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Personal Profile on CV - would you always write this in the 3rd person?

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bohemianbint · 30/10/2007 12:15

It's ridiculous, I'm a writer and I'm really struggling and procrastinating over my own CV...

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ScaryScienceT · 30/10/2007 12:16

Mine is in the third person

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maggotandjerry · 30/10/2007 12:17

No. We get loads of CVs and I don't like the ones in the third person. In fact I don't really like personal profiles. I like qualifications and experience.

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ska · 30/10/2007 12:18

yes you do it in the 3rd person so @Kim is an experienced operational manager and very adaptable having worked across the NHS and local government'

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ska · 30/10/2007 12:19

ooh maggotand jerry we crossed psoted then and say the complete opposite. my consultancy firm says do them in the 3rd person

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bohemianbint · 30/10/2007 12:21

I have got a list of jobs/experience on page 2 but I was going to add a bit of blurb all about moi on the front page?

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maggotandjerry · 30/10/2007 12:28

Oops, just what I prefer!

My personal preference is for the blurb type stuff to be in a covering letter where it would naturally work in the first person. Just something I've noticed in all the recruitment we've done lately - I prefer the CVs that get down to brass tacks quickly with evidence.

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bohemianbint · 30/10/2007 12:31

Interesting...Cheers Maggot. That would certainly make my life easier as am currently trying to cram all this 3rd person rubbish into a very small space!