CV in the first person?
Discussion
Hi guys,
Just a quick one. Doing my CV to put on some websites tonight and was all ready to go but I just read a "CV Top Tips" article that said you should never write it in the first person. Is this true or am I over thinking it? I haven't gone overboard with it or anything.
Here's like what I had in my rough draft for an example:
"My duties consisted of handling all aspects of the sales process from walk-ins, phone enquiries right through to the delivery and all associated paper work. I was also responsible for the assessment and valuation of vehicles, booking cars into stock and presentation of the showroom to BMW standards.
The main focus of my job was to listen to my customer's needs and match them with a suitable vehicle, value their trade, handle negotiations and close the deal.
Maintaining my large customer base and following up my prospects on a regular basis was also a major part of my job."
Is that so bad or is this better?
"Duties consisted of handling all aspects of the sales process from walk-ins, phone enquiries right through to the delivery and all associated paper work. Other responsibilities included the assessment and valuation of vehicles, booking cars into stock and presentation of the showroom to BMW standards.
The main focus of this position was to listen to customer's needs and match them with a suitable vehicle, value their trade, handle negotiations and close the deal.
Maintaining a large customer base and following up prospects on a regular basis was also a major part of the role."
Any constructive help would be greatly appreciated!
Just a quick one. Doing my CV to put on some websites tonight and was all ready to go but I just read a "CV Top Tips" article that said you should never write it in the first person. Is this true or am I over thinking it? I haven't gone overboard with it or anything.
Here's like what I had in my rough draft for an example:
"My duties consisted of handling all aspects of the sales process from walk-ins, phone enquiries right through to the delivery and all associated paper work. I was also responsible for the assessment and valuation of vehicles, booking cars into stock and presentation of the showroom to BMW standards.
The main focus of my job was to listen to my customer's needs and match them with a suitable vehicle, value their trade, handle negotiations and close the deal.
Maintaining my large customer base and following up my prospects on a regular basis was also a major part of my job."
Is that so bad or is this better?
"Duties consisted of handling all aspects of the sales process from walk-ins, phone enquiries right through to the delivery and all associated paper work. Other responsibilities included the assessment and valuation of vehicles, booking cars into stock and presentation of the showroom to BMW standards.
The main focus of this position was to listen to customer's needs and match them with a suitable vehicle, value their trade, handle negotiations and close the deal.
Maintaining a large customer base and following up prospects on a regular basis was also a major part of the role."
Any constructive help would be greatly appreciated!
One other thing, I have had some advice saying upload or send my CV as pdf but sometimes these can not open properly on the other end and come up with symbols etc. Others have said upload a word .doc but if I do that when the reader looks at it it will come up with the green lines under a lot of things due to the way it is structured if not written in the first person. It make it look like it is written with poor grammar.
What do you think?
What do you think?
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