CV Help

sdt1986

I've decided to do my CV again, it gets me jobs but it doesn't seem to sell me as well as it could/should.

So because I've had a lot of jobs I've opted to go for a skill based CV.

However on Personal profile I'm blagged on how best to sell myself.

I'm fantastic at sales, from account management to cold calling, my strengths are objection handling, thinking on my feet and closing a deal.

I'm great with computers, I pick up bespoke systems in next to no time, and I’m an advanced certificate holder in Excel and am more than capable in all Microsoft office packages.

I'm good at problem solving and have an analytical brain after being an MI analyst.

I have a tendency to want to know why things are the way they are as oppose to just accepting.

I like to find processes that enable to do my job more efficiently and productively.

Anyone good with CV's able to help me articulate that into a personal profile, skipping out what's needed and offering suggestions on other things I can add?

Much appreciated.

magenta22

I thought you were moving to Tenerife, is this for something between then or for something in Tenerife? If the latter what sort of jobs will you be applying for? If you can't speak the language being great with computers might not be an advantage because they are more likely to be in an office and want spanish speakers.

jfh7gwa

Anyone good with CV's able to help me articulate that into a personal profile, skipping out what's needed and offering suggestions on other things I can add?

No, because we don't know the job you'll be applying for to use it. and that's the critical factor that determines the order of information presented, the language used, how you highlight or downplay other aspects.

sdt1986

magenta22 wrote: »

I thought you were moving to Tenerife, is this for something between then or for something in Tenerife? If the latter what sort of jobs will you be applying for? If you can't speak the language being great with computers might not be an advantage because they are more likely to be in an office and want spanish speakers.

I'm learning Spanish at the moment, bar work and timeshare selling will be the likely bet for Tenerife.

The CV, is for now but also for the future, I've realised ending up in the job that I'm in now that I've definitely not sold my skills well enough so felt it was a time for a change in CV, it's needed doing for a while anyway.

sdt1986

jfh7gwa wrote: »

Anyone good with CV's able to help me articulate that into a personal profile, skipping out what's needed and offering suggestions on other things I can add?

No, because we don't know the job you'll be applying for to use it. and that's the critical factor that determines the order of information presented, the language used, how you highlight or downplay other aspects.

Office work, spreadsheets, analytical.

At worse Insurance sales, insurance MI.

I'm trying to sell my transferable skills which should enable me to get a few varied roles.

If I knew what it were that I wanted to do I'd be a happy man.

sdt1986

Should I design one for on the phone roles and one for more admin/MI sort of work?

Any suggestions here, I'm desperate, I need to chase the money for the next 9 weeks.

InsideInsurance

If you are great at selling as you say you are surely you can sell yourself?

You have listed a number of skills that are typically seen as diametrically opposed personality types - MI Analysts/ Statisticians dont normally make good cold calling people. Trying to merge all of these into a short snappy paragraph at best will make you sound a jack of all trades master of none and at worse that you are simply trying to blagging it.

Once you have decided what job to apply for you should then write your personal statement based on your skills and the skills they require.

If you are already in a focused career where the differential between each role you apply for is tiny then you can have a more standardised CV and personal statement that only needs a bit of modifying round the edges.... I've effectively done the same job for 7 years and still I amend the front page of my CV to highlight work with the greatest similarity to what they are asking for for each role I apply (though in reality there are probably about 6 iterations as there are only so many types of thing they can ask for)

wantsajob

sdt1986 wrote: »

timeshare selling will be the likely bet for Tenerife.

Crikey, near enough akin to scamming. I hate those people when I go on holiday and want to murder them all. I just want to be left alone to enjoy myself.

sdt1986

wantsajob wrote: »

Crikey, near enough akin to scamming. I hate those people when I go on holiday and want to murder them all. I just want to be left alone to enjoy myself.

I know I know, it's not those that pester you in the streets, it's english people ringing england, weirdly enough. Not an ideal job but I know I can do it, I know it earns money, so the plan would be to do it whilst settling onto something else. I'd prefer working 60hrs a week in a bar personally.

sdt1986

InsideInsurance wrote: »

If you are great at selling as you say you are surely you can sell yourself?

You have listed a number of skills that are typically seen as diametrically opposed personality types - MI Analysts/ Statisticians dont normally make good cold calling people. Trying to merge all of these into a short snappy paragraph at best will make you sound a jack of all trades master of none and at worse that you are simply trying to blagging it.

Once you have decided what job to apply for you should then write your personal statement based on your skills and the skills they require.

If you are already in a focused career where the differential between each role you apply for is tiny then you can have a more standardised CV and personal statement that only needs a bit of modifying round the edges.... I've effectively done the same job for 7 years and still I amend the front page of my CV to highlight work with the greatest similarity to what they are asking for for each role I apply (though in reality there are probably about 6 iterations as there are only so many types of thing they can ask for)

It's difficult tailor making a CV when you apply for a couple of hundred jobs on Reed

I'll do a CV to suit going on the phones, and one to sort more admin and Analysis sort of roles.

As for being able to sell my self, give me a phone and a product and I'll shift it, give me a pen and paper I'll get writers block. My CV looks !!!! but get me an interview and I'll get the job.

InsideInsurance

I'd question the use of Reeds website - never had any success via it despite plenty via others, have had a lot of spam from it though....

It is certainly worth creating a series of CVs for the different types of roles you will be going for as its hard to stretch an outbound cold calling sales CV to cover inbound customer complaints let alone a data analyst.