I recently came across an e-mail citing examples of a bad CV.
'Just IT' ran a six-week study to help students and graduates improve their CVs.
Managing director Sunil Duggal receives hundreds of CVs and cover letters every day, some brilliant and others appalling. In a bid to educate job seekers about what to avoid writing, he has identified the worst to land on his desk.
Each is labeled as a type, and all are best avoided.
The neurotic: a candidate submitted a password protected CV which could not be accessed.
The evangelist: a candidate ended a covering letter with ‘Jesus loves you’.
The banker: a candidate put their bank details on their CV.
The cyber-criminal: a candidate put that their life’s ambition was to be a hacker.
The punctual one: a candidate put ‘I’m good at timekeeping. I wake up at 6am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday’ on their cover letter.
The bone idle: a candidate sent across a generic template leaving gaps where there should have been information describing the job position they were applying for, and the company they were applying to.
The enigma: a CV was submitted with no name or contact details.
The pervert: CVs with inappropriate email addresses such as ‘caught****ing@school.com’.
The narcissist: a cover letter from a candidate with one objective - ‘to please and attain supreme perfection’.
The porn star: a CV was submitted including a photo more suitable for a glamour shoot.
This made me laugh. Luckily I don't think my CV is that bad although judging by my bad luck in the job market maybe it is. However next week on Thursday I have a job interview in Telford for 'Jacobs' (transportation dept) and on November 6th in Luton for a market research company called 'Critical'. Hopefully something comes of one of these, ideally the Telford role because I would like to use some skills developed through my Geography degree in a work related 'sphere'.
Listening to: Superchunk - Here's Where The Strings Come In
21 Oct 2007
3 Oct 2007
Musical Mayhem
Hello Bloggers.
Since my last post, quite a lot has gone on. Last week I went to see Reuben and Milburn at Manchester Acadamy, I've had a cold, my spacebar on my laptop has decided to break for good I think, my bank has decided to charge me £20 interest each month on my overdraft and I've trailed endless websites seeking a job which
A. Doesn't seek numerate candidates
B. Is more than what I want to be earning.
I have come to the conclusion that I will be doing administration temp jobs into my 40s.
The first gig consisted of Enjoy Destroy from Basingstoke, Kill Kenada from Bognor Regis (!) and Reuben. It was an enjoyable experience seeing all bands, if I was to provide ratings out of ten I would give E.D 7 (I later found out their debut has been produced by Grant from Feeder - they had great energy on the stage), Kill Kenada a 7 (similar to E.D in energy and performance) and Reuben a 9. I went to this gig purely because I had a ticketmaster £10 voucher from last year and this was the only event on their website which I thought would be worthy of my presence. I have though got all of Reuben's albums so I was still looking forward to it. And they didn't disappoint. Unlike alot of bands I've seen in the past, they had good banter with the crowd and were surprisingly quite humerous in their approach. The songs were rocking with a big moshpit forming for the entire setlist and they looked after their fans when chaos ensued! Overall it was well worth the £2 I paid and three days later I was still deaf in my left ear!
Milburn was my most anticipated having become one of my top three bands over the last year. I'd never been to Acadamy 2 before and what struck me was the height of the room and the size (pretty big). This left me doubting how good the gig would be because I prefer the smaller venues where the sound and crowd are more intense. Model Radio opened with barely half the room full. They were energetic and a lot of people were getting into them. However with the electronic elements I wasn't so sure so would give them 5/10. Kudos to the lead singer though for his friendliness towards the fans at the merch stands after the gig and the personal comment he left on my myspace wall thanking me for attending and hoping I liked them! The Envy Corps turned up next - I was expecting the worst having heard them on myspace previously and after the first song I wasn't impressed, not helped by them referencing Doves as an influence. However they grew on me and by the end I quite liked their performance, unlike most of the audience due to them sounding nothing at all like Milburn. Picking up a limited edition EP at the end, I was interested to see how they were on CD. I actually like it so I would give them 6/10.
Milburn took to the stage and the place went crazy. But to summarise the overall performance, I expected more. Maybe this was due to the lack of banter with the crowd, that they didn't play two of my favourite songs, that a massive guy elbowed me in the head at the start? Nonetheless they ended with two stormers and then came out with an encore which left me feeling satisfied with the night's performance. 'What You Could Have Won' was cracking live, just like it is on their debut album, probably worth the £11 entry fee alone. I would give them 8/10. Gutted though that I didn't realise a drumstick had landed right by my feet until it was too late.
I have also been actively downloading albums of late. Jimmy Eat World's new one 'Chase This Light' is a slow burner, although I am not happy with their now clean poppy commercial sound.But i've realised that
A. They have yet to release a bad album - I just don't like the style they have developed since Clarity (shortening of the songs for instance - making them radio friendly?)
B. CTL actually has some quality tunes (Big Casino, Let It Happen, Firefight) on it.
I don't think it is a coincidence though that as soon as a band joins a major label they go down in my estimation (Foo Fighters, JEW, Fall Out Boy etc.). All these bands, if I was to list their albums in order of preference, go from their first through to their last (although CTL would be just above Futures if I was to rank them). However, from my perspective, it has been eclipsed by A Wilhelm Scream's new effort 'Career Suicide' which is hard, heavy and incredibly catchy. This is definately in the running for my album of the year.
I will not depress you with my job search. Fair to say I keep attacking endless dead-ends. I will leave you with this thought - Prison Break - best programme on TV right now. Download it, watch it, live it!
Download:
Prison Break - Season 3
Milburn - What You Could Have Won
Reuben - A Short History of Nearly Everything
Jonah Matranga - You Always Said You Hated San Francisco
Read:
This Book Will Change Your Life by A.M. Homes
Since my last post, quite a lot has gone on. Last week I went to see Reuben and Milburn at Manchester Acadamy, I've had a cold, my spacebar on my laptop has decided to break for good I think, my bank has decided to charge me £20 interest each month on my overdraft and I've trailed endless websites seeking a job which
A. Doesn't seek numerate candidates
B. Is more than what I want to be earning.
I have come to the conclusion that I will be doing administration temp jobs into my 40s.
The first gig consisted of Enjoy Destroy from Basingstoke, Kill Kenada from Bognor Regis (!) and Reuben. It was an enjoyable experience seeing all bands, if I was to provide ratings out of ten I would give E.D 7 (I later found out their debut has been produced by Grant from Feeder - they had great energy on the stage), Kill Kenada a 7 (similar to E.D in energy and performance) and Reuben a 9. I went to this gig purely because I had a ticketmaster £10 voucher from last year and this was the only event on their website which I thought would be worthy of my presence. I have though got all of Reuben's albums so I was still looking forward to it. And they didn't disappoint. Unlike alot of bands I've seen in the past, they had good banter with the crowd and were surprisingly quite humerous in their approach. The songs were rocking with a big moshpit forming for the entire setlist and they looked after their fans when chaos ensued! Overall it was well worth the £2 I paid and three days later I was still deaf in my left ear!
Milburn was my most anticipated having become one of my top three bands over the last year. I'd never been to Acadamy 2 before and what struck me was the height of the room and the size (pretty big). This left me doubting how good the gig would be because I prefer the smaller venues where the sound and crowd are more intense. Model Radio opened with barely half the room full. They were energetic and a lot of people were getting into them. However with the electronic elements I wasn't so sure so would give them 5/10. Kudos to the lead singer though for his friendliness towards the fans at the merch stands after the gig and the personal comment he left on my myspace wall thanking me for attending and hoping I liked them! The Envy Corps turned up next - I was expecting the worst having heard them on myspace previously and after the first song I wasn't impressed, not helped by them referencing Doves as an influence. However they grew on me and by the end I quite liked their performance, unlike most of the audience due to them sounding nothing at all like Milburn. Picking up a limited edition EP at the end, I was interested to see how they were on CD. I actually like it so I would give them 6/10.
Milburn took to the stage and the place went crazy. But to summarise the overall performance, I expected more. Maybe this was due to the lack of banter with the crowd, that they didn't play two of my favourite songs, that a massive guy elbowed me in the head at the start? Nonetheless they ended with two stormers and then came out with an encore which left me feeling satisfied with the night's performance. 'What You Could Have Won' was cracking live, just like it is on their debut album, probably worth the £11 entry fee alone. I would give them 8/10. Gutted though that I didn't realise a drumstick had landed right by my feet until it was too late.
I have also been actively downloading albums of late. Jimmy Eat World's new one 'Chase This Light' is a slow burner, although I am not happy with their now clean poppy commercial sound.But i've realised that
A. They have yet to release a bad album - I just don't like the style they have developed since Clarity (shortening of the songs for instance - making them radio friendly?)
B. CTL actually has some quality tunes (Big Casino, Let It Happen, Firefight) on it.
I don't think it is a coincidence though that as soon as a band joins a major label they go down in my estimation (Foo Fighters, JEW, Fall Out Boy etc.). All these bands, if I was to list their albums in order of preference, go from their first through to their last (although CTL would be just above Futures if I was to rank them). However, from my perspective, it has been eclipsed by A Wilhelm Scream's new effort 'Career Suicide' which is hard, heavy and incredibly catchy. This is definately in the running for my album of the year.
I will not depress you with my job search. Fair to say I keep attacking endless dead-ends. I will leave you with this thought - Prison Break - best programme on TV right now. Download it, watch it, live it!
Download:
Prison Break - Season 3
Milburn - What You Could Have Won
Reuben - A Short History of Nearly Everything
Jonah Matranga - You Always Said You Hated San Francisco
Read:
This Book Will Change Your Life by A.M. Homes
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