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Man I'm sick of trying to get this right. Im pretty happy with the layout but the wording is annoying me. Any tips? Whats the difference between cv/resume? Must it be 3rd person? Can you talk about yourself in 3rd person. i.e. Rick adapted quickly... etc. Or do u have any general tips? Thanks people. |
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dont mention that you sleep with boys. |
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im not michael jackson |
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dont mention that u spend 5 hours a day on internet messageboard discussing the various aspects of the word "wankshot" with other sad wankshots |
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i wouldn't write it in third person...thats weird sounds like your dad or teacher wrote it or something |
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don't talk about yourself in third person. fake honesty. write as though you care. |
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You can lie about your personality, so long as your a decent actor in interviews. You can't really lie about your technical skills (but you can exaggerate a bit), unless you know you won't be quizzed/tested on it. What job are you going for? No third person, they'll think you're schizoid... |
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dont include phrases such as 'i like to hurt' 'my mum is my ideal.' 'i dont like rules' 'i havent done drugs in a long time' |
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so nothing like "A passionate, hard working team player currently seeking a satisfying role to play. Recently attained a 2:1 BSc (Hons) Multimedia Technology..." then? |
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"I am a passionate, hard working team player currently seeking a satisfying role to play. I recently attained a 2:1 BSc (Hons) in Multimedia Technology..." Would be better... |
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...but I never put American style, team-oriented, self marketing bollocks like that on CVs. Chances are, if they like that sort of stuff on CVs, they'll like that in the office too. I prefer to be straight with them and speak in a down to earth way in interviews. Even being quite candid about shortcomings etc. I prefer to be in a job where I don't have to put on an act each day. |
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your point interests me, and i would like to subscribe to your newsletter. thanks |
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Sorry, I didn't mean "bollocks" in an unkind way- If you're happy to engage in management-speak that's fine. On principle, I don't, so I don't write that way, so people don't get the wrong impression. Anyway, what's the job? |
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wankshot |
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no worries, i agree with you. thats from a book and i dislike it cordially. |
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Put that on you "list of qualities" for management fast-tracking >:D |
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why was i under the impression to write in 3rd person? dpes noone do this? |
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If it was 3rd person, I rekcon it'd look like a reference from a teacher/past employer. Maybe you've seen a reference somewhere and read too much into that, or seen a book with badly written examples? |
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Dont' write it like that. Makes you look insane and unable to confront life straight on. |
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but i am insane and unable to confront life straight on |
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I know you're meant to be honest in a CV BUT there's limits. |
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keep your resume short, sharp, and to the point; a page or two at absolute most, laid out with plenty of spacing and distinct sections, and in a reasonable size font. remember, employers are lazy (yes, that includes me), and the reason they're employing you is so they can continue to be lazy. reading long CV's is something they really can't be arsed doing - if you want the job, make their life easy. you can also intimidate an employer if your resume looks too good; most employers are cheap bastards who want to pay you as least as they can. i've managed to scare off many potential employers who have later (now being business associates) admitted that they thought i'd have demanded too much :) |
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hey wankshot, how come uve got only 4 posts? |
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because it's not ecnadniarb and is now B7. |
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thanks people. appreciate it. |
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hahaha really who banned him , and why ? hes one of my favourite characters :) |
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