think the task was impossible to do, I decided to have a look at some C.V. templates, which I downloaded from some job agencies. After looking at a number of templates I noticed the majority of them were at least two pages long – which was the frustrating thing because two pages in length seemed to be the norm for most people yet we were required to hand in one page.
After quite a few failed attempts of trying to condense my C.V. (even changing the font size) I decided to read some useful tips on writing C.V.s to try and get an idea of what type of things I should be including and what I should leave out. I discovered that I did not need to list all my G.C.S.Es subject qualifications (something I had been doing) all I needed to include was how many I achieved with grades A- C.
Surprisingly this seemed to save a fair amount of space – which was great but I still needed to cut it down further.
The other thing that I found was taking up the majority of the space was my work employment and experience – I was listing the all my job roles and job description another thing that was not entirely relevant – all that needed to be included was my job roles and the dates of the placement. I decided to choose not to include work experience placements I had completed in schools and at solicitor offices, as I believed it was not relevant to achieving a career within the media industry. To get around not including this content I chose to title my C.V. ‘Media C.V.’ rather than just have a general C.V. this made it more specific to the type of jobs I would be looking for.
After finally condensing my ‘Media C.V.’ down to one A4 page I still wasn’t extremely happy with it – I thought my personal statement was brief and lacked detailed I wanted it to be more inspiring and focused on what I wanted to do! After several more attempts of writing it I was finally happy with the finished product I felt my personal statement was a strong opening for my C.V. and all the content needed was included
After starting to think the task was impossible to do, I decided to have a look at some C.V. templates, which I downloaded from some job agencies. After looking at a number of templates I noticed the majority of them were at least two pages long – which was the frustrating thing because two pages in length seemed to be the norm for most people yet we were required to hand in one page.
After quite a few failed attempts of trying to condense my C.V. (even changing the font size) I decided to read some useful tips on writing C.V.s to try and get an idea of what type of things I should be including and what I should leave out. I discovered that I did not need to list all my G.C.S.Es subject qualifications (something I had been doing) all I needed to include was how many I achieved with grades A- C.
Surprisingly this seemed to save a fair amount of space – which was great but I still needed to cut it down further.
The other thing that I found was taking up the majority of the space was my work employment and experience – I was listing the all my job roles and job description another thing that was not entirely relevant – all that needed to be included was my job roles and the dates of the placement. I decided to choose not to include work experience placements I had completed in schools and at solicitor offices, as I believed it was not relevant to achieving a career within the media industry. To get around not including this content I chose to title my C.V. ‘Media C.V.’ rather than just have a general C.V. this made it more specific to the type of jobs I would be looking for.
After finally condensing my ‘Media C.V.’ down to one A4 page I still wasn’t extremely happy with it – I thought my personal statement was brief and lacked detailed I wanted it to be more inspiring and focused on what I wanted to do! After several more attempts of writing it I was finally happy with the finished product I felt my personal statement was a strong opening for my C.V. and all the content needed was included
posted by Keely @ 05:23
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home