CV after Masters Year

[joshleb]

Ey up

Just finishing a Masters in Construction Management and applying for some jobs for September/October time in construction and project management roles.

I had 2 years working before I did my Masters, should I still focus the skills part of my CV on what I did when I was working, or put some Uni experiences in too, Uni stuff is all a bit fluffy though as it relates to CW, rather than any problems with real implications.

Cheers

[Flooble]

What sort of work? Relevant or not? 2 years in Mcdonalds is less useful than 2 years on a building site ...

[joshleb]

All relevant work, Graduate Assistant Engineer > Assistant Engineer during the 2 years in similar but smaller projects to what I am applying for.

[Flooble]

My personal opinion then (different field) would be to highlight your skills first and foremost. Experience will set you far out compared with the opposition.

[rog007]

Approach it from a different angle. With space being at a premium on a CV, rather than thinking about when and where experiences and skills came from, think about presenting only what is most relevant for the specific role being applied for i.e. if they are asking for X and y skills then tell them you have X and y skills; only tell them about the w skills if you have space and it will add some value otherwise it counts as superfluous and eats in to the valuable space I mentioned earlier.

Congratulations and good luck!

[craigjm]

Flooble said:

My personal opinion then (different field) would be to highlight your skills first and foremost. Experience will set you far out compared with the opposition.

This.

The best CV's start with an opening statement as to why you should be the one to be hired (written in the third person and tailored to the job applying for) then a bullet point list in columns of the skils you have (again organised so the ones for the job are at the top) and then you get into jobs you have had noting your achievements in those roles. Education at the end followed by a simple references on request and an academic reference would be fine as one of these having just come off a degree.