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The structure of a standard CV should be as follows:
Personal Information
Name, address, telephone number (home/mobile), telephone number (work), e-mail address.
Education & Training
A brief summary of your education history in reverse chronological order. If you are a graduate or have more than 3 years commercial experience do not list all of your O'Level or GCSE Grades. Just a brief summary will do (e.g. 10 O'Levels at Grade C and above).
This should include dates, educational establishment and brief summary of qualifications. Never lie about these. It is not worth it. More and more companies nowadays chase up the validity of such qualifications and you will almost certainly be dismissed for gross misconduct if they find out.
Employment History
A brief and relevant summary of your employment history in reverse chronological order. You may need to tailor this section for the particular vacancy for which you are applying. Make sure that at least your current job and the previous one fit on the first page of the CV along with the personal details and educational history.
This section should include dates, employer and a four or five line summary of your role (this can be expanded on a supplementary page if absolutely relevant to the job for which you are applying).
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Interests
Employers like to see that you have interests out of work. However, only specify interests which will be seen constructively from a professional recruitment manager in their office environment. 'Socialising' may be more aesthetically pleasing than 'Drinking' for example. Trying to be funny can quite often backfire unless the manager shares your sense of humour. The interview is the medium by which you can show your personality.
Referees
Provide the name and telephone number of two referees. These should be professional individuals who will confirm that you are a loyal and diligent worker or an honest person. You should have at least one 'work-related' referee.
The Letter
When you send your CV to a prospective employer or consultancy (such as Tiger) you should send a letter to explain the relevance of your skills to the particular job for which you are applying. If you send your CV to Tiger, we will amend the letter in the form of a Candidate Profile which we send to companies.
Tiger will never send your CV to a prospective employer without your express permission. We respect your confidentiality at all times. |