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The document provides guidance on personal details and work experience sections of a CV. For personal details, it recommends including name, address, phone number and email but not photo. For work experience, it suggests using action words and relating skills to the specific job, mentioning teamwork and customer service experiences.

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Number and Email.: Personal Details

The document provides guidance on personal details and work experience sections of a CV. For personal details, it recommends including name, address, phone number and email but not photo. For work experience, it suggests using action words and relating skills to the specific job, mentioning teamwork and customer service experiences.

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Personal details

Normally these would be your name, address, date of birth (although with
age discrimination laws now in force this isn't essential), telephone
number and email.
British CVs don't usually include a photograph unless you are an actor.
In European countries such as France, Belgium and Germany its common
for CVs to include a a passport-sized photograph in the top right-hand
corner whereas in the UK and the USA photographs are frowned upon as this
may contravene equal opportunity legislation - a photograph makes it easier
to reject a candidate on grounds of ethnicity, sex or age. If you do include a
photograph it should be a head and shoulders shot, you should be dressed
suitably and smiling: it's not for a passport!
Work experience

Use action words such as developed, planned and organised.

Even work in a shop, bar or restaurant will involve working in a team,


providing a quality service to customers, and dealing tactfully with
complaints. Don't mention the routine, non-people tasks (cleaning the
tables) unless you are applying for a casual summer job in a restaurant or
similar.

Try to relate the skills to the job. A finance job will involve numeracy,
analytical and problem solving skills so focus on these whereas for a
marketing role you would place a bit more more emphasis on persuading and
negotiating skills.

All of my work experiences have involved working within a team-based


culture. This involved planning, organisation, coordination and commitment
e.g., in retail, this ensured daily sales targets were met, a fair distribution of
tasks and effective communication amongst all staff members.

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