CV

[Stephen Coates]

I have to make a CV as I am going to apply for a job.

I havn't finished it yet - I still have a bit to write about myself, but I was wondering what everyone thinks about the layout of it.

http://www.stevecoates.net/CVw.rtf

Any suggestions?

[Harrison]

Reads OK but it is a bit squashed up together and would look much better with some spaces between each section. Also make sure you put you personal details before the education. CVs are fine on 2 pages.

[Demon Cleaner]

Indeed, it looks good, but you should use more spacing.

[Cortona]

Is there anything you could add under the Key Skills Level 2 bullet points?

As Harrison said, you should add some space between each item and it may fit better on two pages. If you do go to two pages, remember to add page numbers in the footer.

On Word 2004 for Mac it looks like the descriptive paragraphs aren't aligned with the bullet point text. I would line up those (i.e. set a tabs for the Body Text Indent style at 1.27cm and give the paragraph a hanging indent also of 1.27cm), so that 'This' starts at the same position as 'BTEC'.

[Stephen Coates]

Is there anything you could add under the Key Skills Level 2 bullet points?

Well, I could say that it gave me experience of making a leaflet, writing a letter and short presentation. And that the working with others gave me experience of analysing the process of doing one-to-one and group activities .

I have lined the paragraphs up with the course titles and put some more spaces in. Looks better now.

[Stephen Coates]

I have updated my CV and made it look a bit better having followed a few tips found on websites.

What do you all think? http://www.stevecoates.net/CVw180410.doc

I wasn't sure about whether to have the bullet points lined up with everything else or not.

I think it looks pretty good. n.b. It was made in Word 2000 on Windows 7 () and doesn't seem to render properly in OpenOffice.org.