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Fresh Start CV - Graduates and Returning to Work Candidates

New Beginnings

Whether you are a graduate fresh to the job market or a person returning to work after maternity, you face the major challenge of producing a CV that will convince employers it is worth taking a chance on you. With limited practical experience or a large gap in your employment, employers are forced to rely on their belief in your ultimate potential to succeed or learn quickly.

Writing a New Professional CV

Faced with a blank sheet of paper or an old CV can be daunting. You are required to address many questions, particularly:

  1. What should I include and what do employers in this area like to see?
  2. How should I structure my CV?
  3. What do I say about any weaknesses in my experience?
  4. Can I include voluntary or non-work achievements in my CV?
  5. What are going to be my unique selling points?

Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are not always the same for different people. Your work experience, educational qualifications and other life experiences differ and so do the roles and companies you target. As a result, your CV will need to be carefully tailored in both structure and content to suit your experience, goals and target job. Do not just copy a sample CV and populate it with your own data as this will not necessarily produce a winning formula.

You must also show why you are different or better than other candidates who may have more relevant experience. Understanding your distinctiveness and linking it to the challenges of the company in a Cover Letter can make a powerful argument for talking to you.

How Platinum will Help with your New CV

We fully realise the challenges involved and will use our expertise as CV writers and former senior managers to develop a tailored CV that is capable of bringing out your achievements and capabilities in a manner that will strike a chord with prospective employers. We will explore your experiences in detail to tease out aspects of your education and non-work experiences that support your case and evidence your ability to add value.

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