Another Free CV Example

No 2: A Bad Example

In this second resume example, you should spot some errors. See what you can find and then scroll down to the bottom for our analysis!

(Click here to see free CV example No 1 - The Good CV).

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Andy Bloggs

Address:
1234 Long Road
The Town
The City
The Country

Telephone: 010101 1010101

Date of Birth: 12 Sept 1956

Work History: 1997 to 2000
Gas fitter for ABC Gas Company Ltd
Worked for a national firm fitting gas appliance in people's homes. Used to dealing with different people and planning my own day. I enjoy meeting people and fixing there problems.

2001 to now
Gas fitter for XYZ Home Appliances PLC
I work as a fitter of appliances in people's home, fire's, cooker's etc.. I cover the whole of the county so drive long distances and work long hours. I am given work to do but plan my own day to fit all the jobs in

Education: General School, London, GCE O Levels in English Language and Maths
A Levels at high School - Science and English

Hobbies:Five a side football with the team from the local pub. Fishing with my son.

• Poor formatting
• Some missing returns
• Inconsistent use of bold formatting
• No Zip or Postcode
• Gaps in employment history (and no reference to an appendix where these might be found)
• Poor spelling, grammar and punctuation
• No objective

Hopefully this bad resume example shows you what NOT to do when creating your own resume or CV. If your CV or resume does look like this, ask a professional to write a resume for you.

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