Before you can begin to write a successful CV it is necessary to draw up a detailed inventory of skills, experiences and achievements in your career to date, assess their relevance for the type of appointment you feel would suit you and define key areas of strength to support a realistic objective. Once the objective is established, supporting stories must be selected to illustrate relevant achievements. These stories need to be worked out in detail for use at Interviews and then condensed into one or two lines for possible inclusion in the CV. While doing this it is important to consider if a result can be quantified - turnover or profit increased, productivity improved, costs reduced, targets met and so on. When every facet of your career history has been examined, the next stage is to decide the basic format for your draft CV.
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