Need help fixing my cv

[dobblebubble]

My CV is all over the place and I’m not really qualified for anything in particular. So don’t really know what job I should be looking for.

I have:

GCSEs (from 10 years ago)

A-levels (from 8 years ago)

Bachelor’s degree: 2:2 in a STEM subject

Master’s degree: in another STEM subject (unrelated to bachelors)

Work experience: agency work

That’s all I have. Any advice on what to do. I don’t want to become a scientist or have any scientist-like profession but I don’t know what else I can go into Need advice on what work experience I could take or any further degrees to study for?

What STEM subject and what type of agency work?

@Terribleluck

What STEM subject and what type of agency work?

My degree was in biochemistry.

What do you want to do?.

@ThatsNotMyReindeer

What do you want to do?.

I’m quite interested in epidemiology, biostatistics and public health. Not sure how to get into that career wise.

I wonder if it’s worth doing another masters degree in data science or biostatistics or medical statistics or health informatics

Have you thought about a career as a government scientist? Have a look online there is a shortage of skilled scientists in many government departments. Your post grad quals should be sufficient and starting salary approx. 35 -42k

@dobblebubble

I wonder if it’s worth doing another masters degree in data science or biostatistics or medical statistics or health informatics

I wouldn't have thought so. There comes a point when you need to start gaining actual work experience rather than more qualifications. That is, unless you have a specific career in mind which requires a specific masters.

Have you looked at graduate programmes? They're not necessarily restricted to new graduates and provide an entry into lots of different careers/sectors.

We're currently going through applications for our graduate programme. The CVs are all much of a muchness. It's the covering letters that are revealing and I read them before the CV.

So my top tips, get the job title correct and spelling and grammar and application instructions. (lots fall on the sift on this)
Don't send a generic letter (that is an automatic fail) - look at what the company does and talk about it, reports they've written opinions they've shared on LinkedIn and how your experience relates to it - don't just regurgitate your CV, don't espouse your theories on business - unless you have an original take on it. Keep your language plain, define all acronyms, don't try to convince the reader you are the second coming, keen and eager is great but know when to not try and convince the reader you led a multimillion-pound project.