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Ted Button (left) and Scott James
CV in focus
People on the Move
Sara Morys-Edge, senior account manager at of fluency in any languages you speak. Tailor your
Progressive Personnel (pictured), gives her advice CV to each application by presenting the most rel-
Qatar Airways has appointed Ted Button on applying for a reservations role in a call centre evant skills first. Use bullet points and key words
(pictured) as senior vice-president of its new based on a CV she received recently. relevant to the job in question to make your CV
corporate jet subsidiary Qatar Executive based stand out.
in Doha. Presentation
The presentation of this CV is far too busy. There Career history
Scott James (pictured) has joined Superbreak are too many fonts, tables, bullets and italics Provide a full career history that includes start
Mini-Holidays as sales executive for the Midlands going on. Use one font and colour throughout, and and end dates (with months) for each role, name
and East Anglia. He was recently store manager at highlight section headings in bold with a slight of employer and job title. This candidate does not
Thomas Cook in West Bromwich. increase font size. After name and contact give the month they started/finished each role,
information, detail your profile; career history, making it impossible to know how long they were
Jumeirah Group has announced four new general education; additional skills (such as systems and in each position. List the dates of any gaps in
managers. Dagmar Woodward will oversee the language skills) and interests. In each section employment and explain why (travel, study etc).
opening of Jumeirah Frankfurt, due to open in present the most recent experience first and use Highlight experience and achievements that are
mid-2010. Meanwhile, Mahmoud Sakr becomes bullet points. Always check spelling and grammar. particularly relevant to the role you are applying for.
general manager at Mina A’Salam in Dubai;
Khaled Helmy is now general manager at About me/profile Education
Jumeirah Messilah Beach in Kuwait, due to open in This candidate has started with a concise profile Provide details of dates, place of study, qualifica-
2010; and Gary Schweikert joins Jumeirah Essex which highlights well their relevant skills and tion and level achieved. This can also be followed
House in New York. experience. It could be enhanced by adding some by details of any relevant training that you have
information about the type of role they are now completed.
The Vine Hotel, Funchal, Madeira has recruited seeking – ideally tailored to the job
James Scott as general manager. He has previ- they are applying for. Hobbies/interests
ously worked in San Francisco and the Caribbean, This candidate has done a good job
for brands such as InterContinental and One&Only. Skills by listing several interests, but has
This candidate has provided useful been careful not to go into too much
Antoine Levy has joined London’s country estate information about the skills and detail. Listing interests can help to
The Grove in Hertfordshire as marketing director. experience they gained. Remember bring a little personality to a CV and,
He moves from L’Oreal UK & ROI where he was to give details of any reservations if relevant to the role, can also en-
marketing manager. systems you have used and the level hance an application.
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