Writing Curriculum Vitaes

The biggest mistake people make when writing a CV is they don't tailor it for the job/post they are applying to. If you are a applying for a medical post...there's no need to put down your GCSEs and A Levels...at a push you could put down where you went to school and between which years for completeness sake. Your medical qualification is the most important along with any intercalated degrees, higher degrees, royal college memberships etc... Same goes for work experience, only put down stuff which is relevant to the job for which you are applying...i.e. electives etc.

Anything longer than 3-4 pages is really pushing it...unless the application stipulates differently.

 

Hey raj

I was once advised to put what grades you got for GCSE (unless they were a little dodgy ) but not the actual subjects, and then put the A level subjects with there grades up until about SHO, and then just put the year and number of GCSEs/A levels for higher jobs ie

For PRHO/SHO

1998 9 GCSEs, 7 A* grades, 2 A grades
2000 A levels in Chem (A), Bio (A), Physics (A), Gen Studies (A)
AS levels in Maths (A)

For SpR/Consultant

1998 9 GCSEs
2000 4 A levels, 1 AS level

For me I would err on the side of too much info so long as its clear and not too long. You'd be surprised how many consultants still proudly put their O level results on the CV, let alone A level results! (For Americans: O levels came before GCSEs, they don't exist anymore)

 

GCSEs and A-levels add nothing to a CV if you are applying for a medical post - they aren't relevant. It's not as if it's an indicator of your clinical competence and all that... You wouldn't put down your exam results for each year in medical school because it's not relevant...same thing...

If you're a mature student and have dodgey school grades put down your degree result... I wouldn't worry about school grades too much...I seriously doubt they factor in selection for jobs