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CV Creation and Review

A clear CV helps an employer see how your experience and skills fit a job. Read the fictional example and job advertisement, then plan, draft and review a CV. Use fictional contact details in your draft; do not write your personal phone number or home address.

Read the example

Fictional CV: Riley Chen | riley.chen@example.nz | 021 000 0000 | Wellington Profile: Year 11 student seeking a weekend role at a community recreation centre. Enjoys helping younger children and is reliable, patient and energetic. Education: Harbour View College, Year 11 (2025–present) Experience and community involvement: Volunteer helper at a neighbourhood sports day (2025): welcomed families, set up cones and equipment, and helped children find activity stations. Helps care for a younger cousin after school once a week. Skills: Clear communication; teamwork; basic first aid certificate; punctuality; setting up and packing away equipment. Interests and achievements: Plays in a local netball team; received a school service award. Referees: Available on request. Job advertisement: Weekend Activity Assistant, community recreation centre. Help set up activities and support children aged 6–10. Applicants should be reliable, energetic and good with people. Sports or activity experience is useful. Training is provided.

1.Which statement best explains the purpose of Riley’s CV for the advertised role?
  • To tell an employer every detail of Riley’s life
  • To show relevant evidence that Riley may suit the activity assistant role
  • To guarantee Riley will be offered the job
  • To list every school subject Riley studies
2.Match each job requirement to the strongest evidence from Riley’s CV.
  • Good with people
  • Reliable
  • Sports or activity experience
  • Helps care for a younger cousin once a week
  • Volunteered at a sports day and plays in a netball team
  • Welcomed families and helped children find activity stations
3.Rewrite this weak CV statement using a strong action verb and a specific detail from Riley’s experience: “Helped at sports day.”
4.Riley’s example uses fictional contact details. Name one piece of personal information you should leave out of a CV shared for class review, and explain why.
5.True or false: Riley should claim to have supervised children independently because the job involves supporting children.
TrueFalse
6.Suggest one specific improvement to Riley’s profile that would make it clearer or more tailored to the advertised role.

Plan your own CV

Choose a real or imagined entry-level job that interests you, such as a café assistant, retail helper, sports coach or library assistant. Paid work is not required: school responsibilities, volunteering, hobbies, caring responsibilities and community activities can all provide evidence. Use fictional contact details. If a section does not apply, write “Not applicable” rather than inventing experience.

7.Write the title of your chosen job and name two qualities or skills an employer might seek for it.
Create a concise, professional draft for your chosen job. Use headings and bullet points where helpful. Include only accurate information and tailor your profile, skills and evidence to the role.

Target job and fictional contact details:

Profile: 2–3 sentences explaining the role you want and why your experience or strengths fit:

Education:

Relevant skills: list at least four, and include evidence where possible:

Experience or community involvement: describe what you did and one useful result or responsibility:

Achievements or interests that relate to the job:

Referees: write “Available on request” or note that permission is needed before sharing someone’s details:

Review and refine

Review your own draft, or exchange it with a partner only if both people are comfortable. Keep contact details fictional. Give feedback that is specific, respectful and useful.

8.Choose the best review for each feature: Yes, Not yet, or Not relevant. Then write one strength and one practical improvement for the draft.

Feature

Yes

Not yet

Not relevant

The CV is tailored to the target job.

Examples show relevant skills or responsibilities.

Claims are accurate and specific.

The layout and spelling are clear.

Contact details are fictional in this class draft.

9.Write one change you made or would make after reviewing your CV. Explain how that change helps an employer understand your suitability for the job.

4 printable pages

  • CV Creation and Review, page 1 of 4: Read the example

    Page 1

  • CV Creation and Review, page 2 of 4: Plan your own CV

    Page 2

  • CV Creation and Review, page 3 of 4: Review and refine

    Page 3

  • CV Creation and Review, page 4 of 4: fictional in this class

    Page 4

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