Personal Statement

How many types of personal statements have we looked at today?

• 1

• 2

• 3

A personal statement for CV is also known as....

• Objectives

• Aims

• Cover Letter

• Personal Profile

what should you include in your CV Personal Statement

• who you are

• what you can offer

• your career aims.

• All the above

You should make it difficult for your employer to understand your personal statement.

• No

• Yes

You should make the statement too long with superfluous detail

• No

• Yes

Is this sentence True/false:

"Be sure that you have included all the information asked for in enough detail, so that you feel you have given a good account of yourself without boring the reader."

• True

• False

True/False:

"You don’t have to include everything you have ever done; the skill in writing a good personal statement is selecting the criteria that is most relevant.

• True

• False

You should not start with a strong opening paragraph.

• True

• False

When writing a personal statement for a job, you should...

• Show that you have a realistic understanding of what is involved and can draw parallels with positive experiences you have already had, even if these have been in different settings.

• Describe what motivates you and attracts you to the job.

• Both

The content of your personal statement is what really matter regardless of the spelling, grammar and punctuation.

• True

• False