{"id":1276,"date":"2021-11-15T11:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/klsemployability\/?page_id=1276"},"modified":"2021-11-17T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:34:04","slug":"cv-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/cv-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"CV &amp; Cover Letters for Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>How to write a CV<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>For CV writing advice see &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/cvs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/cvs.html\u00a0<\/a> &#8211; This advice is from our Careers &amp; Employability Service and is a good starting point to a basic layout format.\u00a0\u00a0 I think that there are enhancements that can be made to this format so please do seek a critique of your CV once you have drafted it.\u00a0 You can do this by booking an appointment with a Careers Adviser.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.ac.uk\/employability\/programmes\/legal-careers-guide\/legal-cv-and-covering-letter-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>https:\/\/www.law.ac.uk\/employability\/programmes\/legal-careers-guide\/legal-cv-and-covering-letter-examples\/<\/u><\/a> &#8211; This great package of career information includes a chapter on CV writing (Chapter 6).\u00a0\u00a0 You can register to use this site without paying or being a student of the University of Law.<\/li>\n<li>Online Learning:\u00a0 The central Careers &amp; Employability Service has a series of presentations available, which cover a range of employability topics from CV\u2019s, Interviews, LinkedIn, to view on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/online-learning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/online-learning.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><strong>How to get a review of your CV<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Book a Quick Advice Appointment with an adviser in the Careers &amp; Employability Service &#8211; click on the first option on the first tab on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/advice.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/advice.html\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use the Careerset CV reader: <a href=\"https:\/\/careerset.io\/kent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/careerset.io\/kent<\/a> \u00a0 You will need to save your CV as a PDF document and then upload it to the CareerSet platform.\u00a0 This is a secure platform and your details are not stored.\u00a0 \u00a0You will get instant feedback on content, choice of words, layout and overall effectiveness.\u00a0 \u00a0You can also upload a job description to see how well your CV matches with the job.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Writing a Cover Letter<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>For law, the best on-line advice is available on nthe University of Law&#8217;s website here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.ac.uk\/employability\/programmes\/legal-careers-guide\/legal-cv-and-covering-letter-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>https:\/\/www.law.ac.uk\/employability\/programmes\/legal-careers-guide\/legal-cv-and-covering-letter-examples\/<\/u><\/a> &#8211; This great package of career information includes a chapter on CV writing (Chapter 6).\u00a0\u00a0 You can register to use this site without paying or being a student of the University of Law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to write a CV For CV writing advice see &#8211; https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/cvs.html\u00a0 &#8211; This advice is from our Careers &amp; Employability Service and is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/cv-writing\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34794,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4136,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276\/revisions\/4136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}