CV help

rose07

hello

Hope this is the right place to post this..

I have an opportunity of travelin around the world, and doing the one thing i love...photography

But my problem is, i need some...well alot of help with my CV im no good at writing, and have no idea what to say, how do i sell myself? how do i get noticed?

This could be a big break for me

any help is much appreciated
TIA
xxx

Conor_3

Firstly, showing a grasp of basic literacy will help. Secondly, it's photography and I would expect that what's on a CV is partially irrelevant for this but, apart from photography and art qualifications/experience, you need to highlight skills such as independent problem solving and a good self motivated work ethos.

I think that sending them a strong portfolio of a good range of photos would be more important and you'll probably need to cover a fair range of stuff.

There are a few free services available to help you write a CV - your local jobcentre should be able to help.

november

You may find this site helpful as it gives advice on how to write a CV, what to put in it etc http://www.businessballs.com/curriculum.htm

Careful_with_that_Axe

Hi

I have quite a bit of experience in writing and editing CVs. If you want to PM me and send me a copy (leave out all sensitive info such as address, name etc) I'll be happy to have a look at it for you.
And don't forget, content is so much more impotant than "clever" language unless the job involves report writing etc.
J

rose07

Conor wrote: »

Firstly, showing a grasp of basic literacy will help. Secondly, it's photography and I would expect that what's on a CV is partially irrelevant for this but, apart from photography and art qualifications/experience, you need to highlight skills such as independent problem solving and a good self motivated work ethos.

I think that sending them a strong portfolio of a good range of photos would be more important and you'll probably need to cover a fair range of stuff.

There are a few free services available to help you write a CV - your local jobcentre should be able to help.

thank you

that is a good idea, to show a portfolio of what i do. I have my own website already, so can redirect them to that, as that has my artwork on it.

I have 5 years photography experience, both commercialy and personally. Ive worked with big companies including BBC and sky. But it is hard to get anywhere in this industry, as people want something for nothing. Surely if you do a job you deserve to be paid for it.

thanks for ya help

Strapped

Just curious - this isn't a ship job is it?

crazydaizy_2

november wrote: »

You may find this site helpful as it gives advice on how to write a CV, what to put in it etc http://www.businessballs.com/curriculum.htm

Can i just thankyou for the link to business balls - wow what a fantastic free website, its not just got cv's on it, if you dig down there is all sorts of free training, resources, aptitude tests , artices and information. Thankyou so much, this will be invaluable for me.

:j

november

You're welcome. Someone gave me a link to it and I agree its very useful :T