Is this a good CV?

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Random Question but is the below a good CV for the missus?

www.noneforit.com/CV.doc

Not a great deal to write unfortunately so is rather basic

Any help appreciated, shes only looking for Admin or Sales Assistant type work until after she finished college

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Couple of points I would probably add.
1. something along the lines of a personnal profile at the top. Perhaps along the lines of ' conscientious and self motivated individual, able to work under own initiative, either individually or as part of a team who is looking to develop my skills/ career............blah, blah blah.'
2. Employment history. Normally best to have most recent at the top and work in reverse chronological order.
 
Not a bad start, but I've got a couple of suggestions if you don't mind.

It may seem like there's not much to write down, but she should be able to expand a lot more on some of her work history.
If this has been mainly part time work while she's studying, she probably doesn't need loads of details under each heading - but she could do a little overview before she goes into the list of jobs that she's done.

I'd also try to tailor the CV to the job that she's applying for. There's a lot of competition out there for jobs (even part time ones), so she really needs to sell herself at the application stage.
There are slightly different skill sets for admin and sales jobs for example. So play up to the experience that is relevant to the job she's applying for. That might mean having 2 different versions of the CV on file, but it's worth the effort.
If there's a written job spec for the job she applies for, read it thoroughly and address all the requirements that they're asking for - even if that means yet another version of the CV ;)

So bearing all that in mind, and going back to my point about expanding on what she's done and writing a summary of her work experience.
For example for an admin job, she could write something starting off :

"I have worked for Medway Council as an admin assistant for the previous two Summers, whilst continuing with my studies. . . Having worked there for 4 months in 2008, Medway Council were keen to re-employ me this year . . .This post has involved x,y,z . . . and has given me the opportunity to get a firm grounding in administration skills . . . "


Finally, have a think about the interests section.
I appreciate that this is only likely to be a part-time job until she finishes studying and not a career choice, but employers want to see a bit of enthusiasm about the job that you're applying for . . . even if it's not entirely 100% true.

As it stands, employers may read that section as saying "I want to be a professional hair stylist. That's where my interests lie. I just want this job as a stop gap."
While possibly true, it's not what employers want to hear.

Try to pick interests that say something about her ability to do the job.
For example for a sales assistant job, people skills are probably high on the requirements list. Try to find an interest where she can talk about how she enjoys the chance to meet new people etc etc.

Hope that helps.
 
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Thank you both for your suggestions, its very helpful.

Didnt think about the employment history in the most recent first order so thanks wisemen :)

SarahLee - Some great tips and I was going to write a little about each job but I didnt want to overcrowd the CV with wording as I thought she could put this in a covering letter accompanying the cv...unless you think it would be better to have it in the CV itself?

Also I will have a think about playing up the interests as I read it the same way as you described it so think an employer will also
 
SarahLee - Some great tips and I was going to write a little about each job but I didnt want to overcrowd the CV with wording as I thought she could put this in a covering letter accompanying the cv...unless you think it would be better to have it in the CV itself?

I wouldn't write a lot under each job, but maybe before you go into the list of jobs just put a one paragraph summary under the work experience heading.

In terms of not overcrowding the CV, try to keep it to no more than 2 sides of A4 but make good use of that space to leave gaps between each section. It makes it far easier for an employer to read.

Also I will have a think about playing up the interests as I read it the same way as you described it so think an employer will also

:lol: And it's probably true!
Just not going to really endear her to a potential employer.
 
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