CV Case Study
Please find 10 short case studies representing genuine CVs, (with real world references removed), that I have created for clients. Use these case studies for inspiration or as a template for creating your own professional CV. Case study prices start at £1.99 to download and you can use Paypal or a Debit/Creditcard.. You can download the case study immediately after purchase using the link in your purchase confirmation e-mail. Click on the CV image to purchase.
CASE STUDY 1: UK FORMAT CV

This client was a mid career financial analyst/manager looking to apply for a finance manager role and was looking for a CV that would help to present him as promotion ready.

This CV lacked an emphasis on team and project based achievements and I was able to design a CV which brought his accomplishments in these areas to the fore.

CASE STUDY 2: GERMAN FORMAT CV

This client was a mid-career HR professional looking to relocate from the US to Germany and needed to have her American style resume redeveloped in to a more European/German CV format.

This,(amongst other adaptations) involved including a photo in the top right hand corner of the CV. This is the norm in Germany unlike many other countries, like the UK for example, where the opposite is true.

CASE STUDY 3: AMERICAN STYLE RESUME

A mid-career Senior Audit Manager from Boston was looking to relocate to New York. This candidate had been working for the same audit company for 8 years and was looking to modernize his resume.

This is a one page American style resume format designed to suit the US professional market. Typically, candidates apply for a job with a this kind of resume and then can follow up with a more detailed CV at a later stage.

CASE STUDY 4: EUROPEAN FORMAT CV

This is a template based on the European Europass CV format which was developed by the EU to bring some standardization to European CVs.

The Europass template is lacking in some areas in my opinion. I have therefore taken the basic template and made substantial modifications and improvements based on my experience as a HR professional in Europe. This CV has an emphasis on being multilingual which is a vital skill in Europe.

CASE STUDY 5: TEACHING CV - (UK)

An experienced Foundation Stage teacher wanted her CV redeveloped and tailored towards gaining a teaching position in an international school.

As well as ensuring the appropriate skills were reflected in her CV, I also ensured the CV accentuated her propensity for and previous experience with working with different cultures and with pupils for whom English was a second language, which was a key personal differentiator.

CASE STUDY 6: AUSTRALIAN FORMAT CV)

Head of her own recruiting firm (in Australia) was looking to move across sector to head up a school within a leading Australian University. The CV was developed to emphasise this candidate’s transferable skills and personal differentiators which in this case was the individual's commercial background which could be highly beneficial in the academic sector where funding was becoming a critical issue.

CASE STUDY 7: ACADEMIC FORMAT CV (UK)

A German private sector professional looking to move to the UK into the academic sector and therefore needed a CV that would support this career transition by showing his transferable skills.

This CV required a more academic format CV with an emphasis on research projects, report writing and publications and the CV was constructed with this strategy in mind.

CASE STUDY 8: BRAZILIAN FORMAT CV

In Brazil you should submit a one page CV for job applications and follow up with a longer CV if requested. This is a 1 page summary CV in English prepared to Brazilian conventions.

I prepared this for a public accountant looking to relocate from the US to Brazil. His current CV lacked an emphasis on achievements and did not properly reflect the scope of what he had achieved to date.

CASE STUDY 9: CV FOR EX ARMY OFFICER (UK)

This client was an RAF engineer at Officer level who was leaving the forces to take up a career in the private sector and he required a CV that would be able to demonstrate his transferable skills which in this case I had identified as motivation and leadership skills, technical aptitude and engineering expertise and effective management within large bureacratic organizations. I was also able to advise on the most suitable career paths for his skill set.

CASE STUDY 10: TECHNOLOGY MANAGER CV (UK)

This client was a senior technology manager specialising in financial systems and he was looking to break into the boardroom and he was looking for a CV which helped to present him as a boardroom level performer. His CV lacked an emphasis on achievements from a personal, team management and project basis, three critical senior management qualities. Therefore, I redesigned his CV to place far more emphasis on these three important areas.

 
 
Kazim Ladimeji, MCIPD.
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