From the Careers Department
Jobs For Graduates
Click
here
for information on specific jobs for graduates.
The Job Interview
Click
here
for advice on how to prepare yourself for a job
interview.
Organizing Your CV
The word
CV
is short for curriculum vitae, which is
the latin for course of life.
A
CV
or
curriculum vitae
is a marketing tool. With
your CV you will be able to promote yourself.
Click here to download a sample CV. It is a Word document that you can edit. It may go into your downloads folder and you will find the file if you search for 09-sample-CV.doc.
If you cannot open it, then click here for a pdf version.
Why do you need a CV?
- For job applications
- For interviews
-
For some
course applications
A CV usually contains:
- A summary of personal information
- An outline of education and training you have done
- Your work history (work experience, unpaid work, part-time job)
- An outline of any other experience or achievements (club membership, sport teams, educational achievements, leadership experience) that would be important
-
Names of
referees (people who can give you a reference)
What do you do now ?
- Collect a draft CV template from the Careers Centre
- Read through the CV folder in the Careers Centre
- Do some thinking (about yourself and what you have achieved)
-
Ask the
Careers staff to read through you draft CV when you've
written it.
-
Type up
your final CV (don't forget to save it so it can be updated
each
year)