Curriculum Vitae: A written and chronological description of your work experience, educational background, and skills.

Your CV (curriculum vitae) is a very important document; it will help find you, a new job, a better position, more money, new challenges, etc. Your CV therefore has to represent the best you can offer.

Employers these days often receive a lot of CVs for each advertised position - job advertisements in national papers can often attract hundreds of applicants. Therefore, your CV needs to out shine everyone else’s in order to obtain an interview. You must take time to write your CV and add any extra points you think would help. Volunteering can help you add that something extra to your CV and help you gain skills, experience and satisfaction.

For help or assistance writing your CV, please see the links below, or take a look at the templates attached to give you a framework of how to plan your CV……. Good luck!

Useful links:  www.prospects.ac.uk,  www.jobs.guardian.co.uk/jobs,  www.timesonline.co.uk