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Started by MR POO! in Chit-Chat

Anyone got any tips on writing a good one. I think its time i updated mine cos its a bit out of date and to be honest a bit crap.

Is there any decent sites out there that show you some examples of good ones? I guess i just need to see a good one as a guide and then try and apply my information to it.

Posted on Mon, 5 July 2004 at 18:38

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#1

rocking roxy wrote:

one thing you could do is going to the libary…they normally have books about stuff like that with good and bad examples

Posted on Mon, 5 July 2004 at 18:45

#2

MR POO! wrote:

true.
But why get of my ass and walk down in the rain when i have the ‘library of the new millineum’ at my finger tips. :D

Posted on Mon, 5 July 2004 at 18:59

#3

allroy wrote:

Your ass seems to sit on your fingers as you don’t use them for googling around. :p

Try this as a starter.
I just searched for ‘american cv’, as this seems to be the most popular style at the moment (at least in Germany).

Posted on Mon, 5 July 2004 at 19:13

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Citizen Erased wrote:

I used the template on Robertwalters.com and basically tweaked it for every job I applied for. There’s some good advice on totaljobs.com as well. I would imagine that Monster.co.uk is also a good place to look.

Depending on the industry you’re looking to get into, I’d also advise you to find some recruitment agencies that work in that industry & see if they have any advice or templates on their sites (Robert Walters is mainly finance & accounting jobs).

Posted on Tue, 6 July 2004 at 07:44

#5

motherh666 wrote:

I once found something good and useful on Monster.com. Can’t be bothered looking for it now though.

If in doubt, lie through your teeth. Here are a few tips: -

-You were president of Paname for 15 years till a military coup.
-You toured with the Stones as a Guitar technician.
-You once took a bullet for Madonna in Vienna.
-You are psychic.

Happy job-hunting! :D

Posted on Tue, 6 July 2004 at 07:45

#6

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

I remember Neil Gaiman saying that he lied on his cv about all the places he worked for and after a few years every single one of them was true… If that’s how things work, I like your cv better. ;)

Posted on Tue, 6 July 2004 at 09:01

#7

allroy wrote:

One out of four already fits. :p

(May I still call you Mr. President? :) )

Posted on Tue, 6 July 2004 at 09:16

#8

MR POO! wrote:

motherh666 wrote:

If in doubt, lie through your teeth. Here are a few tips: -

-You were president of Paname for 15 years till a military coup.
-You toured with the Stones as a Guitar technician.
-You once took a bullet for Madonna in Vienna.
-You are psychic.

But i did do all those things…honest :D

Posted on Tue, 6 July 2004 at 19:05

#9

deadsetgav wrote:

Its like Idi Amin - he had King of Scotland on his CV or something like that

Posted on Tue, 6 July 2004 at 19:12

#10

motherh666 wrote:

No he was for a disasterous day or two.

We had civil war, genocide and Celtic started winning the league every year. It was dreadful.

Posted on Wed, 7 July 2004 at 11:11

#11

allroy wrote:

motherh666 wrote:

We had civil war, genocide and Celtic started winning the league every year. It was dreadful.

So it’s still King Idi the Umpteenth.

But with Larsson gone the good times will return.

Posted on Wed, 7 July 2004 at 11:16

#12

ColdEthyl? wrote:

MR POO! wrote:

But i did do all those things…honest :D

then you should go one step further:

- You’re 12 ft. tall
- God sent you
- You are the Beelzebub
- you’ve written Beethoven’s 5th symphony
- you created the world (esp. those beautiful Norwegian fjords)

:D

Posted on Wed, 7 July 2004 at 11:17

#13

allroy wrote:

No, he’s not me! :p

Posted on Wed, 7 July 2004 at 11:25

#14

infernalover wrote:

i wrote mine a few days ago..

it’s something like that..

yeah, excuse my bad english…

(Before changing the message boards’ software in August 2007 this post had a file attachment, which may return in the future)

Posted on Wed, 28 July 2004 at 00:28

#15

White Psycho wrote:

motherh666 wrote:

Celtic started winning the league every year. It was dreadful.

you never know. Someone besides Celtic or Rangers might win one year! *leaps aloft his flying pig and flies off*

Posted on Wed, 28 July 2004 at 02:29

#16

needsometherapy wrote:

Quoting a great band (Slipknot) :p and one of their great songs:

Rangers = SHIT

:D

Posted on Tue, 3 August 2004 at 13:56

#17

motherh666 wrote:

Wow you made yourself sound like an idiot twice in one sentence. Congratulations! :D

Posted on Tue, 3 August 2004 at 14:48

#18

needsometherapy wrote:

motherh666 wrote:

Wow you made yourself sound like an idiot twice in one sentence. Congratulations! :D

my comment for shitknot was sarcastic …

my comment for gers is a fact !

Posted on Tue, 3 August 2004 at 15:53

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allroy wrote:

Is it allowed to call a Greek a Fenian bastard? :)

Posted on Tue, 3 August 2004 at 17:22

#20

motherh666 wrote:

Now now. Let’s keep that out of the footy.
Poor boy just doesn’t know any better. He’ll learn ;)

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 07:36

#21

allroy wrote:

Alright. This thread is about CVs. One shouldn’t mention his hooligan habits in there. :)

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 07:48

#22

Citizen Erased wrote:

I don’t know, it’s really a case of tailoring your cv for the job you’re applying for…

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 08:00

#23

motherh666 wrote:

Hooliganism? Religious bigotry?
Excellent for a CV if applying for a job as pig.

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 09:30

#24

needsometherapy wrote:

motherh666 wrote:

Now now. Let’s keep that out of the footy.
Poor boy just doesn’t know any better. He’ll learn ;)

If I am to learn how bad losers Gers are I better not. I can’t beleive the Gers fans have even got the guts to come out and say that their team is great! BOLLOCKS !!! Second to Celtic for ever, never won a european cup (as celtic has done) and cause I am Greek I will remind you 3 times you got your arses kicked by Greek teams. AEK, Panathinaikos AND PAOK Salonika. And out you went from the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. Well better for their fans cause I do wonder how much more pain can you stand with your rubbish team? So mother don’t talk to me about how good you are because you are CRAP CRAP CRAP !!!

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 09:48

#25

allroy wrote:

Oh boy, you’re really sick.

Look here and learn how one can deal with rivalry.

By the way, Rangers may have gone out to Greek teams, but what about Celtic? The last time they played a Greek team was against Olympiakos back in 1974/75 in the first round of the Champions Cup…
…and they went out 1-3 on aggr.

I’m a bit disappointed but not surprised about your behaviour, ‘coz I’ve encountered Greek football fans before, sorry to say that.

I’ve been to Craven Cotttage ten days ago and have to say the new team look good and the fans have been great as always.
But enough of it as it’s going to far off topic and before it’s getting personal.

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 10:22

#26

motherh666 wrote:

I never said rangers were any good. They are not. Now anyway. We’ll be great again and start winning the league again and then be a side to be afraid of again in Europe.
The we’ll come over to greece with our crap team and beat your boys into next week. sunshine.

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 10:38

#27

needsometherapy wrote:

motherh666 wrote:

I never said rangers were any good. They are not. Now anyway. We’ll be great again and start winning the league again and then be a side to be afraid of again in Europe.
The we’ll come over to greece with our crap team and beat your boys into next week. sunshine.

Dream on … :D That will never happen. Rangers to conquer Europe? It never happened, it will never will …

And by the way because you mentioned Greek fans, when we were in Glasgow last year that we beat you badly enough, if your fans wouldn’t be provocative and thinking that they are great and have a great team, they wouldn’t go to the police complaining about got beaten up … Chickens … Stand up and face the pain … Only that way you will conquer the world … Enough said … See you soon… :o

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 14:02

#28

motherh666 wrote:

Bite me. You don’t know anything about me. Think I’m some kind of kappa wearing ned blue-nose? I’m just a sportfan who grew up with Rangers. I don’t affiliate with people who bring bigotry or violence into the sport.

Just because I’m a Rangers fan doesn’t mean I am a close-minded violent fanatic.

And yes, they will be great again.

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2004 at 14:40

#29

M-Pop wrote:

The moral of the story is say that you play for an SPL side on your CV. Nobody watches so nobody will be able to prove you wrong!

On my application to Uni I said that I enjoy sex with marsupials (and other woodland creatures), cutting myself and that I was that first man on the moon.

I didn’t get in to that particular uni, although mainly because I didn’t have the grades.

My main bit of CV writing advice would be don’t lie - per se - but do reword things to make them sound more interesting.

For example being an active member of the T? Message Board could be described as taking an active interest in music and writing reviews and other related articles.

Blag away, dude, hope it gets you somewhere.

Posted on Tue, 24 August 2004 at 12:01

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