Importance of a good CV

Having a good CV is imortant in any job you do or any career you want to go for. It's where you get the chance to share no only your exeriences but your skills, both are important when it comes to any job. But especially so for those looking at going into an artistic or creative career. After all you can train a chef on the job, but its difficult to tecah someone to draw while their entire career revolves around it.

• Having a clear layout. Often times employers will go through hundreds of CV's (give or take) a day. Its important that your cv not only stands out but is clear to read and get through. If the potential employer has to fight to understand what yoou've written or gleen the informtion they need, they are less likely yo pick you. Partly because it represents you in a poor, unoragnised light, but also I imagine they'd be fairly annoyed they had to sift potentially pages to find what they wanted.

 

• Include ALL your skills and experience. Though some skills you have aquired may seem unusable or irrelevant to a particular job its important you include them regardless. Showing these examples of skills or experience you've gained shows how rounded you are in different subjects, examples of different tasks you've take on and how efficient that makes you. The more experience you have, the more employable you are.

 

• CV's are usually accompanied with cover letters. These are letter that esentially big yourself up. You talk about yourself and the job youre applying for. It gives your potential employer more of an idea who you are and what drives you.

 

• Artist specific CV's can include exhinbitions/fairs you hav ebeen part of, where your work is or was displayed. This shows you have experience with displaying your work.

 

• Listing your education and what you studied in particular, often times employers are more interested in the portfolio and work examples. But there is an unspoken glass ceiling, so its important you show you have study in the particular area or work youre applying for.

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