Curriculum Vitae

Full Name

Address

Home Tel No

Mobile Tel No

Email Address

Personal Information

Notice Period

Driving Licence and type

Health statement i.e. excellent health non-smoker, etc

Personal Statement

Summary statement of your skills and experience

Try to keep to one paragraph and avoid cliche statements i.e.

Apprentice trained Electrical Maintenance Engineer with 15 years experience of working within the Food/FMCG industries, possessing fault finding and rectification skills on fast moving automated bottle filling / packaging lines. Able to fault find and modify PLC programmes (Siemens, Allan Bradley) with extensive experience with Inverters, Variable Speed Drives, Servo Motors, Pick and Place robots.  Achievements include identification of process improvement projects and waste reduction schemes, familiar with TPM and Lean Manufacturing techniques.

Objective

Again try to keep to one paragraph and avoid cliche's

Looking for Senior Engineer or Supervisory role within a modern FMCG/Food Manufacturing or similar fast moving production environment where my TPM / Process improvement skills can be utilized to make significant improvements to the production process.

Education

Start with most Advanced and work back from University to School.

Work History

Note

Break it down in to date order of the companies you have worked for starting with your most recent first going back to when you started work. If there is any career gaps in the CV explain these in the CV with dates from and to and explain what you did i.e. took career break, went on to further education or was un-employed.

Explain in detail your recent career history going back 8 - 10 years as detailed below:

Dates From - To        

Company Name, Town, County

Position Type

Brief overview of company Activities keep to one paragraph about the company i.e. Manufacturer of pre-packed sandwiches and convenience salad/fruit pot products.

Overview of Job function, keep this brief and two the point give any information upon the responsibilities of the role. If you fulfilled more than one position break this down in to each job function with dates From and To.

Achievements

Here try to give three examples of particular career highlights. This could be that you helped save $xxx,xxx's by the introduction of a waste re-cycling scheme (if you have made improvements or money saving schemes try to quantify in terms of money saved, % time savings or % reduction in time or waste, etc.

Achievements could also be simple such as whilst working 48 hours a week you managed to study and attain a qualification or won a trip abroad to represent the company on business or possess an impeccable attendance record. These Achievements will help give you information to help sell yourself at interview and help overcome those awkward questions.

For employment past 8 - 10 years you only need to present the following information:

Dates From - To        

Company Name, Town, County

Position Type

Brief overview of company Activities keep to one paragraph about the company i.e. Manufacturer of pre-packed sandwiches and convenience salad/fruit pot products.

Overview of Job function, keep this brief and two the point give any information upon the responsibilities of the role. If you fulfilled more than one position break this down in to each job function with dates From and To.

Social Activities/Interests

Keep in relevant items like reading, gardening, sporting activities club activities or if you hold a particular interest in a topic such as motor sports, etc.

Some organizations read a lot in to these. Try to avoid activities on the CV which could present a negative interpretation such as socializing as this implies you spend significant amounts of time in pubs/clubs and could suffer from attendance issues, tiredness at work, etc.

Emphasis any activities such as sporting activities or club activities as these can imply you are good at teamwork activities and have a competitive nature about you that drives you in your work.

References

Just enter here on your CV 'Available upon request' but have at least two references ideally from previous or current employers you can give. These would be line managers or supervisors who can confirm the type of job you performed and attendance record, etc. Again ideally someone you trust.