From the lecture material, I was able to start planning out what I wanted to include in my CV. I had recently written a CV for a new part time job so I was able to use the information from that to assist me.
I then used a template provided by Daniel to put all the information together in one place and as a basic layout before I started to look at other examples of CV’s to help decided what kind of layouts I could use.
I then had a look online for other layouts just to get more ideas for my own CV layout before I started to brainstorm and sketch how I wanted to lay mine out.
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From the CV that Daniel gave us as examples, I really like how they all use two columns efficiently to display more information and details about themselves on one page such as having shorter information such as contact details, skills and education to one side and then having experience on the other side where they have expanded it out. I also like how Xinyu Li has used the pink/red colour as an accent colour alongside the black and white as it makes her headings stand out easier and its easier to scan and find information. What I like about Jessie Vans is the use of the lines to break up the information and make it easier to scan for information too.
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I used the CV360 tool to check my CV for improvements, spelling and grammar and just to help make it better. Some of the checks highlighted things which were already present in my CV which I dismissed. I tested it twice and after 2 check it was 100%.
I then sketched out a few ideas for how I would like the layout of my CV to look based on the examples I had looked at and then starting looking at creating it on Abobe Indesign with the help of a tutorial that Daniel provided for us.