To ask for help writing a CV

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I need this completed asap and I'm struggling! first CV as I always fell into jobs easily so to speak.

Firstly when I list my employment history do I need to list duties only or a summary too?

I desperately need help with my personal statement, I want to say the following, can someone help me put it all together? I don't have lost of job experience so need to big it up but the following is all true!

Organised and adaptable individual
experienced in sales and administrative roles.
Computer literate and willing to undertake further training
Good communication and analytical skills
Familiar working to deadlines
good at learning new skills
Self-motivated and enthusiastic
excellent customer service skill

I have googled and looked at templates etc but im getting confused with all the variations. Apparently ive not to write the statement in the first person so how do I do it??

Thanks in advance

Personal statement should be a short 2-3 line statement covering where you are now, what related skills you are offering and what you are aiming for ie.this job. Don't write it in the 3rd person as its weird!

My world of work has a great template x

For job history, a combination of duties from job and skills developed- hopefully linking to job you are applying for. Show them that you understand what they are looking for and reflect this in how you talk about your previous skills! Hope that makes sense!

Do a short list under each dmployer saying what you achieved e.g. Managed a £x budget, increased roi etc

I haven't done recruiting, just been a job hunter in the past. I think there is a difference between a CV for the agencies and those you send in response to particular adverts.

For agencies tailor it to the roles you want.

If you are applying for a specific job try tailoring the wording to what is in the advert/spec. So it might say "must be able to use XandY software". If you regularly used that then say one of the points under that job could be

• produced weekly reports on sales targets using X software and regularly did presentations using Y software

(you can cover two issues so that example would also show that you "have experience of monitoring sales targets")

As an employer, I'd want to know what evidence supported claims. So would expect -

I am a quick learner and have recently completed two A levels in Urdu (B) and Mandarin (C) within a year.
I have experience of using Microsoft word, Excel and PowerPoint and completed my EDL in 2014. I am the treasurer of a local charity and produce financial reports, submit accounts to the Charities Commission and maintain budgetary spreadsheets.

Just saying you are organised wouldn't be enough; I'd want to know what this meant in practice. There are good templates online.

All very helpful, thank you all.

I didn't realise the personal statement should be so short, many examples i looked at online were large paragraphs of skills.

My abilities were all learnt 'on the job' rather then offical qualifications, of which I sadly have no to speak of.

Make the personal statement say three things, all relevant to the wording of the job advert as closely as possible. Should be different for every job.

I like this kind of format. Single page, broken into blocks including profile, core competencies, employment history with brief bullet points of duties, and education. It's fairly easy to replicate in Word.

No official qualification might not be a problem if you can demonstrate how you have the skills asked for in job description.