The missus is Assistant Manager at a nursery and she's going for the Managers job and has to provide a CV to her employers (she's been there for 12 years and has worked her way up to Assistant and wants to take it a stage further) We've looked at some Youtube vids and trawled through the millions of CV templates on Google and they offer varying advice which has given us a rough idea of the best way of going about it but we can't seem to find a definitive, easy quick solution with a decent template so I thought I'd bring this to GC to see if any of anyone has any advice about it. I've never written a CV in my life and she's about as clued up as me about it so any advice would be most welcome
If she's attractive it might help to put her picture on the CV. If she's an old boiler, probably best not to.
Don't waste your time, she'll not get the job anyway! On that bright note, I'm off down le boozer to catch the 2nd half of the football! cheers
Few questions: Is this the same employer that promoted her up to assistant manager? Has the manager's job been left open due to resignation/retirement/dismissal? Has your wife been approached by the manager to apply? Presumably a CV was not needed for previous promotions? Is the job being advertised externally? Any idea who else might be applying? Does your wife ever get the opportunity to chat informally with the employer? Does she know hat the job entails and how confident is she that she can handle the extra responsibility? Will the job have an adverse effect on the marriage? If so let her find that out for herself before applying. First of all, get her to jot down all the things she has done that sound impressive (eg decisions taken that made a difference, situations dealt with, people responsibilities, why she has got as far as she has. List out her strengths and weaknesses and think about how they can be (and have been) put to good use. Make sure any weaknesses are not vital to the job.
