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Help with CV

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1 Just got here
in Work & Study
Hey everyone,

I want to polish up my CV (again) but no matter what I do, I feel it always looks bad and/or sounds bad. I even thought about paying someone to write it for me but I don't really have any money. 

Anyone got any tips or good drafts for me to see?

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  • JustVJustV Posts: 5,636 Part of The Furniture
    edited September 2024
    Are you applying for a specific job @Past User or are you just generally polishing it?

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 199 Trailblazer
    I usually look up CV templates and make it my own a bit. Also look at examples of how they write certain things, you have also detailed guides for that. I don't have a particular example
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,911 Extreme Poster
    edited September 2024
    Hey @Past User do you have access to any careers advice or things like that, I often find resources like that useful. With CVs the best advice I can give is to remember to relate it to the job you’re applying for, so for example if your applying for a job in retail try to think of skills you have that could relate to working in retail. I hope you manage to write it okay x
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Discussion Boards Moderator Posts: 343 The Mix Regular
    I always find CVs really hard to write, don’t worry if it takes you a while to get it right. Are you applying for anything particular or is it just a general CV?

    You can google CV examples for general CVs or ones for specific jobs. I always like to do that for a bit of inspiration. Here’s a link to a guide on writing a CV: https://www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/how-to-write-a-cv/

    If you are at uni or another establishment they have careers advisors who are happy to check over CVs. Although if you have any questions we can try our best to answer them. 

    Welcome to The Mix!
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