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30-06-2002 2:22pm#1
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Good points from both the last two posters there. Also a big one which we were taught was to write it more-or-less in the third person. So instead of "I have represented TCD...", just right "Represented TCD....". IMO it looks better, and for the amount of times you right I worked/I have/I wrote - you'll save a few numbers on the wordcount by writing in the third person.
Also cut down on useles info. For example:1996-2000. I worked as a barman in McCloskeys of donnybrook. Working 3 nights on
average a week during term, and full time during the summers.
Just writing "Worked as a barman in McCloskey's, Donnybrook." would be sufficient. The details of your hours are irrelevant.
Little things like that though can be padded - Did you ever work alone? i.e. "Worked as a barman in McCloskey's, Donnybrook. On occasion was entrusted as acting head barman, co-ordinating the other barstaff. "
Some of the other things, like the amount of networking/gaming stuff you've done could all be put into a separate section, maybe under 'interests and hobbies'.
For example, the MUD one, could just be - "Set up and maintained a large internet gaming service, which held consistent interest over the 4/5 years I was involved".
As people have said, basically cut down on the info. It'll give you more to talk about in the interview, and white space makes a CV look neat. Also yes, lose 2 referees. 2 is ample, and plenty of people simply write "References available on request". This will allow you to pick-and choose who refers you when they ask.
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ok
a few things now that ive actually looked at it.
1) clean up your personal details.
im not a fan have things centred in the page. have your headings on the left adn your details on the right. use the whole width of the page, its what its there for.
dont put in your school and college in personal details.
its not relavant.
add in nationality and marital status if you want
add a mobile phone number if you have one
add your email address
2)drop the priority of academia.
the first thing after personal details should be your work
its what the want to look at.
give more info on the work.
i worked at mcdonalds isnt enough. tell them you were super johnny 5 gold stars and vice president of buns or something.
youre trying to sell yourself here.
use bullet points to list acomplishments in work, its neat, its precise and it makes it look neater. if you were a barman, then tell them you were involved in customer relations, tell them you looked after the place when the manager wasnt about.
tell them you did stock takes. sell youself.
you did sys admin, what size company. how responsible were you? did you have full rights? were you in charge of lots of important data, backups, etc etc etc
3) tools.
change the name. put it under software development or something. just change it.
say how good you are at the apps.
make bullet points of these. only sentences should be used in sentence format. lists should be in list format.
4)acomlishments should all come under the various headings unless its a personal thing, in which case you should have a person stuff at the end which also gives details of drivers licences etc, certs etc etc etc
5) near te end should be your college and school should you want to put it in. it gets less relevant the long oyu are out of school and have more work experience behind you.
i will add my old cv and you can have a look.
its changed several times since this, but its still tidy and worht a gander. and i know this works, becuase ive actually used this to get myself 3 job offers int he space of a year since i left ireland.
hope some of this has helped.
good luck
oh, and you may have noticed ive edited out some of the more useful info
oh, and change it to a .doc0 -
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