hello peeps so i want to get a part-time job because i'm sick of being bored at home all the time and everyone loves a bit of money :Money-Mouth:
however i've never had a job or any experience and i don't know how to write an attractive cv without any experience!
also to what extent can i lie
thx
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Thread: CURRICULUM VITAE
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29-09-2014, 05:38 PM #1
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Love writing CV's a stuff! But yeah, have you not done any work experience in school or volunteer work or anything?
About the lying, in my opinion you can tell tiny white lies. For example, you shouldn't lie about past places you worked in or to claim to be fantastic at something you are not. Only lies I've told in interviews might have been experiences that I have learned from in my past work places such as "Tell me about a time that you had a difficult customer with a problem which was eventually solved" (was actually asked that).
A lot of people put down reading on their CV under the interests part. If you don't read and you put it down at least prepare a book or two that you can talk about that you'e "read recently" and maybe a book you are planning to read next
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29-09-2014, 06:04 PM #3
nope no previous work or volunteering apart from helping my mum sometimes who is a florist
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dont listen to phil
i lied about working in zara and got loads of interviews
just under references write: available upon request
they never ask
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29-09-2014, 06:29 PM #5
how many pages just 1?
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try to make it as short as you can (include all the relevant important info ofc but just don't waffle), employers don't really like reading lengthy CVs one page should be fine because you can't say much for past work experience/volunterring (if I were you I'd make it up) but mine is only one page because I've only had 2 jobs
Originally Posted by lemons
Last edited by kuzkasate; 29-09-2014 at 06:35 PM.
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my cv is two pages but ive had like 7 jobs
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Your CV should only use 1 sheet of A4 paper, so two pages basically.
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29-09-2014, 08:14 PM #9
My CV is one side of A4 and I've never not at least received an interview from it. The size of it doesn't matter, it's all about quality and content. Your Name, Address, Number and Email should all be at the top of the page. The first section is usually Education with your most recent College/Sixth Form at the top (with what you studied/grades). Include your GCSE's (since you haven't got a degree so they are still relevant). Since you haven't had a job for Employment History put down your Year 11 Work Experience in that section and anything else that's relevant e.g work placements, helping in your uncles shop... Usually Qualities/About Me/Key Attribute sections are frowned upon, but considering what you're applying for and the lack of content you should add those sections. Usually it's best to not have a references section on your cv at all, but if you must put the section down just put underneath "available upon request". It'll also come in handy if you type a reference sheet up with two contacts on it to take to any interviews along with a copy of your cv.
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Put it down. There's lots of good things to use there. Customer Service, Organisational Skill, Time Management (if you need to get orders done on time) Originally Posted by lemons
Loads of interviews but no jobs Originally Posted by wixard
Don't listen to Tara. Some places do look for references, many of mine have. I used to have "Available on request" and they questions why I had that down
one or two is sufficient. However many it takes really but keep it to the point. An interviewer won't want to read a novel Originally Posted by lemons
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