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Saturday 20th August, 19:19 | by Steven
In 2011, most young people in the United Kingdom worry whether they have the correct information on their CV (Curriculum Vitae).
TeenArea talked exclusively to Chrissie Metcalfe, the managing director of Chrissie Metcalfe Recruitment LTD. She said “A CV is a document which has information about someone's employment, educational skills and experience.
Chrissie continued, “The basics are to include education, employment and contact details. You need to make sure there are no gaps in your history and try to catch the employers eye.”
According to Chrissie, job seekers should try and show the ability to do one of these five things; save the company, enhance the companies reputation, save the company time, save the company money or show potential to make money for the company.
Chrissie was also keen to stress that you have to explain gaps in your employment history, such as redundancy, moving house, family issues and other reasons. This is to show the employer the reason why there is a 1 year gap between when you submit your job form and your previous education or job.
As TeenArea aims towards young people, Chrissie advised “If you have done nothing other than study, the best thing to include is key skills and also perhaps some responsibility such as if you have been in charge of doing something”.
Many job roles advertise for previous paid jobs but if you have only done voluntary work then Chrissie recommends you state that you have had voluntary work and also give the employer your other key skills, biggest achievements and history.
If someone has a criminal record, then they would have to state it unless it has been spent (some certain convictions, such as minor offences can be forgotten over time whilst others which are major offences will remain 'unspent').
She also disagrees that putting extravagant words will get you noticed and says you can try too hard and put off potential employers.
Chrissie also states that hobbies are strange but they should be included, “clients look at it very differently, if you do something like the brownies or boys brigade, which shows discipline and responsibility then try and include it. However if you partake in perhaps sports, then I would leave it out due to the company could think of it as an injury risk".
References are also a very important to include on your CV, Chrissie said “you need an employers reference such as the most recent employer or teacher/tutor. You also ideally need a character reference, who can tell your personality to the employer”.
Although Chrissie specializes in CV's she admits that around 20% of companies no longer use them. “With companies that don't use CV's, it's all about the telephone experience, so the way to grab their attention is to be really strong on the telephone, get their skills across in the conversation and be really enthusiastic about the position being advertised”.
Chrissie told TeenArea that adding negative things in your CV is a bad move, “it's very difficult because of the current unemployment in the United Kingdom and people can be very down at the moment. It can be true and it can happen unfortunately but if you put something like that, then automatically the potential employer might think negatively on you becoming a part of their company".
TeenArea is currently looking for freelance or voluntary writers to help with our articles, news and reviews. If you have the talents then we want to hear from you! For more information contact email@teenarea.co.uk.
CV Tips
In 2011, most young people in the United Kingdom worry whether they have the correct information on their CV (Curriculum Vitae).
TeenArea talked exclusively to Chrissie Metcalfe, the managing director of Chrissie Metcalfe Recruitment LTD. She said “A CV is a document which has information about someone's employment, educational skills and experience.
Chrissie continued, “The basics are to include education, employment and contact details. You need to make sure there are no gaps in your history and try to catch the employers eye.”
According to Chrissie, job seekers should try and show the ability to do one of these five things; save the company, enhance the companies reputation, save the company time, save the company money or show potential to make money for the company.
Chrissie was also keen to stress that you have to explain gaps in your employment history, such as redundancy, moving house, family issues and other reasons. This is to show the employer the reason why there is a 1 year gap between when you submit your job form and your previous education or job.
As TeenArea aims towards young people, Chrissie advised “If you have done nothing other than study, the best thing to include is key skills and also perhaps some responsibility such as if you have been in charge of doing something”.
Many job roles advertise for previous paid jobs but if you have only done voluntary work then Chrissie recommends you state that you have had voluntary work and also give the employer your other key skills, biggest achievements and history.
If someone has a criminal record, then they would have to state it unless it has been spent (some certain convictions, such as minor offences can be forgotten over time whilst others which are major offences will remain 'unspent').
She also disagrees that putting extravagant words will get you noticed and says you can try too hard and put off potential employers.
Chrissie also states that hobbies are strange but they should be included, “clients look at it very differently, if you do something like the brownies or boys brigade, which shows discipline and responsibility then try and include it. However if you partake in perhaps sports, then I would leave it out due to the company could think of it as an injury risk".
References are also a very important to include on your CV, Chrissie said “you need an employers reference such as the most recent employer or teacher/tutor. You also ideally need a character reference, who can tell your personality to the employer”.
Although Chrissie specializes in CV's she admits that around 20% of companies no longer use them. “With companies that don't use CV's, it's all about the telephone experience, so the way to grab their attention is to be really strong on the telephone, get their skills across in the conversation and be really enthusiastic about the position being advertised”.
Chrissie told TeenArea that adding negative things in your CV is a bad move, “it's very difficult because of the current unemployment in the United Kingdom and people can be very down at the moment. It can be true and it can happen unfortunately but if you put something like that, then automatically the potential employer might think negatively on you becoming a part of their company".
TeenArea is currently looking for freelance or voluntary writers to help with our articles, news and reviews. If you have the talents then we want to hear from you! For more information contact email@teenarea.co.uk.
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