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    The document provides guidance on creating an effective CV tailored for a specific job application. It advises targeting the information in the CV to match the requirements of the job as outlined in the person specification. Key sections to include are personal details, education, work experience, skills, positions of responsibility, and interests. References should include one employer and one academic referee. The ideal length is two pages for most jobs. It then provides a sample CV targeted for a summer internship, demonstrating how to highlight skills listed in the job description.

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    The document provides guidance on creating an effective CV tailored for a specific job application. It advises targeting the information in the CV to match the requirements of the job as outlined in the person specification. Key sections to include are personal details, education, work experience, skills, positions of responsibility, and interests. References should include one employer and one academic referee. The ideal length is two pages for most jobs. It then provides a sample CV targeted for a summer internship, demonstrating how to highlight skills listed in the job description.

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    Applications and interviews

    CREATING THE
    IDEAL CV

    Get to interview via your CV.

    argeting the information in your


    CV to a particular type of work
    is essential in catching the
    recruiters eye. This means that
    there is no general CV: each time you
    apply for a job you need to tweak it to
    fit the job role. How do you do that?
    The place to start is the person
    specification on the job description,
    as this tells you all you need to know
    about the type of person the employer is
    looking for. Sometimes this is laid out
    separately from all the other information
    given; other times its a bit more subtle
    and you have to read between the lines.
    One useful tactic is to look at how the
    company talks about itself: they will
    probably want you to have the same
    traits. Your aim is to make your CV
    match all of the criteria.

    Test yourself using this sample job ad


    How many skills can you find in the
    internship advertisement on the right?
    (Answers at the bottom of the page.)

    Essential information
    Personal details
    Name, address, telephone number, email
    address.
    Make sure you have a professionalsounding email, such as your full name,
    rather than a nickname: if necessary set
    up a new account.
    Education
    University education
    A levels
    Number of GCSEs (or equivalent).
    Work experience
    Include both paid and voluntary work and
    any part-time or on-campus work youve
    done.
    Feature the skills that are most relevant to
    the job you are applying for. You can split
    this into a first section Relevant work
    experience, outlining directly related
    experience, and Other experience, listing
    everything else.

    Skills
    IT, languages (including the level of
    competency) and any technical skills
    for example, lab techniques.
    Positions of responsibility
    This is optional: include it if you have any
    relevant responsibilities.
    Interests
    Leisure activities, club/society
    memberships, travel.
    References
    If you do give references, then a good rule
    of thumb is to include one employer and
    one academic referee for jobs and two
    academic referees for courses.
    Length
    Most employers will expect the standard
    UK CV length of two pages.
    Academic CVs are often longer as you are
    required to include presentations,
    publications etc.
    CVs for banking jobs should be no more
    than one page.

    Summer Internship Programme

    1. reach their capabilities, skill ambitious/driven;


    2. responsibility, skill responsible; 3. contributing members of
    a team, skill teamwork and communication; 4. learn from
    leaders, skill ability to learn quickly; 5. mentored by your team
    leader, skill interpersonal and relationship building skills;
    6. motivated people from the firm, skill self-motivation.

    Answers:

    24

    ed to helping our people reach their


    At Diamond Plus Bank, we are committ
    offer students real responsibility. You
    capabilities. Our Summer internships
    as you will be fully contributing
    will need to be able to learn quickly,
    r skills for the financial industry. You
    members of a team and develop you
    leaders within finance and be
    will work alongside, and learn from,
    ugh working with other bright,
    mentored by your team leader. Thro
    undertaking responsibility you will
    motivated people from the firm and
    to help you in your future career.
    gain valuable insights and experience

    THE CAREERS SERVICE GUIDE London 2014

    www.careers.lon.ac.uk

    Applications and interviews

    Its obvious this is a CV as it starts with


    their name as a title.
    Begin with the most recent events and
    include current education.

    This CV is written for the summer internship with Diamond


    Bank. Notice how it gives examples to demonstrate all the skills
    on the internship advert on the opposite page.

    Flags up a skill
    outlined in the
    job description.
    Uses numbers
    to provide
    specific
    information,
    increasing the
    impact of her
    writing.
    Summarises
    GCSEs.
    Includes any
    relevant careersrelated courses.
    Lines between
    sections,
    capitalised titles
    and bullet points
    make it easy to
    read.

    Includes extracurricular careersrelated activities.


    Include full
    references if you
    want. If you run
    out of space then
    it is fine to write
    Available upon
    request.

    Samantha Chester
    41 Station Road, NW1 8QP
    hester@yahoo.co.uk
    Mobile: 07797 345621 Email: sam.c
    EDUCATION & COURSES

    rsity of London
    BSc economics, Queens College, Unive
    20112014
    ess and microeconomics.
    busin
    and
    mics
    econo
    in
    ods
    meth
    Modules include: mathematical
    part of microeconomics.
    through study of financial markets as
    Commercial awareness developed
    nting to peers and lecturers
    prese
    gh
    throu
    ence
    confid
    and
    skills
    Improved oral communication
    and individually.
    seven times, both as a group of four
    dary School, Poole
    Secon
    Hart
    2011
    2004
    ology (B)
    studies (B), biology (B); AS Level: psych
    A Levels: mathematics (A), business
    (A)
    h
    Englis
    and
    10 GCSEs including mathematics (A*)
    arket Bank, onsite.
    Jan 2011, Principles of Trading, Haym
    gh 1 day introduction to trading.
    throu
    ness
    aware
    ercial
    comm
    Increased
    WORK EXPERIENCE

    s Training, London
    P/t Administration Assistant, Nexu
    Sept 2011Present
    ity of online enrolment and resources
    viabil
    g
    rchin
    resea
    of
    ity
    nsibil
    respo
    Entrusted with additional
    to put job out to tender.
    ing
    agree
    team
    nt
    geme
    mana
    r
    senio
    was
    needed, which resulted in
    group to ensure an efficient service
    client
    se
    diver
    cally
    ethni
    with
    ps
    Built successful relationshi
    ly.
    quick
    ered
    answ
    provided and queries were
    ule, demonstrating self
    often completed tasks ahead of sched
    Worked largely unsupervised and
    motivation.
    ng participants onto courses and
    for 50 training courses, such as booki
    Organised all administration work
    work.
    paper
    completing all the related
    nted to senior
    ack forms to produce reports and prese
    Regularly recorded and analysed feedb
    management team.
    P/t Sales Assistant, Currys, Poole
    June 2008Aug 2010
    uter systems and to keep uptodate
    out training on various internal comp
    seek
    to
    ive
    Took the initiat
    reading magazines, websites and
    gh
    throu
    ,
    visual technology
    with the latest developments in audio
    participating in online forums.
    hes and head office and dealing
    liaising with colleagues at other branc
    Utilised interpersonal skills when
    with external suppliers.
    ngup late deliveries or
    assertiveness through regularly chasi
    Improved communication skills and
    .
    es and complaints
    payments and handled customer queri
    levels and order products.
    used organisational skills to track stock
    Dealt with financial transactions and
    POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
    seven, through weekly
    ber: Worked closely with a team of
    careers events
    Economics Society Committee mem
    organised and ran social and finance
    17%;
    by
    ip
    bersh
    mem
    ty
    socie
    se
    s/trips off
    event
    l
    meetings, to increa
    socia
    three
    ran
    and
    ised
    a team of three, organ
    and liaised with the department. In
    one.
    each
    at
    4050
    of
    ut
    campus, with turno
    es, teaching, motivating and
    : Organising training and weekly match
    Football coach for local youth team
    e necessary.
    wher
    line
    discip
    le, as well as providing
    encouraging a squad of 15 young peop
    OTHER SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS
    Challenge. This involved
    s in the Queens College Enterprise
    and
    Achieved 2nd place out of 27 team
    ability to learn new concepts quickly,
    the
    ring
    requi
    ,
    hours
    three
    in
    plan
    developing a business
    try.
    indus
    from
    ts
    exper
    pitching it to a panel of
    , Access and Powerpoint.
    IT: Intermediate level Word, Excel
    Languages: Conversational German.

    Includes a couple of
    modules which give
    relevant knowledge
    for the job, along with
    further details on
    content.
    Draws out the
    transferable skills
    outlined in the job
    description:
    responsibility,
    interpersonal/
    relationship building
    ability, selfmotivation.
    Uses examples to
    back up the skills:
    avoid at all costs just
    listing your skills.
    Again, draws out
    transferable skills
    outlined in job
    description: ambition,
    interpersonal skills.
    Uses this section to
    again show skills
    outlined in job
    description:
    teamwork and
    interpersonal skills.
    Choice of title
    highlights ability to
    take responsibility.

    REFERENCES
    Available on request

    Further information
    See here for the following resources
    www.careers.lon.ac.uk/cep
    How to write a CV, The Careers Group
    2010 (leaflet)
    CVs for PhD Students,
    The Careers Group 2010 (leaflet)
    Medical CVs, The Careers Group 2010
    Your Careers Service also holds
    reference books on CVs.

    www.careers.lon.ac.uk

    A final checklist
    Does it look professional and can the
    reader find the information they need
    easily? Make your section headings stand
    out, using bold and a larger font.

    Present your information, such as


    date layout, in a consistent way.

    Check for spelling and grammar


    errors. Dont rely on a computer
    spellchecker!

    Use good-quality white or off-white


    paper and put each page on a
    different sheet rather than back-to-back.

    If you are sending out your CV


    speculatively (not in response to an
    advert) send it directly to the manager of the
    department you are interested in and not HR. If
    you know someone in the organisation find out
    if they will pass your CV to the relevant person.

    Include a covering letter. See the next


    section for advice.

    THE CAREERS SERVICE GUIDE London 2014

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