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"I've got one, two, three, [STRIKE]four[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]five[/STRIKE]... senses working overtime..", XTC. :sad:
Life beyond voluntary work scares me, but what else is there?
When I do a covering letter I generally put something like, name and my address, date of letter.
Then something like this maybe.
Dear Sir/Madam
I wish to apply for bla bla as seen in the so and so paper or online.
My previous experience of performing this type of role is within bla bla and so many years.
If you have just left school or college put that you have just finished your course in and your knowledge of this subject etc.
Yours faithfully if its a Dear Sir/Madam
Sincerely if its a name of a person, eg Dear Mr Smith
Your signature here.
Enc. CV
Your name
For your CV an agency advised me to set it out with pointers.
Your name and address first centered and phone number, email etc.
A brief history of your skills.
EG
I have previous experience within this and my skills are as follows: Just a few lines, about 3 or 4.
You can lay it out like this but others on here may have better methods even so.
Certificates: O Level English - O Level Maths
Skills: Typing and word processing.
Education: Schools: 1979-1984
Goresbrook Smith
Essex
College: 1984-1986
Brushfield Strokes
London
Employment: Barts and Gates 1987-2000
Processing Unit - Processor
London
My duties included processing large parcels for this unit and I
gained such and such knowledge and worked my way up to
a supervisory role.
Barts and Simpson Outlets 2001 - 2005
Bla Bla Felds - Driver
Essex
My duties included driving and deliveries for this company
Well you get the gist of this, a CV should be no more then 2 pages long.
Hope this helps.
Thanks in advance!
Thank you
Sammie
Good luck everyone and Thank you to all posters xx