Student Talk

http://full-media.co.uk/tips-on-cv-writing/ There comes a point in time where a Curriculum Vitae (hereafter referred to as a CV) is required to apply for a job, a scholarship, to further studies, for an internship - whatever the case may be. This applies to almost everybody, whether one is a learner, a student, a graduate or an employee. It is reasonable to conclude that if minimal effort is put in completing a CV, there is a greater chance that the CV will not be effective in our application. The Workplace-Readiness Skills Workshop that I mentioned in earlier posts included a section on CVs. In this article I share the importance of a CV in relation to the recruitment process, the particulars of a CV and guidelines on how to write it, as communicated at the workshop by the HR consultant Mr Thando Melane. I also include information regarding elements of a CV, obtained from the Office of Student Development at the University of the Western Cape. P.S: The article is focused more...