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Is this a compliment or an insult?

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  • 16-11-2011 2:02am
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    neaideabh
    Registered Users Posts: 534 ✭✭✭


    I was awarded an award back when I was 21! It was "most improved employee"! It actually had a cash prize! The job I got it for was one I did not initially start at! I worked in one minor role, Saw what the people who interviewed and got accepted would be doing and decided that I wanted to do it! I put pressure on mgt to take me on in that capacity and they eventually accepted due to somebody leaving!

    I wonder could I put such an"honor"!? on my CV?


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Personally, I wouldn't as I generally lol at anyone who gets this, as to me it means that to improve greatly, they must have been doing badly first?


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    Nody
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    To be honest as someone who's seen hundreds of CVs I could not care less for what rewards your ex employee(s) have given you short of being a certification of note. Hence I'd not bother to put it down.


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    Irish_Elect_Eng
    Registered Users Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Irish_Elect_Eng


    It really depends on how old you are now and how much experience that you have. Just like junior cert results, there comes a time when you have to let go and leave them off your CV even if you did get 17 As :-)

    But if you are <25 with little experience then it may be worth keeping it on a bare CV. Perhaps you could change the name of the award a little so that you can still mention it but it does not have the negative connotations mentioned by others.
    • Award for Achievement.
    • Development Award.
    • Merit Award

    While they may not make your CV stand out, it can be a nice hook for describing your talents at an interview.


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