CV Profiles.

[Rob13]

I had little to no success with my CV last year, and havent submitted a CV since late summer. I'm looking to return to it in the next week or so but I'm trying to see where I'm going wrong with my CV. It might be qualifications or experience which I'm lacking, but I thought an innovative CV might actually get me a shoe in the door.

Its laid out like this at present:

Name & Contact details

Profile (boring spiel about being motivated/enthusiastic and seeking a change)

Employment history with bullet points

Education

Interests (very brief)

IT Skills (very brief)

Refs

To the various recruitment agents on here, is it worth looking at something "different"?. By that, I mean retaining the paper/email option but changing style and delivery to make it stand out?

[JK55]

I would suggest actually submitting your CV on here. The information you have provided would make a good contents page; however, without the precise CV, wording, spacing, what it says etc then it is almost impossible to comment.

[ewenm]

Change the profile bit into an "selected highlights" section - you can tailor this to the job you're applying for, or leave it more general for the version you upload to Monster/Topjobs/Jobsite/etc.