Holly's new CV produced by Bradley CVs
To produce Holly's new CV we conducted a detailed telephone consultation with Holly (this is included as part of our professional CV writing service).
The call lasted approximately 45 minutes, so we have only included a brief summary below:
- We discussed Holly's career aspirations, so that we could tailor Holly's CV to the vacancies that she would be applying for - this is vitally important
if you want to increase your chances of securing interviews.
- The work experience section needed to be improved - like most people Holly wasn't sure what to include on her CV. As skilled interviewers we uncovered
numerous important details that Holly hadn't even thought about including, which would make an employer / recruiter far more inclined to want to meet
Holly.
- Holly hadn't listed any achievements on her CV, this is vital as it tells an employer the benefits of employing you. Deciding on your achievements
is the one thing that almost everyone seems to struggle with on their CV. During our consultation with Holly we uncovered a number of really good achievements
that would really make her application stand out.
- The profile section on a CV will be the first thing that an employer / recruiter reads (after your contact details). Identifying what to put in your
profile is therefore vital - if you get it wrong no one will bother to read the rest of your CV! Holly's profile was really letting her down - it's hard
to be objective about yourself, so we evaluated and analysed Holly's overall experience, skills and abilities.
- In addition, we also identified vital information that Holly had left off her CV - there are some things that only a trained interviewer can spot!
After the telephone consultation we set about producing a CV that would do justice to Holly's unique talents (in our view everyone is unique and it is
important that you convey what you specifically have to offer an employer - if you want to get interviews and get ahead of all your competitors). Here's
a very brief summary of what we did:
- As the profile was clearly letting Holly down we completely rewrote it, injecting Holly's enthusiasm, experience and skills that had really came across
when we talked to her on the telephone (none of these had come across well on her original CV). This will make an employer really sit up and take notice
of Holly's CV.
- We added in a new major achievements section and highlighted Holly's excellent achievements that we had uncovered during the telephone consultation.
Your achievements give you a chance to shine, so you must make the most of them if you want to attract attention to your CV.
- Holly's work experience needed to be rewritten and we have conveyed a lot more about her experience and transferable skills, which we identified during
the consultation. You must always tell an employer about the skills and experience that you can bring to a new job.
- The CV overall was too passive, so we described Holly's experience, skills and achievements using more active and action-centred words. To get a job
these days you need to be seen as being active rather than passive.
- Holly had made a number of basic mistakes on her CV. This can cost you interviews and mistakes are not always easy for you to identify (Holly was completely
unaware of the mistakes she had made). We therefore identified and corrected the mistakes that Holly had made.
Below you will find Holly's new CV. If you find the size of the text too difficult to read please click here
for a version of her CV with larger text. Please note that the copyright statement that appears on the CV below does not appear on our clients' CVs - it
is merely there to assert our copyright on this website.
Holly has since been offered a job with EMI (the major record label) - we wish Holly good luck for her future career with EMI.
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