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mollykins | 12:59 Sun 13th Mar 2011 |
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On my CV under the work experience section I've got the two weeks I did in the summer of 2009 and I've got the backstage crew stuff that I'm doing now. But nothing proper under 2010 which IMo doesn't look to good, BUT last summer I did a lot with cadets including my power level 2 certificate and first aid so i didn't have time to get a job especially with going away for a week on a boat and a week away to france.
Instead of having 2010 blank should i mention the boating qualifications, first aid certificate and the week away where we were working on the boat part of the time, rather than it looking as if I was lazy and did nothing that summer?
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boxtops
Yes definitely, you need to list your qualifications separately anyway, altogether, so yes, list those activities on your c.v.
13:03 Sun 13th Mar 2011
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TonyV
Molly - get your education first - then write your cv
13:07 Sun 13th Mar 2011
TonyV
you could say what you were doing - having a holiday with your family?
13:09 Sun 13th Mar 2011
Prudie
Who is this CV for? 17 year olds in full-time education are not expected to have a lot of work experience.
13:10 Sun 13th Mar 2011
mollykins
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I've got a section for qualifications where I listed GCSEs, A-levels and other nationally recognised qualifications i have such as first aid.
Then what about under a section of work experience and gaining other qualifications between the 2009 and 2011 work experience, mentioning all the stuff i did with cadets that summer including the first aid, power level 2, competant crew (rowing), offshore hand (power for a week in scotland), cook/ stewarding and anything else i remember . . .
13:11 Sun 13th Mar 2011
alexanderd
Molly you are only 17 your cv should be minimal dont overdo it, if you did no work for a year so what. How many of your age worked all that tima? not many i bet
13:13 Sun 13th Mar 2011
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alexanderd
Was he studying? if so how did he fit in all the jobs?
13:15 Sun 13th Mar 2011
tamborine
Best to tell the truth: "Working on Answerbank website" lol
13:15 Sun 13th Mar 2011
TonyV
Molly - you got a section? - as Prudie asked what form are you filling in?
13:16 Sun 13th Mar 2011
mollykins
helen, please read what i type before you respond.
'Then what about under a section of work experience and gaining other qualifications'
And fyi, the away on a baot for a week was work experience as we had to actually run the baot in shifts, getting up at stupid o'clock in the morning and sometimes not going to bed until after 11 if we came into a harbour late . . .
13:17 Sun 13th Mar 2011
Prudie
I get school work experience CVs as part of my job and quite frankly I'm not interested much if they worked in the local paper shop or washed dishes in the pub.
Put stuff down but succintly (short and to the point) - remember it won't be read by ABers that lnow you.
13:18 Sun 13th Mar 2011
Bobbisox
I agree with the OP Molly, get your Education first then worry about a CV
13:18 Sun 13th Mar 2011
tamborine
do you mean 'boat' = sailing vehicle ?
13:19 Sun 13th Mar 2011
Bobbisox
Molly you appear bright and alert on here so I am sure interviewers will pick up on this
13:20 Sun 13th Mar 2011
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