Get Workfit this Summer with our series of useful guides. The second of which focuses on crafting the perfect CV.

1. WORK FIT 2012
PART 2 - CV WRITING

2. YOUR to showA...
chance
CV IS off!
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3. YOUR A CV IS A...
• Representation of you before • Chance to show off skills,
the employer/recruiter meets expertise, understanding,
you morality, behaviour and your
• Chance to demonstrate attitude
what benefit you will be to • A selling tool in a very
the employer through past competitive dog eat dog
experiences market
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4. WHAT GOES INTO A CV?
• Everything that is great about • The best bits about you; your
you and everything great that attitude, your skills, your
you have done experience, your capabilities
• The best bits of your past
commercial or academic life
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5. YOUR CV LAYOUT Personal Details
Name:
Home Address:
Telephone:
Email:
Personal Statement
Mohammed Alomgir Ahmed
Cardiff, South W ales, UK
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You should structure CV so that the most
I am seen as a senior sales p
rofessional who is able to thin
things done without wasting time. k on my feet
I exhibit exceptionally high self mo , I am able to get
resilience and have a very ta tivation levels, emotional
rget orientated approach. I am
command through my ability t a natural manager and able t
o plan and keep both long an o
important information is at beginning to
mind. I am a pragmatic indivi d short term objectives clearly
dual who can be as tough as t in
appetite for challenging work and he situation warrants. I have
am a hands-on problem solve an
acumen and excellent comm r with a keen business
ercial awareness.
entice the reader to continue. Use the
Key Achievements:
 Created 3rd highest revenue
desk taking business to an in
cold start ternational market from a
 Closed UK’s largest merc
hant bank on exclusive recru
itment deal managing full sales
following basic structure
lifecycle alone
 Turned existing dead accoun
t into highest revenue earner for 2
 I currently hold the record 007/8
for the largest placement invoic
Intapeople. e fee since 1995 within
 Consistently billed in excess
of targets even after targets
• Contact details
duration of employment at IntaGro being increased 3 times for
up
 Became top 3 New Busin
ess Consultant within 6 mont
with 8 years experience hs excelling above Consultan
ts
 Promoted to Team Lead pos
ition with 8 months due to con
 Identified problems with intern stant high performance
al business processes, put fo
• Personal Statement/Profile
devised internal training progr rward business case,
ammes and implemented train
80% higher turnover from back ing structure resulting in
end resourcers with increase
d retention rates
Work Experience
• Key Achievements
Feb 2007 to Present IntaG
roup Recruitment Solutions
Fast Grow 50 IT and Executiv - UK
e Recruitment Consultancy, l
across Europe, Middle East a argest in W ales with operatio
nd Africa. ns
EMEA New Business Developm
ent Recruitment Consultan
Direct reports: up to 6 t and Team Lead
• Work History in chronological order IT and GSM Telecom sector
Working in an extremely pressure
international marketplace I am
d, heavily targeted and except
tasked with identifying new b
ionally competitive
Europe, Middle East and Africa usiness opportunities across
• Academic history in chronological order
. Solution selling IT and GSM
Recruitment Services to decision m Telecommunication Executive
akers; CEO, MD, FD’s, COO,
Managers, through telephone IT Directors, Development
and face to face client meetings a
responsible for the full sales and r nd presentations. Solely
ecruitment lifecycle.
Day to day responsibilities:
• Hobbies and interests
 Generation of high level lead
s to create new business opportun
Middle East and Africa through ma ities across Europe,
rket place knowledge, tender
warm calls, client visits, clien wins, cold calls,
t hospitality, networking and r
 Managing high value client a eferrals
ccounts (gained from personal new
exhausting all sales avenues business wins) and
 Presenting to Board of Direc
tors, CEO, MD, CFO/FD, IT D
 Face to face client meetings irectors, COO
and telephone conferences
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6. WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT?
Your Personal Statement
• Ensure your personal statement • Summarise why you are suitable
is full of keywords relevant to the for the job and what you can bring
industry and the job roles you are to the table that other candidates
applying for. can’t. Discuss what direct and cross
• Keep it short, punchy no more than transferable skills you possess.
50 words. You want to make a
powerful statement.
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7. WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT?
Your Key Achievements
• What have you done that you are most proud of? • An approach that you might find useful is to
think of yourself as a product for example a PC.
• What have you done that stood you apart from
Consider what features you have that other’s
others?
don’t. You might be a compact laptop that makes
• What awards have you won both internally and you agile and transferable across multiple projects.
externally? In comparison you might be a desktop PC with
multiple processors making you perfect for
crunching big numbers.
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8. WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT?
Your Work Experience For Example
• Remember to list your work experience in reverse I would add the cherry on top of a Cherry
chronologically order. Bakewell cake
• If you have any gaps in your work history due to Complete responsibility for the final decoration and
travelling, maternity leave etc briefly explain why. quality check of a market leading brand of Kipling
• Don’t just list daily duties performed - sell what you cakes
achieved and what difference you made to that I would sometimes train new people
company. My knowledge, expertise and exceptional
communication skills were used to train and mentor
new starters
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9. WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT?
Your Academic History
• List your academic history but • List modules completed that relevant
starting with the most recent or to the role you are applying for. This
highest achieving i.e Professional will show your specialism and help
qualifications, degree, GCSEs. differentiate you from others.
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10. ETIQUETTE & TIPS
• Try to keep your CV to 2 pages - unless your • If you are going to include hobbies and interests
amazing! make them relevant. I like going to the gym,
• Triple proof read your CV – spelling, punctuation, reading, socialising with friends does not add
grammar anything to your profile.
• No funky fonts! Stick with the classics like Arial, • Don’t include a photo on your CV. However good
Calibri or Times New Roman also keep the font your suntan is, it really doesn’t improve your
size between 10 and 12 chances of receiving an interview.
• Avoid tables or special formatting • Don’t lie on your CV as you will be found out.
• Tailor your CV to the role your applying for • REMEMBER TO INCLUDE CONTACT DETAILS!
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11. Yolk Recruitment
6-7 St John Street
Cardiff CF10 1GJ
www.yolkrecruitment.com
info@yolkrecruitment.com
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INTERVIEW PREPARATION
www.yolkrecruitment.com/workfit/
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