I am updating my cv and wrote this to get started with. I am not sure weather it sounds to clinical and not unique enough! also does any one know if the personal statment should come at the start or end of the cv?
"An employer would find me reliable and responsible as well as being extremely flexible and co-operative. I am eager and willing to expand my skills and try out new challenges that may come my way. I am a bubbly and bright person who works well in a team and solely. I also believe I have enough experience and life skills to excel at any challenge thrown my way"
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it really good!
just a few points though, but they are minor:
*"works well in a team and solely" - it would probably be better grammar to write: works well in a team and on my on/individually
*"excel at any challenge thrown my way" - sounds a little uncaring, maybe something along the line of "rise to a variety of challenges" instead?
* if there is any way you could make the statment more relevent to the particular job you are going for, it may make it stand out form the crowd
Hope i helped!
I think it sounds good, and although 'bubbly' doesn't have to be there, it depends on what jobs you are going to apply for. If it's an event manager, keep it. If it's an undertaker, get rid of it. The other thing to consider with this is what you'll say in interview to back it up. When I look through applications, EVERYONE apparently works well on their own and as part of a team. It's amazing how many of them are stuck when I ask them in interview to provide examples of their claims.
You need an example, at least one each, of:
reliability
flexibility
co-operation
eagerness
skill expansion
tackling new challenges
teamwork
solo work
simply because you say you have these qualities. You'll also need to say how your experience and life skills will help my organisation.
The CV opens the door, but you still have to get more than your foot through it, so only say as much as you can back up or else you'll be seen as a time waster. Good luck.
I think you might need to cut it down a bit (and I agree about taking bubbly out!). You should put it at the start and, because of that, it needs to get the point across concisely so that they get a good first impression instead of skimming over it then looking down the page at the stuff that's easier to read.
I've seen some that are in third person that can give a better impression because it'll almost go in to their mind as if someone else is saying it about you. You don't need to put 'Bob is aa reliable person...', you can just say 'A reliable and responsible person who is flexible and co-operative...'. So it's not a full sentence but it gets the point across more directly and is more interesting than what you have at the moment.
maybe change the word bubbly to lively or something, as someone else said it makes you sound like your a huge person when i doubt very much that you are! otherwise it is a great statement, i am pretty sure the personal statement comes at the end of a cv but would be better to do a quick search online to check that... good luck and i hope you get a job from it soon
Change 'I am a bubbly and bright person who works well in a team and solely' to 'I am a lively and bright person who works well both solely and in a team'
I think it's good! Just two minor changes ...
Instead of saying "An employer would find me ..." simply say "I am ...".
The way that you have used the word "solely" is grammatically incorrect. Change it to "independently" or "on my own" or "by myself".
It's not bad, but it's not that great either! It is exactly like every other personal statement in the world. You should try and make it sound more personal! Make it stand out more!
PLEASE dont use the word 'bubbly' - it makes you sound like a fat slapper