Level 5 photography
Professional Studies
Week 18
CV

A CV is your story – you on a piece of paper – your skills, knowledge, experience, aspirations and passions. Your CV is your chance to sell your self – selling means thinking about who you are talking to and tailoring your pitch to suit. This means that you need to develop several CV templates (say for freelance projects, job applications, funding bids, or further education).

CV supporting a funding bid or research proposal would need to include your exhibitions, any publications or appearance in relevant magazines as well as the basic stuff about who you are, your education

start with your BASE CV – this one has everything you have done in it and is the source document for all CVs you send out. The BASE CV should include: Education – schools, college, university Employment – relevant to your career Exhibitions – when and where? Was it solo? Publications – have you had any work published or have you been featured in publications Employment – general where you have gained valuable experience but not in your chosen field (say team work in a sales environment)

Awards & Prizes – have you won or been nominated for any? Do you have qualifications gained outside formal education – say sports coaching badges or Arts Award.

Keep presentation snappy and easy to read – use bullets – you can put more text in a covering letter.

brief description of yourself in base cv

 Who you are

 Your core skills – what are you good at? Teamwork; meeting deadlines;

Examples of Cv

http://www.clairemartinphotography.com/#/about-me/cv