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Ledgard, corporate account manager, business consulting, at Grant Thornton. Think about your biggest professional attributes and what you can bring to a company. Then, the rest of the CV should be bullet points, to keep it as concise and engaging as possible. Your skills are very
important to convey on your CV. But even if you don’t
have much experience in a workplace, think about skills you have picked up from your education background. Have you captained a football team? Are you part of any clubs in or out of school? Did you lead a group project? Perhaps you’ve had to give a presentation or you’ve needed to motivate your team before or after a game. How could this help in the workplace? “If you’re just starting out, you’ve still got skills. You don’t need to have a job to have a skill,” says Sue. And when you’re writing bullet points about your previous work experience, don’t just list all your responsibilities. “What somebody is more interested
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