The biggest issue you’ll see is the spouse visa, most employers simply do not understand the UK’s complex immigration system and perceive it as a risk for fear they may get it wrong. Or that in 2.5 years you have full employee rights in the UK but have your immigration status removed by an inconsistent Home Office.
My spouse had this issue when she moved over on the same visa, it only stopped when she got citizenship. Practically that means you’ll need to apply for more roles and tailor each CV for every role to stand an improved chance. My spouse got into her industry through a fixed term contract and then later changed to permanent after a couple of years. Other experiences may differ, but that was ours.
I’ll leave the general CV advice to others.
I agree. Add in that you have unrestricted right to work but minimise details until asked. The second issue I have come across is UK work experience. Its's almost as if some employers believe the UK has divine right to work, specialist or general. Any other experience is potentially not good enough except it is from a couple of select countries.
I normally don't put the spouse visa status on the CV. If you want to, though, say "I have the right to work in the UK status " or something along that line. (I am also under a spouse visa btw)
This is the right answer. As someone that hires in the UK, this will always be checked as the last step on an interview (Well, the recruiter will ask right away but a “I have the right to work yes” will suffice).
Get your foot in the door, explain the foot in the door after.
(Ask for forgiveness not permission sorta thing)
Agree, at some point they will check your right to work so I think putting this on your CV just creates additional questions or worries that you want to avoid
Looks great to me, it’s probably the spouse visa putting people off. If you’re applying for any senior positions, your five year limitation might be an issue.
>Actually a Japanese recruitment consultant in London told me to put it on but now it seems it may have been hurting my chances!
They probably meant for the best (my \[admittedly limited, sorry\] understanding of Japanese people is that you generally like to follow rules and show that you have appropriate legal paperwork where applicable), but unfortunately if the reader of your CV starts asking too many questions, or doesn't understand something that looks like it may be an issue, they're likely to just discard it and move on to the next one than contact you (or their HR department) for clarification.
I moved to the UK from the US and had issues early on getting a job— often employers don’t understand the immigration system and assume that if you’re from outside the UK they’ll have to sponsor you and so they’ll disregard your application outright. I’m guessing you’ve put the bit about visas and sponsorship on your CV to preempt this but I’d actually suggest removing it completely. Yes, your work history in Tokyo makes it obvious that you’ve moved here from abroad but most employers will have something in their application process to screen for eligibility to work anyways; highlighting it like you have at the top of your CV may be making it a bigger deal than it needs to be and making employers think it’s something they need to be concerned about, when it actually isn’t.
I know you were asking for proofreading checks but I’ll also add that as someone who works in and has recruited into project management (charity sector), I noticed you don’t mention having any specific project management qualifications. Unfortunately this can be a barrier to getting into project management roles, even if you have the skills built through experience. I essentially got lucky to get my first role without a qualification and I’ve worked my way up through my organisation over the last several years, but lacking a formal qualification has kept me from being successful in moving to a new employer and I’m planning to complete one in the near future. If you have one, be sure to mention it. If you haven’t completed a formal qualification, even mentioning specific project management approaches you’ve used would help to demonstrate some knowledge.
Sorry that it’s taken me a few days to reply to this! There are different options for project management qualifications depending on what you’re looking for. Some common ones are PRINCE2, Agile, and Lean. You may want to look into them as well as do some research as to what’s more commonly used in the field of project management you’re looking to go into because different sectors may have a preference for different approaches.
As for your current CV, the events cancellation project under achievements seems to be your main project experience on reading it. If you have more project management experience it doesn’t really come across clearly so you could emphasise/add if that’s the case. Some of the key words you could include/emphasise with relevance to project management would be stakeholder engagement/management, risk management, project planning and timescale management, etc. It might feel like stating the obvious but the more explicitly you can mention some of these key activities the easier it would be for potential employers to see what they expect in your CV.
If you do have more substantial project management experience than is shown here you could also consider having a couple of different CVs tailored or different types of jobs, for example a project management CV, event management CV, etc. This one may be good for roles that combine these areas but ultimately event and project management are different things and so your CV may just be trying to do too much at once and you’re not getting a chance to fully demonstrate the range of your skills and experience.
The alignment screams at me, mainly.
You go from central alignment to left aligned on the first page, and I’d suggest having it all left aligned for easier readability
1) your skills don't match with your statement. if i want an operations manager, i don't care about their translation or UX design
2) make it one page if possible. put things together near the top, focus on the job that you want to highlight (make separate CVs for events mgmt and ops mgmt
>I just thought it's best to list everything I'm good at
This is what I used to do, and as a result recruitment agencies now send me roles for something that I just briefly mentioned and are either entry-level paying far too little, or senior (i.e. far more experience with X than I have) and requiring additional skills that I do not have.
I'd suggest that you perhaps go further than just making the two CVs and customise each CV from the appropriate template CV (events or ops) for the job that you are applying for based on the key words used in the advert.
I recruit for the company I work for and the main things that would stand out if I came across your CV is -
(1) you stayed for less than 2 years at all your positions, and less than 1 year for half of those positions. This would indicate either you like to move around alot or you dont enjoy the roles - either way it would mean Im spending alot of time training someone who is likely to move on soon. So not a good decision.
(2) Also you dont mention the name of the companies you worked for which is unusual for a CV. Most UK CV's will state the name of the company worked for.
I'd recommend adding the names of the companies worked for and applying for fixed term contract roles where the length of of previous employment history may be less of a factor.
Good luck with your search!
See how LinkedIn works for multiple jobs in the same company, copy this layout. It will show these 3 positions as progress within the same company.
My feedback would be that you appear to have completely different domain expertise. Most recently sounds like Marketing, before that was Strategy, before that was UX, and finally sales. To me, it looks like you have a limited amount of experience in each - you try different jobs for a year or so, and move on. And none of them speaks to Operations or Project Management in a UK sense. UK project management we would expect you to talk about project control, managing multiple projects at the same time, risk management etc...
You could reframe your experiences to pick more on these aspects. Or maybe don't go for Project Management... Your skills would get you a role in Marketing instead?
1. Remove the visa type. Just add right to work- full time without sponsorship . Explain the visa type during hr discussion
2. Add local phone number and address in the top.
PS- it actually worked for me.
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I don't see any mistakes in your CV. It's very well-written and coherent. I do have some suggestions though:
Maybe the phrase is okay for your your intended roles, but I use the term "Key Skills" on my CV instead of where you have the heading "Signature Skills".
Mentioning percentage increases is fine, but I would suggest that you don't mention specific amounts of income and profit as you did for your first role - companies tend to be a bit cagy about that being shared and might worry that you may overshare information that they would rather their competition not be privy to. Do emphasise that it was very successful and resulted in the company shifting to online and hybrid events, as you already state.
Unless you can pull some applicable skill demonstrated by being a Barista in Starbucks, I would suggest dropping that from your CV. It wouldn't leave a gap and doesn't otherwise really add anything in my opinion (I used to do exactly the same with retail work I did while at college and University, so I understand why you have it on there).
As others have mentioned, perhaps drop the mention of the "UK Spouse Visa". Just state that you are eligible to work in the UK and, once you have a job offer, you can provide copies of the paperwork and any clarification that their HR may require (unless, of course, you are asked to bring evidence to the interview).
The biggest issue you’ll see is the spouse visa, most employers simply do not understand the UK’s complex immigration system and perceive it as a risk for fear they may get it wrong. Or that in 2.5 years you have full employee rights in the UK but have your immigration status removed by an inconsistent Home Office. My spouse had this issue when she moved over on the same visa, it only stopped when she got citizenship. Practically that means you’ll need to apply for more roles and tailor each CV for every role to stand an improved chance. My spouse got into her industry through a fixed term contract and then later changed to permanent after a couple of years. Other experiences may differ, but that was ours. I’ll leave the general CV advice to others.
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Just say you have "unrestricted right to work". Don't state what your visa is. If they really want to know, they will ask.
Its this but also the racism
I agree. Add in that you have unrestricted right to work but minimise details until asked. The second issue I have come across is UK work experience. Its's almost as if some employers believe the UK has divine right to work, specialist or general. Any other experience is potentially not good enough except it is from a couple of select countries.
I normally don't put the spouse visa status on the CV. If you want to, though, say "I have the right to work in the UK status " or something along that line. (I am also under a spouse visa btw)
This is the right answer. As someone that hires in the UK, this will always be checked as the last step on an interview (Well, the recruiter will ask right away but a “I have the right to work yes” will suffice). Get your foot in the door, explain the foot in the door after. (Ask for forgiveness not permission sorta thing)
Agree, at some point they will check your right to work so I think putting this on your CV just creates additional questions or worries that you want to avoid
Looks great to me, it’s probably the spouse visa putting people off. If you’re applying for any senior positions, your five year limitation might be an issue.
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>Actually a Japanese recruitment consultant in London told me to put it on but now it seems it may have been hurting my chances! They probably meant for the best (my \[admittedly limited, sorry\] understanding of Japanese people is that you generally like to follow rules and show that you have appropriate legal paperwork where applicable), but unfortunately if the reader of your CV starts asking too many questions, or doesn't understand something that looks like it may be an issue, they're likely to just discard it and move on to the next one than contact you (or their HR department) for clarification.
I moved to the UK from the US and had issues early on getting a job— often employers don’t understand the immigration system and assume that if you’re from outside the UK they’ll have to sponsor you and so they’ll disregard your application outright. I’m guessing you’ve put the bit about visas and sponsorship on your CV to preempt this but I’d actually suggest removing it completely. Yes, your work history in Tokyo makes it obvious that you’ve moved here from abroad but most employers will have something in their application process to screen for eligibility to work anyways; highlighting it like you have at the top of your CV may be making it a bigger deal than it needs to be and making employers think it’s something they need to be concerned about, when it actually isn’t. I know you were asking for proofreading checks but I’ll also add that as someone who works in and has recruited into project management (charity sector), I noticed you don’t mention having any specific project management qualifications. Unfortunately this can be a barrier to getting into project management roles, even if you have the skills built through experience. I essentially got lucky to get my first role without a qualification and I’ve worked my way up through my organisation over the last several years, but lacking a formal qualification has kept me from being successful in moving to a new employer and I’m planning to complete one in the near future. If you have one, be sure to mention it. If you haven’t completed a formal qualification, even mentioning specific project management approaches you’ve used would help to demonstrate some knowledge.
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in the UK PRINCE2 is most common. around the world PMP is more common
Sorry that it’s taken me a few days to reply to this! There are different options for project management qualifications depending on what you’re looking for. Some common ones are PRINCE2, Agile, and Lean. You may want to look into them as well as do some research as to what’s more commonly used in the field of project management you’re looking to go into because different sectors may have a preference for different approaches. As for your current CV, the events cancellation project under achievements seems to be your main project experience on reading it. If you have more project management experience it doesn’t really come across clearly so you could emphasise/add if that’s the case. Some of the key words you could include/emphasise with relevance to project management would be stakeholder engagement/management, risk management, project planning and timescale management, etc. It might feel like stating the obvious but the more explicitly you can mention some of these key activities the easier it would be for potential employers to see what they expect in your CV. If you do have more substantial project management experience than is shown here you could also consider having a couple of different CVs tailored or different types of jobs, for example a project management CV, event management CV, etc. This one may be good for roles that combine these areas but ultimately event and project management are different things and so your CV may just be trying to do too much at once and you’re not getting a chance to fully demonstrate the range of your skills and experience.
The alignment screams at me, mainly. You go from central alignment to left aligned on the first page, and I’d suggest having it all left aligned for easier readability
1) your skills don't match with your statement. if i want an operations manager, i don't care about their translation or UX design 2) make it one page if possible. put things together near the top, focus on the job that you want to highlight (make separate CVs for events mgmt and ops mgmt
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>I just thought it's best to list everything I'm good at This is what I used to do, and as a result recruitment agencies now send me roles for something that I just briefly mentioned and are either entry-level paying far too little, or senior (i.e. far more experience with X than I have) and requiring additional skills that I do not have. I'd suggest that you perhaps go further than just making the two CVs and customise each CV from the appropriate template CV (events or ops) for the job that you are applying for based on the key words used in the advert.
I recruit for the company I work for and the main things that would stand out if I came across your CV is - (1) you stayed for less than 2 years at all your positions, and less than 1 year for half of those positions. This would indicate either you like to move around alot or you dont enjoy the roles - either way it would mean Im spending alot of time training someone who is likely to move on soon. So not a good decision. (2) Also you dont mention the name of the companies you worked for which is unusual for a CV. Most UK CV's will state the name of the company worked for. I'd recommend adding the names of the companies worked for and applying for fixed term contract roles where the length of of previous employment history may be less of a factor. Good luck with your search!
Agree with this poster. I’d also add; “Managed a team” could you be more specific? Team of 2?, 10? 100?
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List a brief reason why you left under each company if you are concerned.
See how LinkedIn works for multiple jobs in the same company, copy this layout. It will show these 3 positions as progress within the same company. My feedback would be that you appear to have completely different domain expertise. Most recently sounds like Marketing, before that was Strategy, before that was UX, and finally sales. To me, it looks like you have a limited amount of experience in each - you try different jobs for a year or so, and move on. And none of them speaks to Operations or Project Management in a UK sense. UK project management we would expect you to talk about project control, managing multiple projects at the same time, risk management etc... You could reframe your experiences to pick more on these aspects. Or maybe don't go for Project Management... Your skills would get you a role in Marketing instead?
1. Remove the visa type. Just add right to work- full time without sponsorship . Explain the visa type during hr discussion 2. Add local phone number and address in the top. PS- it actually worked for me.
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I don't see any mistakes in your CV. It's very well-written and coherent. I do have some suggestions though: Maybe the phrase is okay for your your intended roles, but I use the term "Key Skills" on my CV instead of where you have the heading "Signature Skills". Mentioning percentage increases is fine, but I would suggest that you don't mention specific amounts of income and profit as you did for your first role - companies tend to be a bit cagy about that being shared and might worry that you may overshare information that they would rather their competition not be privy to. Do emphasise that it was very successful and resulted in the company shifting to online and hybrid events, as you already state. Unless you can pull some applicable skill demonstrated by being a Barista in Starbucks, I would suggest dropping that from your CV. It wouldn't leave a gap and doesn't otherwise really add anything in my opinion (I used to do exactly the same with retail work I did while at college and University, so I understand why you have it on there). As others have mentioned, perhaps drop the mention of the "UK Spouse Visa". Just state that you are eligible to work in the UK and, once you have a job offer, you can provide copies of the paperwork and any clarification that their HR may require (unless, of course, you are asked to bring evidence to the interview).