Posted on Statsjobs.com March 13, 2015
CV-writing..
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This post is not about how to lay out your CV, whether you should include a photograph, or whether it should be two pages long or three pages long. It’s about the narrative – the reverse chronological narrative – that makes anyone reading it want to meet you and find our more. Inspiration is drawn from a range of sources, including tabloid newspapers and click-bait websites.
A list of skills at the top of your CV is a bit like a newspaper headline. It needs to catch attention by being relevant to the person reading, while the rest of the CV gives the full details of the story. The skills should match what’s in the job description and should be things that are rare and valuable. For example, it turns out that the ability to run around a lot is quite common among professional footballers so is not valued all that highly whereas the ability to score in every game is.
Story-telling
If a CV is about constructing a narrative, you want to be the hero of your story, demonstrating your wisdom and integrity throughout your working life. Like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it starts at the end and works backwards through your career to show how it all came to pass. Unlike in films though, you’ll need to avoid holes in the plot so a story about any gap and overlap might be necessary. Volunteering positions have a couple of advantages: They can cover those gaps in your chronology and can make you look like a hero. (If you’ve spent time between jobs looking after your own children and telling them stories, you’re already a hero!)
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