Updating CV after so many years

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I've been in my current job for too long now, as it has become a very toxic environment to work in due to changes in leadership and I can't stand the constant undermining and mind games.

I am working in an education environment at the moment, and hoping to somehow get an admin job at the university through their recruitment agency. They are asking for CVs to be submitted, but my current one needs updating and I would like to make sure that I come across as competent on paper.

What does a good one look like these days? What sort of things would be useful and what would be a waste of paper space?

Any comments would be appreciated. Thank you.

I’ve recruited for a fair few admin roles in higher education. Most seem to use a modern non-fussy CV template and just outline relevant skills and competencies. Main things folk tend to look for are: Computer skills, Diary management, meeting support (doodle polls, travel, room booking, catering, setting up zoom or teams meetings, agendas, minutes), problem solving. If you’ve got any project management experience you can go for a higher grade. And then anything about people skills and handling tricky academics/students/professional services colleagues :)

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Thank you for your response Pepperama. That's very useful to know.

I certainly do tick a lot o those boxes, so I will make a list of those.

And then anything about people skills and handling tricky academics/students/professional services colleagues :)

That's the bit I try to do well, but unfortunately, it's management who are the difficult ones! Students are usually lovely.