CV Presentation

• Writing a CV gives you an opportunity to

personalise your achievements to date
• You will be expected to demonstrate you
presentation skills as well as your judgement
when selecting the information you include
Jane Bloggs
Flat 1, Career Street
Personal Details Jobsville
• Include all your contact details including email Makebelieve
Education
addresses and telephone numbers. Remember • List your academic achievements with the
you may be contacted during the holidays MB7 6MM most recent first
• Do not include a photo, your date of birth or Tel: 07555555555 • Include your subjects and grades
your gender Email:email@email.com • Summarise your GCSE or equivalent results
• Make sure you don’t embellish the truth as
these grades will be checked if you receive an
offer
Education:
2005 – 2008 University of Manchester BA (Hons) History – 2.1
2002 – 2005 The High School, Highgate A-Level: History A, Maths A, Politics A,
Spanish B
AS Level: History A, French B, Maths A, Work Experience
Politics A, Spanish B • Include all forms of work experience,
2000 – 2002 The High School, Highgate 10 GCSE’s all A grade (including Maths and English)
internships, holiday, casual and voluntary
work
Work Experience: • List this in date order with the most
June – September 2007 Big Bank, summer intern in IBD recent first
• Integral part of deal team, client pitches, due diligence and execution phase• Include details of when, where and the
• Supporting the team, providing market updates, public research role. You may also want to add a line of
explanation
• Use bullet points to provide more
June – September 2006 Super Shopper Supermarket, shelf stacker information about the role
• Responsible for replenishing stock • Highlight your achievements or what you
• Promoted to team leader after 2 weeks learnt from the role
• You should expand on the skills you
2005 – 2006 Charities R Us, shop assistant developed during your work experience
• Volunteered 1 afternoon a week in the local charity shop either briefly in bullet format on your
CV, or in more detail in your cover letter

Extra Curricular Activities:

• I captained the Manchester first XI Football and second XV Rugby team. Extra Curricular Activities
• I was elected president in the Finance Club, from June 2006 – June 2007. Resigned from theactivities such as:
Include
• Community/charity work
position to focus on my internship at Big Bank.
• Sports involvement
• I am currently learning to play guitar. • Elected positions
Skills and Interests • Music achievements
Skills and Interest • Should be relevant to • Enterprise
• Languages – French (intermediate) and Spanish (Basic) the position you are • Military Service
• Computer skills – Advanced Microsoft Office user, basic experience with Visual basic.
applying for
• Enhances the above
• Travelling – Backpacked through South East Asia, and planning to Eastern Europe during the spring.
information
• Provides a rounded
description of you
References on Request

CV length
• The maximum length of a CV should be 2 pages
• Only use a 1 page CV if you have enough room to include
your extra curricular activities
• If you do decide to use 2 pages make sure you have
enough relevant information without repetition Attention to detail
• You can make more room by adjusting the formatting or • Attention to detail is essential - applicants get rejected for
reducing the font size errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar
• Avoid using large blocks of prose. Try to use bullet • Don’t forget to check and double check your spelling and
points and short sentences grammar. Spell check cannot always be relied upon