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GUIDELINES FOR A SKILLS BASED CV This CV outline is skills based. This means that it starts with a career profile that is focused to one area of work. It then identifies key skills that are again focused to that particular area of work. NAME Address Telephone number Date of birth CAREER PROFILE State what your career aim is and what this is based on e.g. Seeking a career in banking and finance which will utilise my degree in accountancy and the experience I have gained through previous work, interests and voluntary work. SKILLS PROFILE State what skills you have to offer in bullet point form. Ensure that these skills are totally focused to your choice of career e.g. Analysis:developed strong analytical skills as part of my degree course Communication: excellent communication skills as demonstrated by my involvement in the university debating society and the welfare group Problem Solving: working on an IT project during my vacation work at Safebury Retail enabled me to further develop problem solving skills
EDUCATION List in reverse chronological order your education to date. This will include university, FE if you have completed courses in an FE college and lastly, school. Add details about your course including details of your courses, projects and outside subjects e.g.
WORK EXPERIENCE List in reverse chronological order your work experience to date. Add detail about the tasks you undertook, your achievements and the skills you developed. e.g. June 1999- Safebury Retail Administrative and IT Assistant September 99 Duties in this post included data input, telephone work and general administration. I helped set up a staff rota on computer using IT skills. This job demanded and further developed strong communication, team working and organisational skills. OTHER EXPERIENCE This section could include time spent on voluntary activities or a year out.
OTHER TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS This section could account for other training such as IT INTERESTS List your interests and give some details about them REFEREES List two referees, usually one from university and one from work You now have an option. There are two template CVs. One is skills based like the one above and the other is traditional and excludes the career and skills profile. Go now to the CV template that suits you and your experience.
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