Personal Details

Name, address (term and vacation if necessary), telephone numbers, email address Nationality and any relevant work permits Including your date of birth or sex on your CV is not necessary, as legislation prevents age and sex from being part of the decision-making process.

Robin Hunt
Term: Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ Vacation: 27 Adams Way, Milton Keynes, MK6 7YH Tel. 07785 314529 Email: robin.hunt@balliol.ox.ac.uk Born: 12 Sept 1985 Nationality: British

Education and Qualifications

Dates and details of universities and colleges attended. Include: course title, some information about modules taken, and projects or dissertations, if relevant to your application. Indicate the class of degree that you expect to receive (eg 2:2 or 1st/2:1) if known. Results and dates of school exams (GCSEs and A-levels). If you were educated through a different school system, state the examination results you attained there. No need to give an exhaustive and detailed list of each and every GCSE - a general indication (eg 7 A*s and 3As) would be fine.

Education & Qualifications

2003-2006 Balliol College, University of Oxford BA Hons Physics (expected result 2:1) St John's School, Milton Keynes A-levels: Physics (A), Mathematics (A), Chemistry (A), Geography (A) GCSEs: Mathematics (A*), English Language (A), English Literature (A), Science (A*A*), French (B), Geography (A*), Sociology (A), Design & Technology (A*)

1996-2003

Work Experience
Information with dates of vacation work, placements, internships, part-time jobs and voluntary work. You might find it useful to split this section into Relevant (Work) Experience and Other Work Experience. Describe your responsibilities, and highlight your achievements in each role - bullet points are useful for this. Find out what skills the organisation is looking for, and make sure that you've got them covered. This section can be helpful to write as "I was responsible for...My achievements included..."

Work Experience
2004 Fruit Cropping Operative, Haute Vienne, France Planned and organised 2 months' work and accommodation in France. Operated fruit-picking machinery, supervised packing of fruit and negotiated improved working conditions with local farmers. 2003 Research Assistant, Bass Brewery Planned and implemented research to reduce excessive beer foaming in storage vats. Solved problems successfully and presented findings to managers. Developed good time management and organisational skills. 2002 General Assistant, Pies R Us Worked closely with the general public and other staff. Learnt to deal with difficult and stressful situations appropriately. 2001 Data Entry Clerk, Milton Keynes Hospital Checking for accuracy, classifying records and compiling figures in response to requests from Hospital departments.

Other Skills/Information
Level of IT literacy - omit all standard skills that everyone is expected to have, eg MS Office - Say which specialist software packages you are familiar with (eg Fortran, C++, Java, HTML) - Use words like competent, proficient, working knowledge of ... Language skills (basic, conversational, working, fluent - "GCSE French", for example, is not an indication of your proficiency) - NB if you say you are fluent be prepared to be interviewed in that language! Driving licence (only if relevant to application) Courses attended

Interests & Activities

Interests/Activities
This section is your chance to highlight qualities that are not covered elsewhere. And to demonstrate community engagement. Give some information about each interest that makes it unusual, interesting and a potential conversation starter. So instead of "cooking", put down "Trying new Provencal recipes collected on my trips to France". Instead of "travel", try "visiting active volcanoes/seaside cities/tropical rainforests" Don't forget to include positions of responsibility and evidence of achievement. Be careful what your extra-curricular interests say about you - it is generally not advisable to imply that you prefer solitary activity, if you are applying for a team-based role.

Travel Extensive travel throughout Europe with friends and on orchestra tours. Development of interpersonal skills and understanding of and adaptability to other cultures. Music Sport

Referees

Member of Milton Keynes Youth Band (clarinet) & National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Founding member and treasurer of Balliol Wind Ensemble.

Captain of school football team (over 16s) Member of college 2nd team at football.

Two names and contact details are usually sufficient. Check the specific requirements of the organisation you are applying to. One academic, one work-related or personal, as appropriate. Check with your referee before you put them on your CV. Send them a copy of your application, so that they are aware of the job you are applying for and what you have said about yourself.

Other Skills
Proficient in use of Microsoft Office applications, C++ programming. Conversational French.

Referees
Dr P Woods, Tutor, Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ, Tel. 01865 7628392 Mrs S Greenhouse, Principal, St John's School, Milton Keynes, MK3 5TH, Tel. 01867 652781

Who should I choose for my referees? You should give the names and contact details of two or three referees. One should be academic - most likely your Oxford tutor - and the other either an employer or someone who can give you a character reference. Each referee should be in a position to comment on your suitability for the role that you are applying for. Note that you must not use a relative as a referee, although family friends are acceptable.