Applicant Services Preparing a CV Your cv is your sales tool, it is what will convince a client that they should be speaking with you. Here are some guidelines as to how a cv should appear and what information you should add to it as well as a template to help you create one. Presentation: Black ink, typed on A4 white paper. Use bold headings to heighten visual impact. Use spaces to highlight certain points, Ensure that you have checked spellings and grammar. Use bullet Points for visual impact and to highlight important areas Length: Keep it brief = 2/3 sides is perfect. Look at every point and ask yourself, will this help me get an interview? Style: Keep it simple, don't use flowery language and around the third person. Note form is fine, in fact it's preferred by those who have to sift through CV's. Format Information in your cv should look something like this. PERSONAL DETAILS NAME: NATIONALITY: DATE OF BIRTH: ADDRESS: MARITAL STATUS: TELEPHONE NUMBERS: DRIVER: E-MAIL ADDRESS: WORK LOCATION: EDUCATION DEGREE: 'A' LEVELS: GCSE's: TECHNICAL SUMMARY HARDWARE: SOFTWARE: OPERATING SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS: BRIEF EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY Write a paragraph, summarising the highlights / most impressive aspects of your career thus far. POSITION SOUGHT Include a brief description of the type of role you want, preferred locations to work in, current salary and the salary that you are now looking to achieve. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Start with most recent first and DON'T LEAVE GAPS IN YOUR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY. For each job, emphasise what your role was, what your day to day duties were, which technologies you used, how long you were there (dates), how much you earned (If permanent) and why you left (NB - don't criticise any previous employers) INTERESTS Talk specifically about genuine interests; give examples to demonstrate your characteristics, such as getting across your ability to work well in team and/or alone by referring to any sports or social activities in which you may be involved. REFERENCES Give 2 referee's preferably most recent employer and the employer prior to that.