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CV Extract 11
SKILLS
– Italian and English (native languages)
– Spanish
– Turkish
– Customer service
SKILLS
– Italian and English (native languages)
– Spanish
– Turkish
– Customer service
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Be clear on your level of proficiency in different languages you speak.
You need more details! The recruiters will want to know what experience you have with this but other than writing the words here you haven’t provide any evidence to suggest you can actually do ‘customer service’ effectively
CV Extract 12
Sep 2010-2012 Aug, Brighton:
Fish and Chip Shop, capacity more than 200 customers.
Responsibilities included: opening and closing the restaurant, cashing up tills, banking money. Ensuring smooth running of the business by making sure all team members delivered outstanding customer service to our guests.
Sep 2010-2012 Aug, Brighton:
Fish and Chip Shop, capacity more than 200 customers.
Responsibilities included: opening and closing the restaurant, cashing up tills, banking money. Ensuring smooth running of the business by making sure all team members delivered outstanding customer service to our guests.
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You ‘made sure all team members delivered outstanding customer service to our guests’ but how did you do this?
CV Extract 13
Skills:
– I am very adaptable person who is used to changing circumstances. As an example, once I was on my way to work and the area manger phoned me to say that one of the supervisors within the company was unwell so he asked me if I could go to a different town and cover their shift there. I have never worked in that restaurant before but I was more than happy to go and help them out and gain different experience. I am keen to learn so that was a new opportunity for me.
Skills:
– I am very adaptable person who is used to changing circumstances. As an example, once I was on my way to work and the area manger phoned me to say that one of the supervisors within the company was unwell so he asked me if I could go to a different town and cover their shift there. I have never worked in that restaurant before but I was more than happy to go and help them out and gain different experience. I am keen to learn so that was a new opportunity for me.
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Good, this is a specific example of your flexible approach which says much more about you to a recruiter than a simple statement such as ‘I am adaptable’ can.
CV Extract 14
Personal Statement:
A mature, energetic and hardworking employee with varied workplace experience. A passion for helping others. Adaptable, flexible and keen to learn. Works well under pressure. Seeking a position to show strengths and also to learn new skills to further career
Personal Statement:
A mature, energetic and hardworking employee with varied workplace experience. A passion for helping others. Adaptable, flexible and keen to learn. Works well under pressure. Seeking a position to show strengths and also to learn new skills to further career
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‘A mature, energetic and hardworking employee with varied workplace experience’– what you include in your CV should prove this so it’s a bit wasted to say it as well
‘Adaptable, flexible and keen to learn’– you need evidence of this otherwise it’s just empty words. ‘Works well under pressure’– similar to what others say in their cv. I’d delete this whole paragraph unless you can make it a lot less generic
‘Adaptable, flexible and keen to learn’– you need evidence of this otherwise it’s just empty words. ‘Works well under pressure’– similar to what others say in their cv. I’d delete this whole paragraph unless you can make it a lot less generic
CV Extract 15
Skills
– Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet.
– Friendly, hardworking with good people skills.
– Organised.
– Punctual
Skills
– Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet.
– Friendly, hardworking with good people skills.
– Organised.
– Punctual
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Choose the parts of your CV which are most likely to grab recruiters’ attention. Your IT skills probably aren’t the most relevant skills they are looking for so you may start to lose their interest before really grabbing it.
You need evidence to support these skills otherwise they don’t prove anything.