Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - CV Tips, career management, career planning, cv writing, education, employment, qualifications, university

College dropout Steve, a professional engineer, asks: What is the best way to explain dropping out of university in your CV? Even though I’m well on my way to gaining a degree through my job, and have vocational qualifications, I still feel that my unfinished degree looks bad on my CV. I dropped out because [...]

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Monday, August 17th, 2009 - CV Tips, CV format, How to Write a CV, cv, cv template, how to make a cv, job search

Professional CV Layout When writing your Professional CV, after sorting out the STAR wording in various sections, the key question to address in communicating your suitability for a specific job is that of Professional CV Layout. Accepting that a Professional CV is a focused and factual sales document to get you an interview – no [...]

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Thursday, January 15th, 2009 - CV Tips, career management, cv writing

CV Writing photo credit: bruce89 Dean asks: I took a contract position in sales that lasted less then 90 days. Prior to this, I owned my own business for almost three years. Should I put the details of this position on my CV or list it under my own business as a contract assignment? In [...]

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