Win a Flip UltraHD Video – tweet your CV in 140 characters or less

We hate CV waffle ... people have 2 pages to sell themselves to a potential employer ... and then waste time and space by including waffle like:

• "Motivated self-starter". No recruiter will ever search a CV database for this or similar variants. If it goes without saying, don’t say it!
• “Able to work alone or as a member of team”. If you have nothing better to put on your 2-page CV than this, then you should be worried.
• And “good timekeeper”, “dynamic and enthusiastic”, “enjoy spending time with my young family” and many more. 
• As a general rule: less adjectives, more facts.

To demonstrate the point, we want to prove that anyone can produce a CV in 140 characters or less (the Twitter posting limit).

So – the challenge is to create your own short CV and tweet it or email it to me, and I’ll let you know exactly what I think. View them as they come in @WorkthingPlus.

Win a Flip UltraHD Video 

Click here to tweet your Waffle-free CV, simply add #wfcv at the end of your tweet or

Click here to email your Waffle-free CV

Flip Videos are waffle-free camcorders. 

The same size as your mobile phone, there are no leads for charging and no leads for downloading.

Record your video then use the USB to plug it straight into your PC. You can easily save, organise and edit your videos. Then upload them on YouTube or email them to friends. 

The best entry submitted by 31^stJanuary will win a Flip UltraHD

Here are a couple of examples to get you started

"Digital director. Online media & classified advertising. COO, CIO. New ventures. 16 years' experience. UK & Australian PLCs, Big 4 ACA #wfcv"

"Editor for large FTSE publisher. Digital media, TV, magazine publishing & production. Writer, proof-reader, blogger, interviewer #wfcv"

In the interests of staying waffle-free, the rules are simple:

• No links
• No profanity
• Fact not fantasy
• Less adjectives, more facts
• If you don’t do Twitter, email your 140-character CV to thecareerinsider@workthingplus.com
• We may publish the best (and maybe the worst) entries on this blog

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Comments

[Quick Cash]

What a great competition - like it a lot.