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    #2
    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    sorted.

    thanks Farls.


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    #3
    Spacedog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Spacedog


    the link to "Moving to England/Abroad" is pointing to the CV template post :( guess I'll cancel the flight ;)


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    #4
    genie
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭genie


    Could someone fix this please, I'd very much like to read it as am moving to the UK this year. Thanks!


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    #5
    Farls
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭Farls


    With it being a stickie i'm not able to fix it but i pm'd WWM last week about it so can't do anymore :o

    Farlz


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    genie
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭genie


    Thanks for that!


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,247 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Personal and organisational development http://www.businessballs.com/


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    #8
    steveland?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭steveland?


    Cheers, that CV template is a lifesaver :)

    Boards to the rescue once again


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    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    Farls wrote:
    With it being a stickie i'm not able to fix it but i pm'd WWM last week about it so can't do anymore :o

    Farlz

    you should be able to edit your own posts you lazy dog....

    and i dont recall any PM's about mixed up links. i'll look into it tomorrow when i have some time.


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    Farls
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭Farls


    Haha, nope wasn't being lazy for some reason i can't edit it (no edit button) must be when i didn't make it a sticky myself. PM was sent though :confused:

    Farlz

    //edit

    I can however edit this message so here is a link to the thread requested ;)Moving to England/Abroad


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    #11
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,247 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    WWM, users can't edit their posts after AFAIK 48 hours.


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    #12
    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    www.doctorjob.com
    www.milkround.com

    Both good sites if you are seeking a placement as part of your course. Some jobs listed also provide summer work.


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    #13
    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,245 ✭✭✭drdre


    guys just to tell u this thread is very helpful and thanks to all that participated in making it useful:)


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    #14
    Piste
    Registered Users Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    When gsubmitting a CV does one only include information relevant to the job they are looking for, or any work/education no matter how obscure?


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    #15
    CV Specialist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭CV Specialist


    It's best to include only those areas of your work experience and abilities that directly pertain to the kind of work that you are seeking. This article on CV writing might help you with the process.


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    #16
    Latent Curehead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Latent Curehead


    If you sit in an interview room, you will see just how generic the applicants become. All the men wear navy suits, white shirts and red ties; all the woment wear black or navy suits with large-collared white shirts. And, after a very little while, they all sort of blend into one another and no-one really stands out anymore.

    The same holds true, 10 times over, for CVs. DO NOT USE TEMPLATES! By all means, grab one and tweak it for your personal use, but the last thing you need is to be seen as not taking the selection process seriously.

    Craft your CV, nourish your CV, LOVE your CV. It has to do a very difficult job. It has to stand out from a tall pile of CVs from similarly-qualified and similarly-experienced people and make a tired, stressed, harrassed interviewer want to meet you. A templated document ... might do that. More likely, it will be perceived as junk mail and treated accordingly.

    Are there certain things that should appear on your CV? certainly. Are there certain things that should be ommitted? Definitely! Can a one-size-fits-all document accomplish that for every one of your applications? No. You must tailor your approach, for your CV, for your cover letter, for an accompanying email; every time.

    If you are going to use a template as a starting point, make sure you overwrite the document when you save it for the first time and make absolutely sure that you change the properties of the document to reflect you as author of the CV. The safest thing to do with your CV is to save the final version of it as a PDF file (you can usually do this under the Print menu), so that no-one can access the original file anyway.

    Just my 2 cents ...


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    BirthdayGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭BirthdayGirl


    Have you ever done a phone interview? What type of questions do they ask? is it detailed answers they are looking for? Are they testing your ability to converse on the phone or your technical knowledge? Or both?
    Thanks!


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    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    As I've mentioned a few times before in this forum, I work in recruitment.

    If you want your job application to stand out from the crowd you only need to be aware of three basic things -

    1. Use proper grammar.
    2. Check your spelling.
    3. Don't write in text speak.

    You don't even have to format your cover letter properly (although of course you should make the effort to do this.)

    JUST WRITE IN PROPER ENGLISH.

    You would not believe me if I told you what percentage of people write their cover letter using horrendous English or in text speak. You are dramatically reducing your chance of being called to an interview if you cannot bother to follow at least check you are writing in "proper English".

    Really, I would say only 5% of job applications are written without spelling/grammar mistakes or text speak. Maybe 1% actually go to the effort of writing a proper cover letter.

    It's disturbing!


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    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    BirthdayGirl wrote:
    Have you ever done a phone interview? What type of questions do they ask? is it detailed answers they are looking for? Are they testing your ability to converse on the phone or your technical knowledge? Or both?
    Thanks!

    same answer as a regular interview.
    it depends.

    ive done one recently, and i was asked both technical and situation questions, as well as a role play.

    they are testing your ability to communicate as well as everything else.


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    fade2black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,937 ✭✭✭fade2black


    For freelancers there's a handy invoice template here

    All that's needed is the changing of £ to €


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    Linoge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭Linoge


    dublindude wrote:
    Really, I would say only 5% of job applications are written without spelling/grammar mistakes or text speak. Maybe 1% actually go to the effort of writing a proper cover letter.

    It's disturbing!

    Are you serious?? What jobs do you interview for?


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    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    heres anther place to look for jobs, I see jobs that aren't advertised elsewhere I think, or maybe your eye will fall if a job here that didn't eslewhere

    http://www.dit.ie/DIT/careers/graduatejobscene/vacancies/280906.htm

    http://www.dit.ie/DIT/careers/graduatejobscene/vacancies/

    there must be one for each college

    http://www.dcu.ie/students/careers/jobs/vacancies.php?function=2&id=1161786687


    http://www.dbrecruitment.ie
    http://www.1-800people.com


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    DON_08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭DON_08


    I just wanted to post some advice to any final year students currently applying for jobs. Have just had a large number of CVs in for a trainee financial position and am shocked by some of them.

    1. Double and triple check spelling and punctuation.
    2. For a graduate job, please put your leaving cert subjects and grades on the CV. Stating you got 550 points is not helpful.
    3. Please include a covering letter or email - just emailing a CV with nothing else is just going to get deleted.
    4 In a covering letter and CV make sure it is addressed the correct person and company! And that you know exactly what the position you are applying for is.
    5. Please don't apply for a job that has minimum requirements if you do not fill them.

    Ok - rant over - will get back to sorting through the applications!


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    #24
    im...LOST
    Registered Users Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭im...LOST


    I found a great CV template here.

    http://www.lifeclever.com/give-your-resume-a-face-lift/

    I can see myself using it in my future job hunts.


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    snickerpuss
    Registered Users Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭snickerpuss


    DON_08 wrote: »
    2. For a graduate job, please put your leaving cert subjects and grades on the CV. Stating you got 550 points is not helpful.


    I'm applying for my first proper job soon. An absolute dream job has come up and I'm sorting out my CV and trying to write a proper cover letter. I am a post grad and my degree and masters relate directly to the job. I don't know how much detail to go into with regards to my Leaving Cert results (decent but not massively exciting) Should I say Honours in.... Or give actual grades for all 7?


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    Smilin'Eyes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Smilin'Eyes


    snickerpuss wrote: »
    I'm applying for my first proper job soon. An absolute dream job has come up and I'm sorting out my CV and trying to write a proper cover letter. I am a post grad and my degree and masters relate directly to the job. I don't know how much detail to go into with regards to my Leaving Cert results (decent but not massively exciting) Should I say Honours in.... Or give actual grades for all 7?

    I'd say it depends on how relevant the leaving cert is to the job. I work in recruitment, and a lot of the time, the Leaving Cert is completely irrelevant, especially if you have attained higher education. I would recommend that you include the subjects and results only if they will benefit the position you are applying for (ie you must have some education in french but that wasnt part of your college studies etc.) otherwise, I'd advise that you include the school, the dates and final results - e.g. 7 honours etc. hope this helps and the dream job works out!


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    #27
    smackbunnybaby
    Registered Users Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭smackbunnybaby


    Possibly a silly question to some!

    But I am writing my CV and I wanted to know the exact way of writing down by college result

    A bachelor of science degree 2.1 in my subject.

    I have looked at examples and nearly all of them go about it in a different.

    BSC.
    B.Sc
    B.SC (Hons)

    It is confusing me !
    anyone know the correct terminologies! It's a small one but the divil is in the detail!!


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    #28
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,711 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Remember going through this yonks ago in the end I used what was written on my actual degree itself. YMMV

    BSc(Honours)


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    #29
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Anyone here willing to look over my CV for me?

    It would be greatly appreciated, just not in any monetary sense:o.


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    #30
    Dandelion6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭Dandelion6


    Would Irish employers be familiar with the Grade Point Average system used in many other countries? Do I have to explain on my CV that the GPA I earned on a foreign degree is out of a maximum 4.0 average or is this something they'd be familiar enough with?


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Just some advice for anyone applying for service industry or menial job.

    1. Dont fill your CV with all the other qualifications and experience you have that are in no way relevant to the job your applying for. If you do have any relevant experience (any at all), make that stand out. The employer doesn't care what your last job was if its not relevant, so dont go into detail.
    2. If your only putting a mobile number down, make sure you keep the phone with you at all times, not just 9-5 monday to friday, chances are these employers work unsociable hours and so might phone in the evening. If you dont answer, they just move onto the next CV in front of them.

    Its basic stuff, but you'd be surprised how many dont get a job because of these 2 points.


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