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A British curriculum vitae
A standard British curriculum vitae, more widely known as a CV has the following points:
- Personal details at the top, such as name in bold type, address, contact numbers and if they have one, an e-mail address. Photos are not required at all, unless requested.
- A personal profile, written in either the first or the third person, a short paragraph about the job seeker. This should be purely factual, and free of any opinion about the writers qualities such as "enthusiastic", "highly motivated", etc.
- A list of the job seeker's key skills, bulleted
- A reverse chronological list of the job seeker's work experience, including his or her current role. The CV should account for the writers entire career history. The career history section should describe achievements rather than duties.
- A reverse chronological list of the job seeker's education or training, including a list of his or her qualifications such as his or her academic qualifications (GCSEs, A-Levels, degrees etc.) and his or her professional qualifications (NVQs and memberships of professional organisations etc.). If the job seeker has just left the place of education, the work experience and education are reversed).
- The job seeker's hobbies and interests (optional)
It is obligatory for it to be typed or word-processed, not hand-written.
There are certain faux pas for CVs:
- The CV is longer than 2 sides of A4
- Writing age, gender, religion or marital status.
- Writing anything negative.
- If applying for a specific position, giving without a cover letter explaining one's suitability.
- Using in the wrong envelope, CVs are put in C4 envelopes.
Lying on a CV (on the work experience or the education/training) in order to get a job or anything else of value is fraud, a serious criminal and civil offence. An employer has right to dismiss an employee or claim money from him or her in a civil court or even get the employee arrested for making false statements or fraud.
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