Doing a CV that has NO relevance to the job you're applying for....

[specialmagiclady]

Anyone else retrained?

I have just sent a CV off filled from top to bottom with previous career ghastliness which seems irrelevant (Very Bad Telly stuff) and one line about the new exciting qualification I've got (swimming teacher).

Feels so WEIRD!

In the end, I wrote it all in the cover note. But should I have put it in personal statement (these are a Newfangled Device designed to confuse those who Actually Posted The Last CV they sent out... so much has Changed!)

Yes it all seems to be about personal statments and key skills nowadays.

Maybe pick out some key skills that are transferable, like good team worker, uses own initiative, quick learner, makes good tea, dab hand at fiddling the books.

Just keep googling CVs until you find something with a good layout you can copy.

I got a book. 'CVs for Idiots' or some such.

Apparently you need to highlight any volunteer work or training...

Such as: changing from being a lion catcher to opening a vegetarian restaurant...

"Objective: to transfer my skills I learned in the jungle, into the adventure of vegetarian food...'

Skills Obtained: (bullet points)

• patience
• appreciation of vegetables
• ability to combine vegetables
• managing felines means I have management experience

It's all in the format...

Hmmm.. yess.. can see I have got it horribly, horribly wrong. Oh well. It's only the first one I've sent out...