CV Improvement

CV Improvement: One to One Tutorial 

Friday 6th May 2016

As part of the professional employability unit, we had to produce a CV suitable for the creative industries. To further my personal development, I attended a CV workshop where staff from the Employability Hub at MMU’s Business School will read your CV and give feedback and constructive criticism. This provided a second opinion on my CV from a professional, who would give me honest and constructive feedback.

Reading through my CV there were a few instances where I was too modest, this is because I would use the word ‘basic’ when I didn’t need to. I find this difficult when I write about myself as I am a modest person and find it uncomfortable to ‘sell’ myself. However this is what needs to be done as part of a CV, therefore I removed words and re-constructed sentences; that they flow better and are not too modest.

Another common mistake I had missed was in the education section, I had an apostrophe where I didn’t need one. GCSEs does not need an apostrophe between the ‘E’ and ‘s’.

As for the interests section, there was too much text which discourages employers to read it. This relates to presentation because a large block of text is not an effective way to present a CV; therefore I would break the text apart by being concise and using the space effectively. This way my CV and the text would be appealing for the employer to read.

Overall they said the presentation of my CV was great with creative aspects as well as the content. I would just have to improve those points made during the meeting. I will continue to update my CVs design and content and ensure there aren’t future mistakes.