2. Attributes –
A good CV should have many features to succeed in the application process, a
good CV would have a clear, readable format with no more than two fonts
throughout, the text should all be mostly the same size as it becomes
unreadable if the text looks obnoxious. The personal information you should
include on your CV should be, your name, email address, house address (if
necessary) and phone number and your phone number. Some personal info
that you should not include is, your marital status, sexuality, age, race, a picture
of yourself or any other protected characteristic that you have. The reason you
don’t put those details on your CV is because you become vulnerable to
discrimination by employers, by putting any protected characteristics on your
CV it means employers can discriminate against you based on their opinions,
whereas if you don’t put any revealing information on your CV, it protects you
from the employers who may discriminate against someone based on pre-
existing biases.
3. Drafts for a CV – part time job CV
This is a CV that I made for a part time job while I'm at
college. I made it using a pre-made Canva template
that I customised to fit my needs. As you can see, I
have included many integral parts that go into a
successful CV, as you can see, I have put my email,
my phone number and my house address, however I
also included my date of birth in my CV, which I now
recognise was a mistake as I can cause unfair age
discrimination against me. I have also included my
previous and current education, my previous and
current clubs and memberships along with a personal
interest section. This CV was successful in helping me
get a job however I didn’t get a great deal of
responses when using this CV
4. Final draft for creative media CV
This is the final draft for my creative CV. It contains all my past
and current education as well as my certifications and
achievements such as my GCSE’s and adobe photoshop
certificate. In this version I also provide a summary of who I am
and what I aspire to be; I also included my job, what that
experience has taught me in the world of work and how it
translates to my future career. I included references for people to
contact who have said they would work with me again; this is
here to help prove my claims of good work and proficiency in the
field. Finally, with this final version of the CV, I changed the
format of it to look for professional and organised by making
clear and separate columns and using different colours to
correctly distinguish them.
Overall, I am pleased with my CV and think that I does a great
job at expressing my experience, education and achievements in
a way that would intrigue an employer and make me stand out
from other applicants.
