Hi Guys,

Having officialy landed in Toronto on Monday can anyone offer any advise on how best to get a C.V. changed in a resume, is there a careers office that offers this service or a recruiting agency.

Many Thanks

Ted

Try here ...

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Resume

You will find there are some workshops held at places like YMCA. There are other government funded groups that can help.

I can send you some handouts from courses I went on if you PM me your email address. Also willng to review a resume.

Basic resume-writing help is available from Employment Ontario offices http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/jobseek...ceCentres.html

Frankly, if you're here on a FSW1, that help is probably not aimed at somebody with your level of skills and experience, although some reformatting suggestions may be helpful.

To my eye, the Wiki article has some great content but some of the advice is maybe a little dated now - so much so that I may go in and edit it later today. The world is changing: IMHO while a resume is still an important document it's now more likely to be the second or third piece of information a prospective employer has on you, after a LinkedIn profile and a biographical note of some sort.

A couple of quick tips:

• most Canadian resumes don't include a physical address, but ensure you have (for a soft copy) functioning links to email and LinkedIn.
• Use the "visual centre" of the page - pull the most relevant highlights of your career into a profile section about 1/3 of the way down the first page; you can flesh these out in the reverse-chronological career history part.
• Don't headline your profile section "Profile" - use the headline to position your skills or desired job title ("International Sales Manager" or "Strategic Hospital Executive" or whatever).
• Don't, unless you have a really good reason, use a "functional resume."

One of the most helpful suggestions I had was to write it, leave it for a day and then edit it with a hyper-critical eye (get somebody else to help if possible). Recast what you have said in confident, active terms, with context-setting numbers. For example, if you have a bullet such as "managed the delivery of a major internal training program for a national vendor network," turn it into "Led the team that customized and delivered a $400,000 web-based learning program to over 700 vendors in English and French."

As JB0951 already offered, I have recent experience of this process so please do PM if you want specific help.

You got a job yet?

I would also suggest seeking out and going along to a job/networking club or two. they are a great place to get help and advice plus those network contacts.

The style and type of resume does depend on career path and experience. In the example handouts I sent, I included my resume that got me lots of job interviews, now mine is based on experience not my qualifications as I had +10 years of experience. Only one interviewer asked about qualifications. I ended up with a engineering role at a major international company on a salary higher than any of my UK positions and with the least amount of responsability I have had in the last 8 years.

This is a very good point. And, unless you are being very focused on one specific career path is does present a challenge to manage targeted position/employer specific job applications with an "I'll do anything to get my foot in the door" on line presence.

Happy editing.

I dunno what all the fuss is about? i just changed my address and put resume instead of CV.