Advice on CV.

AK75

Hi

I would like some advice on my CV if possible. As you will see it is hardly the greatest CV. The template I have used is basically one from when I left school many years ago and I have just tried to update it. Also the last two employment entries don't look great due to the time spent at these places. Royal mail was temp but I left my last fulltime job (smg) after 4 months due to my employer not being trust worthy.Should this be pointed out on my CV?

I have not posted this to take a bashing off people as I feel dispondent enough being out of work. So if anyone has any constructive advice I would be very gratefull to hear it.

Thank you.:T

Ps I have left contact details off the top email,address,etc.

ADRIAN M KEEGAN

　
Personal Profile
I am a reliable, hard-working, and practical person who is able to undertake a wide variety of tasks set. I have excellent team working skills, also working alone has given me the ability to plan and carry out large-scale tasks with great success. I am computer literate and I am always enthusiastic and willing to learn new skills.





Employment History
　
Royal Mail Group Ltd
December 10 working temporarily in a large sorting warehouse over the busy Christmas period Sorting incoming mail ready for delivery.
　
Safety Mark Group
July 10 to November 10 Working in environments such as Industrial plants, factory’s, offices, call centres, hospitals, and schools carrying out test and inspection work on all electrical appliances in the work place and public areas.
　

CLM Ltd
March 06 to April 10 Working in environments such as Industrial plants, factory’s, offices, call centres, hospitals, prisons and schools carrying out test and inspection work on all electrical appliances in the work place and public areas.
　
Miller Pattison
Jan 01 to March 06 Insulation fitter Duties - To install insulation in new build Property’s and replace existing insulation in older property’s. Also surveying and making appointment’s for the necessary work to be completed

Marks insulation
Jan 00 to Jan 01 Insulation fitter Duties - To install insulation in new build
Property’s and replace existing insulation in older property’s. Also surveying and making appointment’s for the necessary work to be completed

Smart Signs
July 99 to Dec 99 Sign maker/ erector Duties - Assisting with the manufacture and design of signs for shop windows, vans, and billboards.

Lancare
Aug 97 to June 99 Duties- Working as part of a team preparing and loading stock for dispatch.

Simple Tiles
Jan 94 to July 97 Duties- Store person organising stock ready for delivery, dealing with incoming deliveries. Also serving and assisting customers with any enquires.

　
　
Education
Sept 87 to June 93 Penketh High School.
GCSE English, Maths, Science and Geography,
Pitman Word Processing and office studies
　

Personal Details
Date of Birth 24th October 1975
Driving full clean UK Driving License
Hobbies/Interests My current interests include learning to cook mainly Indian cuisine. I also enjoy playing 5 a side football and swimming.


References Available on request

nw_mum

I really hope you find this helpful? I wouldn't put date of birth on CV everyone I know keeps it off including myself . Under your career history I would list for example
ABM Ltd

Team Secretary

Responsibilities:
Managed all office administration for the central team




Key Achievements:

• Produced quality , accurate documentation for meetings

I think this type of CV is called a reverse chrononological? But good luck even if my advice not useful

anamenottaken

consider whether you are using plurals or possessive -
factories, properties, appointments are plurals - which I think is what you want
factory's, property's, appointment's indicates that the factory etc possess something (but you don't indicate anything)

I don't think anyone would want to say they were unreliable or lazy - so not really worth saying that you are reliable and hard-working. Those are just your own opinion of yourself. What you need to write are demonstrable facts.

When you write "computer literate" what do you mean? Specify what applications you can use instead, which in itself demonstrates your computer literacy.

adg1

Give some achievements for the most recent employers. IE:

What YOU did, what YOU brought to the table.

Make sure it is no more than 2 sides of printed A4.

Expand on your most recent employment and brief over the older ones to keep it short.

Sell yourself. It reads like a list of jobs rather than a list of achievements and work history. If it just says what you do, the interviewer could have googled that from a job title. He wants to know you can increase this, or sell that, or manage this.

stephyt23

I'd change the layout of the employment bit. Here's an example of how I've got mine. (I, like you, had used the same format since leaving school which looked awful compared to this. I only changed it 2 weeks ago after 9 years of it looking the same)


Work Experience:

Employer name Supply Nursery Nurse March – Present
• Covering staff absences in local Nurseries on a casual as and when required basis

Employer name Volunteer May 2010 – July 2010
• Volunteered as a Teaching Assistant
• Worked across both Key Stages
• Worked with small groups of children supporting them with their work

It's easier to see at a glance the employer name, dates I was there and job title, then just a few bullet points underneath (3 or 4 max I'd say) of key things you did. These can be explained further at an interview.

I have the following on my CV in this order:

Personal details at top, set in the centre of the page
Profile: 3 or 4 lines detailing a bit about you, your strengths, not interests
Employment details, set out as above under the heading work experience
Additional work experience: here I've bullet pointed any voluntary work and placements I've done
Qualifications
Interests

I've used this format http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/lsc/National/cas_Example_Performance_CV.pdf and changed it around slightly to the order I've listed above. Looks so much more professional than my old one.