0. Prepare your CV

### Why are we doing this?

You will need a CV to participate in the CYF Roles Project. If you do not yet have one, please draft one now.

This isn't a CV writing workshop, though we can certainly run one if that's helpful. There are extensive resources in [guides/employability](guides/employability) to help you write your CV. Please also join #cyf-employment on Slack to ask for feedback on your CV.

### Maximum time in hours

2

### How to get help

Post in #cyf-employment and get your CV reviewed.

Here is a classic tech job template you can use to get started:

Tech Job Template

# **Example Name**

Phone: +440000000000
Email: [example@email.com](mailto:example@email.com)
Github: [https://www.github.com/example](https://www.github.com/example)
LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/example](https://www.linkedin.com/in/example)
Location: Manchester, London, Remote

## **Personal Statement**

Experienced and technically accomplished in multiple domains. Previous job and previous job, leading team of 123 for 123 years. Perhaps another sentence here with personal details but no personal pronouns. Over 123 years experience as previous job at Origin Country without clearly identifying age or gender; now seeking career change to example job role after completing transformational 9 month software development programme at CodeYourFuture Manchester.

## **Work History**

### **Role** March 2022 – December 2022

#### _Final Project NGO Partner, CodeYourFuture_

- Built type of app for Client Name, succeeding in overall goal for 123 users
- Developed features in cross-functional Agile team of 123, using technologies short list eg Git, React, TDD (Jest), Node, Postgres
- Conducted user research with 123 key stakeholders discovering clear insight and responding with direct intervention or solution
- Accelerated example metric for client with £123 number showing benefit to 123 people and presented product to 123 attendees at external demo day
- Saved 123 hours with example Final Project and put link to project here with name as link

### **Role** July 2019 – March 2023

#### _Existing job_

- Fulfilled customer orders, helping 123 customers a day get specific need served
- Transformed example metric for employer with specific 123 number

### **Role** January 2017 – June 2019

#### _Drop Hint job_

- Advised Refugee Council on resettlement scheme for 123 people in Place
- Launched example project with specific 123 value showing value added by project
- Achieved important goal for named stakeholders with specific 123 quantity

### **Role** January 2015 – July 2016

#### _Origin Country Location_

- Initiated collaboration on project with 123 people in Location with simple outline of purpose and effect
- Negotiated budgets of 123,000 annually with clear explanation of what budget did
- Managed group for clear reason with specific 123 quantity identifying impact work had on group and for business

### **Role** January 2014 – December 2014

#### _Origin Country Location_

- Automated process for 123 people raising productivity by 123% showing nascent technical or programmatic thinking
- Simplified system for explicit reason helping 123 named people achieve 123 quantified value
- Solved small problem with 123 impact for business demonstrating value of salary outlay

## **Education**

### **CodeYourFuture, Location** 2023

- Software Development, Cert.

### **University Name, Location**

- Name of Course, BSc

## **Skills**

- English
- French
- Farsi
- JavaScript, React, Node, SQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Semantic HTML5, CSS3, Sass
- Agile methodologies, Scrum, Remote collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Miro, Figma, Trello etc)

## **Other Key Achievements**

- Won award for example thing in example place with links if possible bringing up word count to 450 words minimum 650 words maximum while still fitting on maximum 2 pages with 1 column layout so make sure the page setup is set to A4 and not US Letter
- Exhibited paintings or similar personal detail showing creativity, community involvement, 123 impact

### How to submit

You will submit your anonymised CV in the Roles project.

### How to review

Join #cyf-profile-review on Slack to ask for feedback on your CV.