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Achievements
                                                             For many people, putting together a CV is a tortuous business.
                                                             One of the first things to remember when starting to write
                                                             your CV is that it’s just a way of presenting information that
                                                             may otherwise have been written on an application form.
                                                             The advantage of using a CV is that you have more flexibility
                                                             in terms of emphasis and detail.

                                                             There are key things that should be covered. The CV should
                                                             be focused on ‘achievements’ and what you have ‘delivered’
                                                             to date. Focus on what you have delivered for a company



L
                                                             rather than how you have spent your time.
   ike a good book, a CV needs to grab attention,
   otherwise it won’t get you a foot through the door.       Avoid comments that go without saying. For example “I
   Getting your CV right is vital. It’s your shop window     believe I would be an asset to your company” or “I have
and must be dressed appropriately.                           excellent communication skills.” Try to show such skills and
                                                             ability by giving precise examples of situations, what action
Almost everybody, at some stage will have to go through a    you took and what the successful outcome was.
recruitment process in order to get a job. This may be an
                                                             Do ensure that your CV is correctly ‘pitched’ for the roles
application to a new company, a promotion within your own    you will be applying for. For an entry level role it is worth
                                                             mentioning that you‘ve captained your school cricket team
The recruitment process in the pharmaceutical industry has   or university rugby team but for a Medical Director role with a
become increasingly complex over the last ten years.         multi- billion dollar global pharma company, it isn’t going to
                                                             impress.
The curriculum vitae (CV) is usually the initial tool that
employers use in order to select a smaller number of         If you feel your current experience falls short of what a
candidates to go forward to the next stage of their          company may be looking for, try to show transferable skills or
recruitment process. No one makes an appointment based       experiences. For example, you may have organised an event
                                                             that raised a decent amount of money for charity or have
on a CV alone but a badly written one doesn’t help a
                                                             experience of setting up or helping to set up a business outside
candidate's case. A poorly written CV can mean you may       of the pharma sector. Don’t be afraid to let the reader know.
not be selected for the next stage of assessment.

                                                             Make it look professional
                                                             Prepare your CV using industry standard software such as MS
                                                             Word and ensure it’s saved as a .doc file and not as rich text or a

 Focus on                                                    pdf or some other less accessible file format.

                                                             A CV should have a strong professional visual impact. Use bold


 achievements and
                                                             headings, generous sized margins and 1 (or certainly no more
                                                             than 2) clear standard fonts. There are plenty to choose from,
                                                             such as Arial, Lucida Sans, Myriad, Tahoma, Times New Roman or
                                                             Verdana. Two pages of size 8 font can be a struggle to read and

 what you’ve                                                 ornate fonts are distracting.

                                                             Also, take care not to fall into the trap of making too much text


 delivered to date
                                                             bold and/or underlined, particularly the habit of embolding
                                                             certain key words in sentences that you feel will make your
                                                             application stand out.



 rather than how                                             Capital letters should be avoided unless the word in question is
                                                             • the first word of a sentence
                                                             • the first person singular pronoun, as a subject, ‘I’


 you’ve spent your
                                                             • a title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr. …)
                                                             • a proper noun such as a particular place or person

                                                             For example:


 time
                                                             “I worked in the Anaesthetics Department with Dr John Smith
                                                             at West Middlesex Hospital.”

                                                             SMS language (also known as chatspeak, txtspk, txt talk or texting)
                                                             should never be used anywhere other than on your phone.




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Avoid the temptation to use a CV template. They are almost all
unsuitable and restrict your ability to express yourself freely.
They can also be problematic when opened by recipients using
different software releases or PC configurations. Compose text
in a table but without borders. Many professional documents
are composed in this way. There’s nothing more frustrating than
opening a CV to find indent or tabs errors because the writer has
tapped the space bar to align paragraphs!

Opinions vary on whether including a photograph of yourself is
a good or bad idea - even if you do resemble Brad Pitt or Halle Berry!
I believe CVs are better without them if only to avoid unnecessarily
inflating the file size.

Be accurate. Check spelling and grammar. I have seen a significant
number of CVs with errors in them. Errors of any type are careless
and send a sign to a prospective employer that a candidate cannot
be bothered. Don’t miss out on an opportunity needlessly. Take care
to check your CV thoroughly and if you send a CV electronically, check
the document has been received. Occasionally, incompatibility between
computers may turn your beautiful formatted layout into a page of
hieroglyphics! A quick phone call to check the CV has been received
OK can resolve this.

Be succinct
Traditional medical CVs used for gaining appointments within the
NHS are far too wordy for the pharma Industry. Keep information
to 3-4 pages of A4 paper, not 20-30 pages listing every procedure
you’ve undertaken! Recruiters receive many CVs every day and don’t
have time to eke out the facts from a plethora of irrelevant detail.

An important tip is to avoid the first person singular. Your CV is a
business document and the first person is not appropriate. This is the
most common area for feedback on CVs. Using ‘I’ all the way through
your CV, particularly at the start of sentences, can make you appear
self-centered. Instead of writing "I have experience of A and B,"
simply write in an abbreviated, almost bullet point style saying
'Experienced in A and B.’ A CV is not the place to demonstrate your
prowess in the English language by writing a lot of flowery prose.

A CV is not the place to let everyone know you’re feelings about the
future of the pharma industry or what you believe is important in
life, the universe etc. Keep such things for debate with colleagues
once you’ve got the job!

OK., so now we know what to bear in mind when drafting a CV but
how do you set it out? Well, there’s no definitive order for setting out
information on a CV but most HR professionals will agree it should
go something like this.
CV Dont's
                                                                Don't include any form of failure on your CV (e.g. failed business
                                                                ventures, exams etc).

                                                                Don't embellish your CV with borders, clip art, patterns, photos,
                                                                coloured or extravagant fonts.

                                                                Don't personalise your CV with political or moral comment.

                                                                Don't give superfluous personal detail (e.g. age, height, weight,
                                                                health conditions etc).

                                                                Don't forget to spellcheck your CV and ask someone else to read it
                                                                through to double check for typos and correct grammar.




•   Personal Details
    • Your full name                                        •   Other Skills and Experience
    • Nationality                                               • Language ability (include fluency level)
    • Postal address and personal email address                 • Computer skills
    • Home telephone number, mobile number                      • Positions of responsibility with information about any official
    • Driving licence details (e.g. current, clean)                or unofficial organisational roles that you’ve undertaken.
    • GMC registration number                                   • Activities & interests with details of any hobbies and interests
    • GMC status (e.g. full, limited)                              that are genuine and regularly pursued. They can help provide
                                                                   common ground for discussion and help you gain rapport
• Profile                                                          with the interviewer. But remember you may be asked about
Start with a brief paragraph that crystallises your                them at the interview, so make sure they are genuine!
strong points for the interviewer and summarises
your strengths, successes and why you want the role         You can also show a little character in how you tell the reader about
you’re applying for. This will frame the reader's           yourself in this section. On a recent candidate’s CV, rather than stating
impression of you as it will be the first thing they        hobbies as ‘DIY, gardening, cooking and entertaining’, the writer
read and probably the last after they have read your        commented “House always seems to be undergoing some sort of
whole CV. If it summarises you succinctly, you stand        transformation both inside and out. A hands on gardener and DIYer
an excellent chance of being remembered.                    and what better way to show off the fruits of hard labour than by
                                                            entertaining friends as I love to cook.”
• Education
Give educational details with dates and qualifications      • Published Papers
from secondary education onwards and with the most          Include these as a separate document not as part of your CV.
recent qualifications first. Place emphasis on your
degree/ diploma/ professional qualifications, with an       • References
indication of subjects studied, areas of speciality and     These are optional on CVs but you may want to include them as
brief details of relevant projects or dissertations.        an additional page that can be submitted on request. One referee
                                                            should be your current employer or tutor. Another could be a former
• Employment                                                employer or a family friend. Always ask permission to use referees
List jobs, full-time, part-time and voluntary with the      names and contact details and keep them informed of progress with
most recent job first. If you’ve held a variety of          your job search.
positions, give most detail for the last five years, as
they are likely to be most relevant to the position you
are now applying for. If your work experience is            If at first you don’t succeed...
extensive, select relevant experience and mention           If, despite sending in what you believe to be a model CV, you aren’t
other jobs briefly. Give dates in full, including months,   successful in proceeding further, a polite request for feedback on
to avoid ambiguity.                                         your CV will often result in you receiving constructive criticism.

Give information on what you’ve achieved. Quantify          You can then put this to good use when making future applications
your successes and give some background on how              to secure a new job.
you achieved them (e.g. the number of staff you
managed, the amount of money an initiative saved).
Indicate skills and knowledge gained in all positions.

If you have worked in a small company or out of the
sector, then two lines on the company describing its
size, market, product etc, can provide a good idea of
the environment and role you worked in.
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How To Create a Successful CV

  • 2. Achievements For many people, putting together a CV is a tortuous business. One of the first things to remember when starting to write your CV is that it’s just a way of presenting information that may otherwise have been written on an application form. The advantage of using a CV is that you have more flexibility in terms of emphasis and detail. There are key things that should be covered. The CV should be focused on ‘achievements’ and what you have ‘delivered’ to date. Focus on what you have delivered for a company L rather than how you have spent your time. ike a good book, a CV needs to grab attention, otherwise it won’t get you a foot through the door. Avoid comments that go without saying. For example “I Getting your CV right is vital. It’s your shop window believe I would be an asset to your company” or “I have and must be dressed appropriately. excellent communication skills.” Try to show such skills and ability by giving precise examples of situations, what action Almost everybody, at some stage will have to go through a you took and what the successful outcome was. recruitment process in order to get a job. This may be an Do ensure that your CV is correctly ‘pitched’ for the roles application to a new company, a promotion within your own you will be applying for. For an entry level role it is worth mentioning that you‘ve captained your school cricket team The recruitment process in the pharmaceutical industry has or university rugby team but for a Medical Director role with a become increasingly complex over the last ten years. multi- billion dollar global pharma company, it isn’t going to impress. The curriculum vitae (CV) is usually the initial tool that employers use in order to select a smaller number of If you feel your current experience falls short of what a candidates to go forward to the next stage of their company may be looking for, try to show transferable skills or recruitment process. No one makes an appointment based experiences. For example, you may have organised an event that raised a decent amount of money for charity or have on a CV alone but a badly written one doesn’t help a experience of setting up or helping to set up a business outside candidate's case. A poorly written CV can mean you may of the pharma sector. Don’t be afraid to let the reader know. not be selected for the next stage of assessment. Make it look professional Prepare your CV using industry standard software such as MS Word and ensure it’s saved as a .doc file and not as rich text or a Focus on pdf or some other less accessible file format. A CV should have a strong professional visual impact. Use bold achievements and headings, generous sized margins and 1 (or certainly no more than 2) clear standard fonts. There are plenty to choose from, such as Arial, Lucida Sans, Myriad, Tahoma, Times New Roman or Verdana. Two pages of size 8 font can be a struggle to read and what you’ve ornate fonts are distracting. Also, take care not to fall into the trap of making too much text delivered to date bold and/or underlined, particularly the habit of embolding certain key words in sentences that you feel will make your application stand out. rather than how Capital letters should be avoided unless the word in question is • the first word of a sentence • the first person singular pronoun, as a subject, ‘I’ you’ve spent your • a title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr. …) • a proper noun such as a particular place or person For example: time “I worked in the Anaesthetics Department with Dr John Smith at West Middlesex Hospital.” SMS language (also known as chatspeak, txtspk, txt talk or texting) should never be used anywhere other than on your phone. www.onlymedics.co.uk
  • 3. www.onlymedics.co.uk Avoid the temptation to use a CV template. They are almost all unsuitable and restrict your ability to express yourself freely. They can also be problematic when opened by recipients using different software releases or PC configurations. Compose text in a table but without borders. Many professional documents are composed in this way. There’s nothing more frustrating than opening a CV to find indent or tabs errors because the writer has tapped the space bar to align paragraphs! Opinions vary on whether including a photograph of yourself is a good or bad idea - even if you do resemble Brad Pitt or Halle Berry! I believe CVs are better without them if only to avoid unnecessarily inflating the file size. Be accurate. Check spelling and grammar. I have seen a significant number of CVs with errors in them. Errors of any type are careless and send a sign to a prospective employer that a candidate cannot be bothered. Don’t miss out on an opportunity needlessly. Take care to check your CV thoroughly and if you send a CV electronically, check the document has been received. Occasionally, incompatibility between computers may turn your beautiful formatted layout into a page of hieroglyphics! A quick phone call to check the CV has been received OK can resolve this. Be succinct Traditional medical CVs used for gaining appointments within the NHS are far too wordy for the pharma Industry. Keep information to 3-4 pages of A4 paper, not 20-30 pages listing every procedure you’ve undertaken! Recruiters receive many CVs every day and don’t have time to eke out the facts from a plethora of irrelevant detail. An important tip is to avoid the first person singular. Your CV is a business document and the first person is not appropriate. This is the most common area for feedback on CVs. Using ‘I’ all the way through your CV, particularly at the start of sentences, can make you appear self-centered. Instead of writing "I have experience of A and B," simply write in an abbreviated, almost bullet point style saying 'Experienced in A and B.’ A CV is not the place to demonstrate your prowess in the English language by writing a lot of flowery prose. A CV is not the place to let everyone know you’re feelings about the future of the pharma industry or what you believe is important in life, the universe etc. Keep such things for debate with colleagues once you’ve got the job! OK., so now we know what to bear in mind when drafting a CV but how do you set it out? Well, there’s no definitive order for setting out information on a CV but most HR professionals will agree it should go something like this.
  • 4. CV Dont's Don't include any form of failure on your CV (e.g. failed business ventures, exams etc). Don't embellish your CV with borders, clip art, patterns, photos, coloured or extravagant fonts. Don't personalise your CV with political or moral comment. Don't give superfluous personal detail (e.g. age, height, weight, health conditions etc). Don't forget to spellcheck your CV and ask someone else to read it through to double check for typos and correct grammar. • Personal Details • Your full name • Other Skills and Experience • Nationality • Language ability (include fluency level) • Postal address and personal email address • Computer skills • Home telephone number, mobile number • Positions of responsibility with information about any official • Driving licence details (e.g. current, clean) or unofficial organisational roles that you’ve undertaken. • GMC registration number • Activities & interests with details of any hobbies and interests • GMC status (e.g. full, limited) that are genuine and regularly pursued. They can help provide common ground for discussion and help you gain rapport • Profile with the interviewer. But remember you may be asked about Start with a brief paragraph that crystallises your them at the interview, so make sure they are genuine! strong points for the interviewer and summarises your strengths, successes and why you want the role You can also show a little character in how you tell the reader about you’re applying for. This will frame the reader's yourself in this section. On a recent candidate’s CV, rather than stating impression of you as it will be the first thing they hobbies as ‘DIY, gardening, cooking and entertaining’, the writer read and probably the last after they have read your commented “House always seems to be undergoing some sort of whole CV. If it summarises you succinctly, you stand transformation both inside and out. A hands on gardener and DIYer an excellent chance of being remembered. and what better way to show off the fruits of hard labour than by entertaining friends as I love to cook.” • Education Give educational details with dates and qualifications • Published Papers from secondary education onwards and with the most Include these as a separate document not as part of your CV. recent qualifications first. Place emphasis on your degree/ diploma/ professional qualifications, with an • References indication of subjects studied, areas of speciality and These are optional on CVs but you may want to include them as brief details of relevant projects or dissertations. an additional page that can be submitted on request. One referee should be your current employer or tutor. Another could be a former • Employment employer or a family friend. Always ask permission to use referees List jobs, full-time, part-time and voluntary with the names and contact details and keep them informed of progress with most recent job first. If you’ve held a variety of your job search. positions, give most detail for the last five years, as they are likely to be most relevant to the position you are now applying for. If your work experience is If at first you don’t succeed... extensive, select relevant experience and mention If, despite sending in what you believe to be a model CV, you aren’t other jobs briefly. Give dates in full, including months, successful in proceeding further, a polite request for feedback on to avoid ambiguity. your CV will often result in you receiving constructive criticism. Give information on what you’ve achieved. Quantify You can then put this to good use when making future applications your successes and give some background on how to secure a new job. you achieved them (e.g. the number of staff you managed, the amount of money an initiative saved). Indicate skills and knowledge gained in all positions. If you have worked in a small company or out of the sector, then two lines on the company describing its size, market, product etc, can provide a good idea of the environment and role you worked in. www.onlymedics.co.uk