Create a better CV
- Make sure all the information on your CV is correct and up-to-date. The CV is a means of making an impact on the people who decide on whether to interview or not.
- Watch out especially for any gaps on your CV – employers will spot them and question you about them. Make sure you can account for them.
- Have a friend look over the CV once you have completed it, sometimes it is easier for someone from the outside to spot obvious mistakes.
- 2 pages is the norm in this country for a CV
- Follow this advice….and you’ll have a job in no time!!
Annotated CV Template.
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Laurence DuPont
21 Sample CV Street
LONDON GR42 5LY
tel: 020 8xxx xxxx
email: ldupont@sample.cv
Personal Information
Marital status: Single
Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 1st January 1976
Education
1994 - 1998 University of London
BA(hons) French and German 2:1
- Including 1 Year at University of Paris, France
- Modules include French Economics 1981-1995
1987 – 1994 Grange Hill School
3 ‘A’ Levels
- French A, German B, Mathematics C
Employment
September 1999 – Present
Smith and Partners, London
Secretary to General Manager
A multinational import/export company in the field of IT Hardware
- Assisting the Manager in all his work
- Diary Management
- Travel Co-ordinating
- Typing correspondence
- Conference / Meeting Co-ordination
- Minute Taking
- Managing two Assistants
July 1998 – August 1999
Watson Brothers, London
Administration Assistant
International Investment Bank, in the Documentation department
- Filing duties
- Dealing with correspondence
- Answering phones
- Dealing with Enquiries
- Mail room duties
Summer 1996 & 1997
ABC Market Research Co.
Market Research Interviewer
Europe-wide Market research firm, specialising in Social research
- Calling businesses and households in France and Germany
- Asking pre-prepared lists of questions
- Achieving weekly and monthly targets of calls
Software Applications Experience
Copy typing: 55wpm, touch typing
Word Processing: Microsoft Word, Lotus Ami-Pro: Advanced
Office: MS Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel : Advanced
Familiar with Windows 98 and XP Operating Systems
Languages
- English: Native speaker, French: Fluent, German: Fluent
Interests
- Gymnasium, reading modern literature, cinema, classical music