Action Plan Job Journey

2. In what ways is a CV different from an application form?

3. What are the most common mistakes people make in compiling a CV?

4. Focus on your skills and not your job titles

5. Discuss your findings with someone who knows you well. How do they rate you?

6. Review your achievements in relation to work, leisure and the home.
7. Which has given you most satisfaction overall?

8. Write down your skills and achievements on a piece of paper, or in a word document so you can refer to them quickly

9. Are they any skills areas you would like to have been more proficient in?
10. What steps can you take to improve these skills?

11. Whichever layout you decide on, make sure your CV is clear and easy to read.

12. Compile your Personal Profile- a summary of your main selling points.

13. Complete your career history exercise and identify your skills and achievements.

14. Assess which of your hobbies and interests to include in your CV

15. Identify any training courses completed and locate relevant certificates if applicable.

16. Consider whom to approach to act as a referee if required.

17. It may be appropriate to have more than one version of your CV

18. Different styles of CV are useful to have, depending on your circumstances and objectives.

19. Your CV must look good and be easy to read

20. We can tailor our CV to a particular job in order to draw attention to relevant skills and experience.
21. Jargon should only be used when we know the reader will understand it.