CV Advice

Constructing an informative, concise and professional CV is of vital importance. Beach Baker will provide impartial and objective advice on writing the finished article to all who require it. We can also advise on the format, order and relevance of the content.

Here are some useful hints:

Prepare In this order

• Personal profile – Enables you to add to your CV and is an opportunity to add personality. It is a useful tool to put particular information when targeting a specific role.
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• Education – Should be presented with the most recent education first, working back. Include the name of where the education took place, dates, course, and grades.

• Skills – Is an opportunity to list courses attended or relevant skills i.e. computer, language, management, sales etc...

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• Work Experience – This should be in the order of most recent experience first, working backwards. You need to put the company name and dates of employment. Describe the positions you have held, normally elaborating on more recent employment and pull out areas of responsibility, achievements and successes, especially ones that are most relevant to the targeted job.

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• Activities - This is the area to put your hobbies and interests and any professional or personal awards or achievements.

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• References – Before putting anything here, check with referees that they are happy to give a reference and a suitable one. You can then either list your referees at the bottom of your CV or write "available on request". Two references are normally required and normally your two most recent employers are best.