(14 Feb 2017, 12:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote It's making the content on your CV relevant thoughAnything can be made 'relevant' with the right words! There is nothing that can't be twisted to mean something to impress an employer!
Volunteering in a charity shop may not seem relevant to driving a train, but by including the transferable skills on to your CV along with examples - it can be.
They could be: following instruction, being able to problem solve, using own initiative, being flexible with regard to working patterns, taking part in regular training sessions... The list is endless.
Being potentially short on space on a CV, it's only natural you would cover those areas, over cash-handling, manual handling, stock checking etc.
Obviously this is an extreme example, but shows how it can be done.
As an example. My work experience when at school, was followed up with voluntary work experience at a similar organisation during six weeks holidays. I then went in to retail work part time whilst at college.
I finished my BTEC's and A-levels and ended up doing a job totally different to the jobs I had done previously (including my paper round).
Needless to say, I have developed a career around my first full-time job and have developed skills and qualifications in that sector, whilst developing knowledge of industries I have been seconded in to or worked within.
My CV was tweaked to make my college courses and other jobs (paid and unpaid) relevant when applying for that first full-time job and has been ever since.
Jamie M
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