Curriculum Vitae

A CV is unique to an individual. There are rules to writing a CV but there is no wrong way to do it.

A CV should show your key characteristics because it is the thing people are looking for.

Characteristics

Name + contact details 

• Name
• Address 
• Mobile number 
• Email (Uni and personal) 
• Web page (Portfolio location) 
• Age
• DoB 
• Status (if single put this on, if not, don’t)

Education 

• Most recent result first (University of Huddersfield’s course, give date of graduation, GCSE only grades in english and maths), 6th Form/College (Only the courses not the grade).

• Skills: Computer literacy (Cinema 4D), Driving Licence etc.

• Work Experience - Short, couple of lines to show you are willing to work and you understand how working works.

• Hobbies and Interests - Keep this very brief, it shows that you have depth personally than just a plain person who needs money.

Referees 

The people who give you references from education and work backgrounds and you need to include this information about them.

• Name 
• Company 
• Position
• Address
• Telephone
• Email 
• Work Reference 
• academic reference 

Only use a maximum of 3 references and let the referee know you have used them.

What I Learnt and Summary

This lecture was about the basics of writing a CV including a brief explanation for giving each of the characteristics to employees. Before this lecture I understood what a CV was and knew what obvious information goes on a CV but I didn't know some of the other less obvious information that went on one. Now however I can use the information I have learnt to write my own successful CV.