CVs and Personal Statements


CVs and Personal Statements


 A CV is your personal specification, it documents your abilities, and shows the reader what you are capable of. It is important to realise that a CV is an exercise in selling yourself. It allows you to summarise your education, skills and experience enabling you to successfully sell your abilities to potential employers. CVs are usually sent with a cover letter to potential employers to let them know about you and why you think you deserve the job

How to create a CV 

  • Don’t lie – employers often run background checks and false claims will be uncovered
  • Sell yourself – what are your unique qualities, personality traits, skills and experience that make you stand out from the crowd
  • Personal statement first – put your academic qualifications at the back, if you’re buying a new car would you want to see the technical spec or the glossy picture first?
  • Don’t leave unexplained gaps – if you had a career break to travel or raise a family, explain what skills or experience you gained from this
  • Be clear and concise – CVs should be a maximum of three pages long and should be easy to read
  • Don’t make mistakes – check your spelling and grammar meticulously.
Always adapt a CV for each individual job. There is no such thing as a ‘finished’ CV. As skills for each job could vary and you would therefore need to change bits of you CV to fit the needs better. 




A personal statement is a written description of one's achievements, interests, etc., included as part of an application for a job or a place at a university or college. They are used to show a college or university your interest in going to them and why you think it will benefit you. When writing a personal statement there is a "4,000 character limit and 47 line limit" - UCAS.

This is my Personal Statement that I have wrote, it consists of many things such as college, projects, things I do in my own time. This is all the things that will help the university decide weather to accept or decline the application. The fact I have included a lot of information about work experience places I've had and also tasks I have done in college. 




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