Your CV
Before You Get Started
Prior to starting any CV, you need to have a clear focus about what you want to achieve, what you can contribute to the opportunity if successful. Consider how your CV will look and read to a potential employer.
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Understand Your Goal
What type of role or industry do you want to enter?
Are you looking for an internship, apprenticeship, graduate program, or entry-level job?
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Identify Transferable Skills
Even if you don’t have much work experience, you have skills from educational projects, part-time jobs, volunteering or extracurricular activities. Teamwork, communication, research, problem-solving etc
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Prioritise Your Education to Date
For recently qualified or entry level candidates, academic achievements, awards, grades, relevant course work or projects are mostly likely to be your notable contributors to a potential employer.
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Structure & Formatting
Keep it clean, precise, organised, easy to read and navigate. Consider what information is most important to a potential employer. Keep fonts and cases consistent.
Always have someone you trust to proof-read your CV before issuing. Typos and formatting issues are simple to miss on your own CV, but can be a glaringly obvious red flag to a potential employer.
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DO NOT SHOUT!
FULL WORDS IN CAPITAL LETTERS CAN APPEAR AGGRESSIVE!
Unless you are referencing an organisation or body who's name is in full capital letters, your CV does not require any fully-capitalised wording.
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Personal Information
Potential employers do not need too much personal information. Keep it succinct to full name, email address, phone number and the general location that you live.
You don't need to provide your full address, date of birth, marital status, sexual orientation etc.
If you are relocating - specify when & where.