Resume Australian style
 

Could someone please give some guidance as to how an Australian CV is set out.

Thanks

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It doesn't come across too different from that of the UK..some examples can be found in the "career advice" sections of mycareer.com.au IIRC.

If seen some agency websites saying that 20 pages is too much, tone it down to 6... but by in large it appears that a CV of 2/3 pages is enough, without too much personal info (kids, married etc).

The biggest difference is that in Oz, you supply references, whilst (in my experience) in the UK, your 'new' company made contact with your old employers.

Happy hunting!

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:beer: :D

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Keep it as tight as possible and make sure all the good stuff is on the front page. Prospective employers will barely make it to page 2 most of the time.

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We take them all, in whatever format they come :D , there is no standard that you need to conform to. (for us anyway)
We "Prep" all out CV's before they go out to clients, generally this is just removing contact/referee details, sometimes juggling around the content if we know the client prefers them in a specific order etc.

When first vetting them I generally prefer,
Personal details
A paragraph giving an overview, key skills, competencies, experience etc (qtr page max)
Education background
Employment History (period, title, company, then details of the role)
Referees
Keep the resume plain and simple, flashy boxes, fancy fonts aren't the things that are going to get you a job I'm afraid.

I largely specialise in contract IT work, and a structure of a CV isn't overly relevant, if the keys skills we require are obvious in the CV, its largely going to come down to the personality and fit within the organisation which the client will decide upon at interview time.
In terms of who I put forward to clients, the key things i look out for when meeting or speaking with candidates are communication skills, (verbal and written), personality and enthusiasm.
We get a lot of people who simply cannot write or speak good enough English, cover pages that you read 3 or 4 times and you still cant make proper sense of it, id say nearly half the resumes we get in we couldn't even consider putting forward to our clients.

Sending them through in PDF format is another no no for us, Word is definitely best (its much easier to import them onto our database)

Happy job hunting
Steve :)

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Hey Anne here's a guide i found ages ago .
http://www.freespirit.com.au/working...elp_resume.asp

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Morning Anne!!
Glad you asked this as I was wondering the same. How goes it with you guys???

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how are you mrs????? and how is suzzie sleeping, feeding etc etc :D

just checked whose thread i was hijacking but its anne's so im ok!?! :o

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Morning Jacs - for the last 36 hrs she has started waking up every 90 mins or so for a feed so suffice to say I am bloody knackered!:D (in a nice way of course!)!!!

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Blimey!!! its a killer isnt it - but i bet you still have to pinch yourself when you look at her :) :)

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:mad: I'm tired and grumpy :mad: been up half the night babysitting the dogs through thunderstorms :mad:


























Oh, ok, I don't mind really :D

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And when you get to the interview, it will be clear they haven't made it to page one and will be hurriedly reading it while you're answering their first question. Bit like the Dr writing out the scrip while you're trying to explain the symptoms. OK they aren't all like that, but it's not uncommon.

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Glad you asked this one

Cheers

Nicky

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Glad to be of assistance. :) Amazing what things you think of when you are dragged out of bed in the middle of the night. I was getting the washing in at 4.50am :scared:

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are you coming out in sympathy with claire?? hope youre not *leaking*!! :eek: