Writing a CV for Part time Work

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Writing a CV for Part time Work

• Katie Dallison
• Careers Adviser

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Aims of a CV

• To get an interview!
• Snapshot of who you are
• Quickly show you meet job criteria
• Capture employers interest

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Use all info available

• Expecto provide staff of the highest quality for
  a wide range of corporate, public and private
  events. We specialise in supplying highly
  trained and experienced bar staff, waiters and
  waitresses.
• Need cash to finance your student fees or your
  social life, but worried about sacrificing time
  to your studies?
• Expecto provides solutions to those issues and
  consequently offers
• 7.50 an hour and personal control of your work
  schedule
• Please visit www.exspecto.co.uk to apply!

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Use all info available
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Before you even begin

• Think about you
• Why do I want/need this job?
• What have I done in the past that gives me an
  advantage to getting this job?
• What do I really want to get out of this job?

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Would you hire you?

• Be the employer
• Why does this person want to work in this job?
  For me?
• What makes this person unique? What can they
  bring me that is different from others?
• Do they have what I want?

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Practicalities

• Two A4 sized pages
• Good quality, white paper
• Use a word processor
• You could use bullet points for clarity
• Use CAPITALS, bold print or italics
• Take care with dates

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Looks are everything!

• First impressions count
• Bullets / Paragraphs / Boxes
• Think about your style
• Size matters
• Choose your font carefully

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The Basics

• Personal Details
• Tailored Personal Statement
• Education
• Work Experience
• Interests
• References

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How do I write it?

• Match your CV to the job description, person
  description, job advert
• You may need to develop several CVs
• Provide evidence of any statement
• The amount of space you give to a topic should
  correlate to how important it is

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Personal Statement

• Write a new one for every job you apply for
• Keep it short and direct
• Use it to direct readers to the most important
  parts for them
• Get it checked

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Exspecto Personal Statement

• Second year student at Queen Mary studying
  biomedical science
• High level of initiative as demonstrated through
  previous role as senior team member at Pizza King
• Fits easily into diverse teams proven by
  successes in team work at University

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The Basics

• Personal Details
• Tailored Personal Statement
• Education
• Work Experience
• Interests
• References

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Evidence top tips

• How did you do something?
• What did you achieve?
• Use strong verbs
• What did you learn?
• How is it relevant to what this new employer
  wants?

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Transforming your evidence

• Pizza shop assistant
• Chopped tomatoes
• Took orders
• Added pizza toppings

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Transforming your evidence

• Pizza King, Senior Team member
• Dealt with many types of customers efficiently
  and with patience, often in a busy pressurised
  environment.
• Part of a small team and responsible for
  maintaining health and safety policy for
  business.
• Often deputised to run the shop including
  counting takings, opening and locking up.

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What have we discovered?

• Specific Action words
• Think about your Layout
• Provide evidence
• Be prepared to talk about anything you put in
  your CV (or dont put)
• Spell check!

Match it to the job!
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Further support

• www.careers.qmul.ac.uk
• Online and books in the Careers Service
• We can check CVs / Applications for you
• www.careers.lon.ac.uk/sortit
• Implementing and Self Marketing
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• Jobs Work ? Applications Interviews

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How we can help
Mock Interviews CV Checking Job boards and
folders Advice Open Monday Friday 10.30 5pm
(4pm on Friday) Drop in sessions Monday -
Thursday 10.30 12.30 and 2 4.30