I decided to ask a friend of mine his thoughts and opinions on the importance of a CV. He works in international marketing for a big company and regularly gets sent CVs....from people applying for jobs he has advertised but also from people just wanting help with their CV as they feel something is not working for them.
I know he doesn't work in the arts but I found what he said definitely applies to any career.
Here was his response:
"You can learn at lot about someone's characteristics just by looking at their CV. For me it needs to be well organised and formatted. The layout needs to be good. This tells me that they take pride in what they do. The language needs to be concise. Waffling is not good! It says a lot about how they would present themselves and how they would interact with clients. There needs to be clear examples of their work. You don't want to be too vague. I always have a big interest in the extra curricular section. Things the candidate likes to do in their spare time says a lot about them. For example, if someone plays for a rugby team out of work that tells me they are a team player, they are committed, they can work with other people under pressure and that they might have leadership skills. A lot of the time it comes down to the interests and hobbies section if I need to whittle it down. If there are grammatical errors I usually don't even finish reading it. Visuals are very in nowadays....logos, colour etc. I also always look at the courses people have taken as well. This shows how committed they are to their personal development. I would always encourage someone to have their cover letter/personal statement as a separate document."
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