Your Mock Interview CV How we fit into

Your Mock Interview & CV How we fit into the wider world Show Respect & Be Assertive Year 10 PD • Remember that our key theme for this term is ‘You Finding a & thebalance world of work’ healthy • Your new task is to‘Wiring’ create for a Learning & Life CV for your Mock Interview Getting the right Mindset to succeed Summer 2018

Your Mock Interview • Remember that you’ll meet a professional to talk about your plans for the future • And that talk will start with your paper CV…

Your CV • Your CV is basically your professional ‘advert’ • It presents you and your plans in a positive way • So it’s really worth doing a good job…

Your CV • • There’s no ‘perfect’ or set format for a CV But it’s always best to start with a simple layout And to include some ‘standard’ sections So that’s what we’ll do today…

Name @ , , , Contact details Personal statement Work History Education & Qualifications Achievements & Key Skills Interests & Hobbies , , References

Name @ , , , Is like a title for your CV Make it big & clear , ,

@ , , , Contact details Just home address And school email No more personal info , ,

@ , , , Personal statement Like a personal advert Just a few sentences that sum-up what you’d like to do in the future and why. , ,

@ , , , Work History Include a part time job if you have one And include where you’ll be going for your Work Experience week. , ,

@ , , , Education & Qualifications Just focus on QES Use a neat table to list your GCSE subjects and predicted grades , ,

@ , Achievements can be academic eg Awards Or can be sporting eg winning cups , , Key skills could include things such as cooking, graphics, music etc Achievements & Key Skills , ,

@ , , , Your chance to expand on the ‘real’ you! So just a few sentences on what you do outside school, such as sports, horses, reading, drama, MTB…whatever! Interests & Hobbies , ,

@ , , , Just include Miss O’Neill Can add another, such as boss or sports coach , , References

Your CV Pick one of these Templates to help you get started ‘Plain’ Easiest to use to get a CV that will do the job well. ‘Blocks’ Can be customised more if you want to make the extra effort.

Your CV • Files will download as a Word document • Click File & Save As • Put in My Documents • So you can find later! • Use these for Help • Get ideas for what to write in each section

Your CV - Homework Deadline 1 Today 24 April 22 May Mock Interviews Work Experience Thurs, 21 June 9 – 13 July M M M 30 7 14 21 28 29 4 11 18 25 2 10 9 16 • Initial Deadline for checking your CV eg ready for peer End of Term Half Term Final Deadline evaluation Fri, 20 July 28 May – 2 June 8 June Year 10 PD Summer 2018