Your CV won't get you a job but is your passport to winning a job interview.

We will use your words unchanged but ensure the format is correct and personal details removed before sending your CV to a client with a professional cover sheet. On occasion we may advise you to include more or less detail in certain areas.

General Guidelines

• Your CV is easiest for us and our clients to handle in Word format with a minimum of graphics, colours, text boxes etc.
• No more than two sensible, professional looking typefaces please e.g. Arial 11.
• Aim for around 2 sides of A4 when printed.

It should include, in this order:

• Personal details
• Name
• Availability

Profile

• About 5 - 10 lines of punchy statements.
• What you are, what you can do for a company and what you would like to do in your next job.

Education and Qualifications

• Always in reverse chronological order with dates.
• If you feel your experience is more important than your qualifications, put them further down.

Additional Training

• Do not include your cycling proficiency test.
• Include relevant in house training and accredited training e.g. 16th Edition, Six Sigma, CIPS etc.

Employment History

• Should start on page 1 and include ALL your jobs since leaving education in reverse chronological order.
• Account for gaps or periods not working / travelling etc. - an interviewer will ask or assume the worst.
• State the dates you worked, the employer and your job title(s).
• A short sentence describing what the employer does and how big they are can help put your job into context - you know about the companies you have worked for but the person reading your CV may not.
• State your key responsibilities and achievements.
• State whether jobs were permanent or contract and if you were made redundant.

Interests and Hobbies

• Keep it short and stick to what you do regularly - you don't want to do a brilliant interview and then be tripped up on this area.

References

• Work referees are always preferred. We will remove these from your CV before sending it to a client.
• Our clients would normally ask for references having made you a job offer.

Email your CV to AES* and be considered against all existing vacancies with our clients.
• Your CV will only be presented to a client with your permission.