My Curriculum Vitae

[inamuddle1]

Hi guys, I pretty much studied and worked in administration since I've left school, worked in a popular estate agents for different well known charities, then got involved with organising conferences for these charities. I then decided I liked that so studied event management for a HND. The first year went great but i flunked the 2nd year, I was doing really well. So I never got any grade for studying that, although I've got lots of marks for the courses I sat and a few certificates and shizz. Anyway, when you read my CV, it was written years ago, says in proficient in Powerpoint, and Access, and I dont even know if I remember how to use them now, I was good back then. Also,,, When i worked in the estate agents, I was using Auto Cad, to make the floorplans. That is also on my CV. My CV looks amazing, but I made it years ago, with the help from a work colleague that I worked with in one of the charities. When i look at it, i dont feel that I am as capable of all the things is says i am on the CV. But it's all the truth. I'm not that much older really, I'm not sure, I'd probably just slide back into it all. My CV really is quite ace. :)

[inamuddle1]

Anybody up for talking CV's lol =)

[NOX]

Most people talk themselves up on CV's you're talking yourself down in real life. You did all this stuff, so you're up to doing it again. Give yourself a good shake then a pat on the back and have a little faith in yourself, it'll be fine.

[Buenchico]

Your c.v. sounds fine to me!

I came across my university thesis the other day and I don't understand a word of it. (I don't even understand the notation!). That doesn't stop me mentioning my maths degree in my c.v. ;-)

[Buenchico]

At least you clearly know what 'c.v.' stands for. I'm amazed by the number of people who don't (even though they've got one!)

[joko]

if you open up the software and go to the help section and run through the tutorials etc, that shoudl refresh your memory and flag up any new stuff.

you can alos probably find tutorials online, if you dont have the software

it probably will flood back, but you dont want ot be sitting there with your boss wanting something finished fast while you are faffing about trying to remember things - that will not go down well

[birdie1971]

Inamuddle1 - “... Anyway, when you read my CV, it was written years ago, says in proficient in Powerpoint, and Access, and I dont even know if I remember how to use them now...”

When you don't use software for a while you do get a little bit rusty. But since you could use them before, you'll pick them up very rapidly indeed. If I were you, I'd set myself a small challenge; fire up Powerpoint and make a presentation about yourself. It might seem a bit cheesy but it'll blow the dust off the old memory banks. As for AutoCAD, it's gone through quite a few generations but it is essentially the same piece of software – for instance, all the old typed keyboard commands are exactly the same as before.

If you haven't got Powerpoint (or Microsoft Office), you can always download 'Open Office' which is a free office suite that looks, feels and works pretty much like Microsoft's.

http://www.openoffice.org/


Good luck.