How to write CV?

Author: Yiman Wei

26/07/1994

Second year Media and Communication student at Coventry University

Are you International students? Do you know how to write your CV to find a desire job in UK?

Dear everyone! My name is Yiman Wei I come form China. I have learnt Media and Communication at Coventry University two years ago. I have one session called “professional experience” on my second year.I have to try to apply work placement or internship in UK.

To be honest, I am confused very much. Firstly, I didn’t know how to apply work placement process, and didn’t know how to do at my first step. Secondly, English is not my first language. Compare to local student, I have some problems about language, visa issues, and also environment. The third one, I didn’t know how to build a good CV and cover letter to get a job in UK. There are many difference between the traditional Chinese CV and UK CV such as: format, structure.

I understand that if you want to apply work placement or internship in UK, you have to write a great CV and learn how to build a cover letter. 

SO!!! How to write a CV? Not boring essay!!!

When you want to write a good CV, you need to make sure how many parts you need to write?

There are some parts that we need to list:

• Personal profile

• Education

•  Work experience

• IT knowledge

• Other actives 

1. Personal Profile: You can list your personal special and particular points in your CV, but not list over five points.

For example: You can list your volunteer experience, internship experience, part-time job, and you can list about your award like Ielts certification, foundation certification and much more.

      2. Education: You need to list your University name and qualification, key modules.

For example:

• Foundation at…

• A level at… 

• Coventry University

• Qualification: 2.1If you have not graduate for your university , you just want to apply work experience and internship, you don’t need to attached the qualification, but you need to list your key modules, and you need to summary your key modules: what is it and list some you have done in this module. Because you just write module name. The company maybe not clearly understand and they maybe don’t know what you have learn and some details, and you can use these opportunity to express your responsibility in the group work on these module .       Work experience:       You need to make sure time (day/month/year )and placement name, the role of your work, and the time that the period time you working in the work placement. And you should make clearly your responsibility in the role, what are you doing on the role and what you need to do on the company.
      You need to recognise what is work experience and what is volunteer actives.
      –  Work experience: paid 
       – Volunteering actives: unpaid
     IT knowledge:
     If you are good some software, you can write in here.
Other actives:
You could write

                        Your hobby and interesting

                        Membership in university both in UK and in your country

                        Your volunteering both in UK and in your country

                        Your be good at sports and actives

We summary some useful link :

How to write cv?

( These link Include different types cv on the link, if you want to get different styles cv temple, you can download on here, it is free)

1. http://www.cvplaza.com/cv-templates/free-cv-templates/

2. https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/cvs-and-cover-letters/example-cvs

3. http://www.cv-library.co.uk/cvtemplates

Author: Yiman Wei