CV and Internship advice

titan18

Hi, I was wondering is there something wrong with my cv as basically out of of 10-12 companies, I got 1 interview. Internships are done through the department so I'm not competing against many others for the same position.

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Telephone:**************
Mobile: *************
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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
BSc Business Information Systems University College, Cork 2008 to Date
Currently in third year of a four year degree course.
2nd Year Results:1 H
1st Year Results: 2 H1

Projects Completed
VB.Net: As part of a group, developed an application to be used by a bank to create new accounts and view information relating to each separate customer account. This also included an ATM interface for the customer.
MS Access:As part of a group, developed an application to be used by a food store, with queries relating to orders from suppliers and orders taken off customers. Drew a normalised ERD before the coding phase of the project.
XHTML: Designed a web page that included personal information and a company that dealt in XML, Cloud Computing and Virtualisation Consulting, with an EBusiness section.
Java: Created a student results system that allowed students to view their individual results per module and allowed module lecturers to enter and save each result. This project also had us create a Class Diagram, Activity Diagram and UML Diagram along with an User Manual.
Other: Visual Basic 6,Access with Excel, Statistics.

Technical Skills Acquired

MS Word
Visual Basic
MS Access
HTML
MS Excel
Java
SQL
MS VISIO
CSS
PHP



Theoretical Knowledge Acquired
MIS & SAD
Business Statistics
Internet Technologies
Organisational Psychology
Management Accounting
Business Economics
Programming Principles
Networking
Financial Accounting
OO Development
Corporate Finance
IS Infrastructure
Advanced DBMS





Leaving Certificate ************ 2002 to 2008
440 points out of 600

WORK EXPERIENCE

******* Credit Union July 2010-August 2010
Voluntary

Dealt with customers in a courteous and friendly manner.
Prepared account statements for customers.
Organised the filing system along with archiving dead accounts.
Experience in verbal and written reporting to senior staff.
Established a strong working relationship with colleagues.


******Fitted Furniture July 2008 – June 2010

Managed orders and stock levels.
Had to meet deadlines in ordering materials.
Dealt with accounts before they were sent on to the accountant.
Preparation of tax returns.
Created invoices and quotations for customers.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND INTERESTS
Won a prize in BIS Anthology 2009/10 for poetry.
Designed and developed website for UCC FilmSoc.
Played soccer for three years with *****.
Completed MBTI Professional Excellence Program.
Achieved a Brown Belt in Karate.
Assistant Commissioner in a Monster NFL season, 32 teams each with a roster of 53.
Languages – German and Irish to Leaving Cert Level, basic French.

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Obviously,it's formatted differently, I just threw it up like that here. As far as I can see,there's not much wrong with it. I don't have much work experience but it's relevant and the 2nd one is my dad's company.I have good grades and good achievements imo.

Is there anything,I could have put better,or done differently, or any huge errors that would have my CV thrown out straight away? It comes to 2 pages formatted btw.


Also, does anyone know any companies, preferably in Dublin area, that are offering internships?

ulinbac

Hi Titan18,

First of all good luck in the interview. Unfortunately though that what the market place is like atm. Think of it like this, you are applying for an internship, no degree yet and no real experience and your up against a person with a degree and work experience who would gladly do the same job for the same wages due to unemployment and willing to take low wages to pay the mortgage, feed the family etc. Its not you, just the market place.

Why not try and do your internship abroad, have you tried that? One thing I will say is that you need to re-do your work experience. At the end of the day you need to sell yourself!!! From your experience you wrote in the credit union you may get grilled in an interview by them asking "you say you established excellent relationships in the CU, if so why are you applying here and not working there?" You need to look at what you did there differently too, it seems to come across that you photocopied paper, filed it away and had a chat. I'm don't want to be cruel but try and look at it from a critical point of view. If you compare this to stuff online for the jobs your applying too, would you hire yourself. I'm not great on programming jobs so maybe talk to a lecturer or careers office about that and get a look at your friends CV, because essentially they are the competition and you need to know what your up against...

As for theoretical knowledge acquired, its not needed. What works in theory will not work in practice. Might be an idea to check e-financial careers for that. Your achievements and interests are impressive. The karate shows discipline and focus with entrepeneurial talent from the website. However, try and show more interpersonal and leadership skills. I am by no means saying that any of this will work and open to correction from others as everyone has different methods. Just my 2c

Enjoy the hunt

StupidLikeAFox

titan18 wrote: »

Hi, I was wondering is there something wrong with my cv as basically out of of 10-12 companies, I got 1 interview. Internships are done through the department so I'm not competing against many others for the same position.

You could be competing against other colleges too. I went for an interview for placement today thinking that there was only 7 going for it out of the class, but they are interviewing all today, all tomorrow and maybe monday, which leads me to believe theres other colleges involved too. Im doing a Masters too by the way

titan18

ColHol wrote: »

You could be competing against other colleges too. I went for an interview for placement today thinking that there was only 7 going for it out of the class, but they are interviewing all today, all tomorrow and maybe monday, which leads me to believe theres other colleges involved too. Im doing a Masters too by the way

For a lot of the positions,they have set aside a number of roles for our course, so I'm actually only competing against my classmates.I'm only 3rd year Undergrad btw, not Masters.

Also,ya,I've applied abroad.A few US companies take interns from our course,and I had applied to them, again,with no luck.

On the work experience,I know I have nothing,and I basically asked can I work for free in the credit union nearby as it'd be slightly relevant to the area I'm studying. I didn't get any real experience out of it afterwards and what is on my cv is basically what I did.

Irish_Elect_Eng

The intern position(s) budget is the first to go when recruitment is tight. :-(

You may need to try other strategies.

(1) Offer to work on a project completion basis, i.e. agree a project and a price.

(2) Offer to work for free or travel + Lunch expenses.

(3) Keep the pressure on your placement office, it's their job to get you those interviews.

Prepare for the possibility that you may not get a position.

(3) Take further classes, learn a new skill in the placement period.

Good Luck.

starlit

I suggest you put a profile in your CV to introduce your self and see where you are going and stating clearly the job you are applying for. The layout isn't too bad. Maybe group your skills in a paragraph suitable for the job you are applying for rather than list. Its worth looking into courses you could train up and update your skills in a certain area even self learning be enough to cover you or do a night course. Maybe voluntary work or a weekend job might be handy to have. Joining a society might be another thing you could do. What you have on it already is good enough for any graduate so your not the only one in the same boat as yourself. Even the jobs you have had and what you might do say voluntarily it be a foot in the door anyway regardless. It doesn't have to be in the area you want to work in despite your work-experience. Its interesting and shows variety. Nothing like willing to try. Be prepared for anything really in the job stakes.

Best of luck OP

maglite

Go down to the careers service,
Apply for Every extra Job Aine sends out,
Make your own contacts and try to get a job.

You still have a bit to go, offers will still come in during and after the exams.

With respect to Irish Elec eng, don't listen to what he said, you will get placed. Might not be the best company or you might end up in UCC but don't work for free or not take a placement.

titan18

maglite wrote: »

Go down to the careers service,
Apply for Every extra Job Aine sends out,
Make your own contacts and try to get a job.

You still have a bit to go, offers will still come in during and after the exams.

With respect to Irish Elec eng, don't listen to what he said, you will get placed. Might not be the best company or you might end up in UCC but don't work for free or not take a placement.

Eh, past student?Lecturer?

maglite

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