Category: Webinars

This interactive webinar was packed full of information on how to write a perfect CV and Cover Letter, There were so many tips and tricks that I had no idea needed to be included in a CV or Cover Letter.

Below is a list of all the notes that i felt were important

what should you include in you CV

• Personal Profile
• Work Experience
• Key Skills
• Contact Details
• It should only be 2 sides of an A4 piece of paper
• Be concise and informative
• Bullet points are good
• Font 11 or 12
• Highlight important parts
• Always write your CV aimed at the job you are applying for

I didn’t know that there are two types of CVs one is Chronological which is where to talk about your work history and the other on is Skills where you perhaps don’t have any work history and you are talking about the skills and education you have.

Layout

• At the start should be your personal information
• The middle should be your education, employment, skills
• The end is about your interests and achievements

When talking about your education always start of with the most recent first and list your grades horizontally

Keep your achievements recent as well as interests. These are not essential parts to your CV.

List work experience in chronolgical order starting with the most recent.

Use power words such as conducting, communicating, liaising, evaluating, organised and managed

Tailor your CV to where you are applying for. Have a heading that is relevant experience and the additional experience. Also if you run out of spcae group jobs together and talk about skills they all shared

Cover Letters

Cover Letters are key to making a good impression if there is an option to attach one always do.

• A cover letter should be one side of A4
• Tailor it to the company
• Always find out who you are addressing the letter to
• Introduce yourself
• Talk about 3/4 key skills you have
• Talk about your unique selling point
• check the spelling always
• Summary
• Always reseach the company you are applying for before hand so you know there values and mission.

Structure

• First Para – why are you applying, be enthusiastic, research values and mission
• Middle – How has your education helped, skills, Experience, Personal attributes
• End – Reiterate your desire

This webinar was so good and I really enjoyed listening to all of the speaker talk about there experiences and how to get into the industry. After listening to this lecture I feel that this could be an area that would interest me after leaving university and is something I defiantly want to research and explore further.

Here are the note I took whilst listening

• Volunteering is important and it can help you build up a good network of people
• do-it.org is a really useful website
• reachvolunteering.org.uk another website
• Volunteering Wales another website
• Young trustees movement is also something to look into
• Charity Works organisation
• “all experience is good experience”
• Place 2 Be – children’s mental health charity
• Passion is key to getting far and to getting the job you want
• Networking is also very important
• Yolk Recruitment is an organisation which is very helpful

After listening to Beth talk from Charity Works organisation I felt really inspired to look at the website and find out more about the 12 month placement scheme that they offer. This could be a really good opportunity to take forward when I finish university.

The Finding Work Experience and Volunteering Opportunities Webinar was so informative with loads of really good helpful tips and tricks with where to go and how to contact people about getting the work experience relevant to you.

Here are some of the notes that i made whilst listening to the speakers.

• Visit the Go Wales website – they offer lots of placements
• “there is no shame in asking anyone for work experience ”
• Community Projects are a good way to meet people, help out and also network
• LinkedIn is so important
• ratemyplacement.com is a website full of opportunities
• Do It organisation is also another really useful website to visit
• Volunteering Wales website
• Graduate Talent Pool
• Prospect
• Student Volunteering Cardiff
• Santander Funded Placement Scheme
• Naeem Amir is the contact in helping the art school students with find work experience

All of the points above are places to research and look into further to help find work experience and new opportunities.