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Ruth Hilton (left) and Tracie Burton
CV in focus
People on the Move
C&M Recruitment’s business development direc- oping”. While it’s important to prioritise
tor Barbara Kolosinska (pictured) offers advice on your skills, as this person does, beware of
The Co-operative Travel Group has recruited applying for a head of pricing role at a luxury tour repetition if previous roles have all been similar.
Ruth Hilton as its new head of product, while operator, based on a real CV she received recently.
Tracie Burton has been made head of Career history
operations. Hilton was most recently head of Presentation Job title, company name and employment dates
sales, commercial and marketing at The XL The CV’s layout has clear section headings. How- are all clearly outlined. However, like skills, their
Leisure Group. Burton moves from Thomas Cook ever, the candidate has tried to incorporate a lot achievements in previous roles could be more
where she was head of business improvement, of detail, yet keep the document to two pages by tailored to suit the job in question. When apply-
scheduled division. reducing the font size. This makes it less pleasing ing for senior positions it’s advisable to present it
on the eye and more difficult to digest the for the specific job. There are also four months
Tourism Australia has appointed Alasdair Farri- information. The content is well ordered, starting unaccounted for and, whether you’re unemployed
mond as marketing manager UK, Ireland and with a personal profile highlighting relevant skills, or travelling, it needs including.
Nordic, based in London. He joins from Travel 2 attributes and key achievements, followed by
where he was marketing director. employment history, education and interests. Education
Spelling and punctuation are also spot on. Details are succinct and include qualifications in
Cameron Jones has been promoted at Expedia their chosen masters and undergraduate degrees,
Affiliate Network to director of Europe, Middle About me as well as A-level subjects and grades attained.
East and Africa business development. He was The candidate has set out a clear introductory
previously director of account management. summary, although it could have been improved Hobbies & interests
by tailoring their key skills to be more appropriate The candidate hasn’t detailed anything specific to
Hotel and chalet operator Eurogroup has to the role they’re applying for. Terms such as the role. If you apply for a luxury tour operator
appointed Lowcosttravelgroup CEO Paul Evans to “team player”, “flexible” and “excel- role, it’s beneficial to include any
its board as a non executive. lent communicator” are widely used travel to relevant destinations.
and add no real value to the CV.
The Tourism Society has recruited Daniel C&M’s CV tips
Moriss-Jeffery into the newly created role of Skills Be sure to differentiate your CV
events and PR executive. The candidate has included a good from the competition by tailor-
level of detail about their skills, making it to the job, and making
Nicholas Wilson has been promoted to general using eye-catching words such as sure it is as professional-looking and
manager at Tana Travel. “managing”, “leading” and “devel- sounding as it can be.
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