The full episode with subtitles/transcript is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4fmOSID0Sk

In this episode we discuss CVs and how to approach them. Why are CVs important? A section by section discussion. Should you include a personal profile, why you need to tailor, plus a little cover letter debate. 00:00 Coming up on this Chat

00:19 Hellos and we are talking about CVs

00:40 Why are CVs important?

01:13 Tailor your CV

02:11 1 or 2 page CVs?

02:35 What do you put on the top?

04:37 Personal profile, yes or no?

05:05 The Cover letter... debate?

06:58 Always think of Taylor Swift

07:05 Next section Education or Work experience first?

09:00 What to do with past or old achievements09:50 Cover letter debate part 2 :-)

10:15 Undergraduates, Education do they list school level qualifications?

11:00 Work experience section

14:00 How many bullet points?

14:45 Benefits of creating a Master CV

15:25 Formatting is key, be kind to the reader

16:35 Top tip: ask someone else to read your CV

17:19 Spell check, but remember to change to the appropriate language

17:57 References

18:49 Save a copy under the company name

19:50 The Skills section

21:35 Last thoughts

22:00 Goodbyes

How AI tools can help in careers (The Careers Chat S2E3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh9P4PBbgyg CVs playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxE7WTQvYI&list=PLC5ZVOnetS_y3GuAIFHpMjk2noQfoyKJP&pp=gAQB

https://warwick.ac.uk/services/careers/