CV & Applications
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This document provides guidance on creating effective CVs and applications for recruiting purposes. It discusses selecting relevant experiences and skills to demonstrate fit for the job or course. The key points are to understand what the employer seeks, clearly show your potential through stories of your experiences, and get tailored feedback from the Careers Centre. Different styles like chronological, skills-based, and academic CVs are presented. The document stresses using active language, proper formatting, and the STAR method to evidence achievements when discussing experiences in CVs and applications.
CV & Applications
- 1. Welcome to CV & Applications
- 2. Session Aims • Function of the CV and Application process • Selecting relevant content for the recruiter •Connecting your experience & recruiter requirements •UK style of CV and Applications
- 3. •Understands what the employer is looking for! •Clearly demonstrates your potential for the job/course •Promotes yourself •Tells your story •Designed to get you to interview! What’s the purpose of application?
- 4. - Recruiters want to read about the skills / qualities you have that are relevant to them and their selection criteria. - This is a ‘matching process’! i.e. Mirror the job description or recruitment expectations. - A CV is a marketing exercise - You are promoting your skills, in general or to a targeted audience. Look in detail at company web pages / recruitment packs. The matching process
- 5. Offer Academic Personal Work Portfolio Evidence Portfolio Evidence -------------- Lifetime Recruiter Expectation Self Analysis / You The Recruiter
- 6. Different Styles of CV •Chronological/traditional •Skills based / targeted / functional •Academic •Different – to attract attention
- 10. •Contact Information •Short Personal Profile: 2/3 lines •Where I am •What I want •What I offer •Education •Work Experience – Relevant & Other •Role specific skills •Interests – what else do you do? •Referees What to include in your CV? www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/jobs/applyingforjobs/cvs
- 11. Evidencing your experience in CVs & Applications Make connections between what you have done and what the role expects / requires Focus on your role in the examples & evidence you give End on your achievements Make sure you answer the question Use STAR…….
- 12. STAR Process
- 13. Writing Style/ Layout in Applications & CVs • Detail is convincing • Use Active Language • Accurate grammar and spelling • Clarity, carefully and clearly laid out • Format/ presentation- logically ordered, easy to read and not cramped
- 14. Careers & Employability Centre • Short interview with a Careers Adviser - discuss your career plans 11-5 Mon- Fri plus (Book on the day) • Briefing sessions- Applications forms, CVs, Skills, Finding Work • Events- we have a comprehensive events programme • CV and Application Feedback www.sussex.ac.uk/careers
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- #12: STAR- communication technique designed to provide complete, meaningful answers to questions asking for examples. Try to ensure that the example: - is relevant and describes the skill being asked for - demonstrates action and is something you actually did, as opposed to what you learned, or what you might do in a hypothetical situation - is personalised by stating what you did, as opposed to saying what other people did or what happened has a positive outcome - is appropriate and gives you something you can talk comfortably about if asked for more detail - is specific - if the question asks for an example, then you should only describe one.
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