I’m currently trying to write a CV, just in case I need one whilst I’m at university. I never realized how awkward they are to write before! We had lessons on writing a CV in secondary school, but I found it boring and messed around. I’m sure I wrote one for my Welsh Bacc work, but I have no idea where that might be and it probably wasn’t anything to write home about anyway.
It’s like writing a personal statement; how do you write it without sounding big-headed? I really struggled with that when writing my personal statements, and I’m struggling with it now as I try to write my CV. At least with the PS there was no real structure required – you basically had 4000 characters to showcase your best bits, so to speak, and convince the university that you’d be a good addition to the student body. I have no idea what skills my potential future employers might be looking for, nor do I know what jobs I’m hoping to apply for or anything like that. It’s all well and good saying what I want to do in the futures – to be a play therapist working with sick children – but that’s not going to help me to get a job behind a bar or at a checkout, is it? And for previous job experience I think I’m lacking too – I spent three months as a waitress and two years working in a fast food kiosk – nothing to shout about really.
How much detail is too much? How much is not enough? I think it’s time to give up for tonight, and return to it when I’m not feeling so mischievous, otherwise I’ll end up writing it in my new Disney font and putting silly things in all the sections.