Week 6 of the 6-week Create Your Future programme will help you get ahead of the game by creating a digital Young Professional CV.
Activity: Get Your digital Young Professional CV Into Shape
With this step by step guide, you can create a digital CV and use it to apply for opportunities straight away. Ready to make a CV with the wow factor? Let’s begin!
First, make sure you are logged in
When you registered to do the Create Your Future programme, you created a Young Professional username and password. That’s your Young Professional login! So make sure you are logged in. Then you can start creating your digital Young Professional CV.
Go to your dashboard and start editing your profile!
Once logged in, you are ready to head to your Young Professional Dashboard. You can click the link here, or select it in the navigation menu at the top of your screen.
From there, you can start to edit your profile.
Start adding your CV information
Add in as much information as you can to your CV using the form provided. Information that is left blank will not be copied to you CV. You can add to it and edit it at any time.
Not sure how to sell yourself?
It takes a lot of confidence and a little knowhow to talk about your skills and strengths in a CV! These guides can help you figure out what to say about yourself in your digital CV:
CV writing tips CV personal statement tipsDo you want to make your CV public? It’s your call!
Once you’re ready, you can choose to make your digital Young Professional CV public. You can then copy the sharable link with people you wish to share it with – like teachers, employers or career advisers. The can only see it if you give them the link.
Congratulations on completing your Young Professional activity for Week 6 of the Create Your Future Programme!
Create Your Future Activities – Week 6
BONUS ACTIVITY: Find An Opportunity
BONUS ACTIVITY: Now that you’ve created a digital CV and your confidence is high, why not find an opportunity to boost your skills, career confidence and experience? You have the power!
Find An Opportunity
Aged 14+? Create Your Future
This Young Professional challenge is part of your Week 6 activities for Create Your Future.
Create Your Future is a FREE skills and confidence boosting programme brought to you by The Careers And Enterprise Company and Youth Employment UK. Sign up for six weeks of exploring your strengths and getting ahead in the game of life!
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