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I know there have been threads about this in the past, but because "CV" is too short for the search box it is a bit difficult to locate them. Anyway, since I passed my orals recently I figure I should probably start applying for jobs and that obviously requires me to write a CV. I do have one but I don't think it is particularly good at the moment and given that what we do is not your run of the mill job I'm not sure about how to go about ordering it, how to list certificates etc.
So at the moment I have
Name, address all that stuff.
Personal statement: 3-4 lines about how amazing I am and how I am looking to work in whatever sector of the industry I am applying to.
Emplyoment history: Not really sure how much to include here. At the moment I have my cadetship and the vessels (and dates I served on) then my 3 previous land based jobs with about 3-4 lines of description for each. That goes back to 2007. I could go further but not sure if that is necessary.
Thats all on the first page
On the second page:
Eduction history: so college with my HND and here I have also listed my OOW unlimited and STCW certificates but not sure if I should put that somewhere else. Also, should you list all your certificates individually? Or could you just put "all required OOW level STCW certificates"? Should you list certificate numbers and expiry dates? After all that I put my school qualifications
Hobbies and interests: Just bullet pointed a few lines of stuff I get up to occasionally in my spare time
Referees: Self explanatory.
Thats it. Not sure if theres anything I should omit or add in?
I know there are a few people on here who have a decent amount of experience with this sort of thing and any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers.
So at the moment I have
Name, address all that stuff.
Personal statement: 3-4 lines about how amazing I am and how I am looking to work in whatever sector of the industry I am applying to.
Emplyoment history: Not really sure how much to include here. At the moment I have my cadetship and the vessels (and dates I served on) then my 3 previous land based jobs with about 3-4 lines of description for each. That goes back to 2007. I could go further but not sure if that is necessary.
Thats all on the first page
On the second page:
Eduction history: so college with my HND and here I have also listed my OOW unlimited and STCW certificates but not sure if I should put that somewhere else. Also, should you list all your certificates individually? Or could you just put "all required OOW level STCW certificates"? Should you list certificate numbers and expiry dates? After all that I put my school qualifications
Hobbies and interests: Just bullet pointed a few lines of stuff I get up to occasionally in my spare time
Referees: Self explanatory.
Thats it. Not sure if theres anything I should omit or add in?
I know there are a few people on here who have a decent amount of experience with this sort of thing and any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers.
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