Hi Hon,
I read your CV and I have to admit it does nothing for me.
I do employ people and regularly interview people. So the CV. Skills; There is nothing in there showing me you have the skills. What have you done in those areas? Do you have a food hygiene qualification? Why experience have you had?
A CV sells you. I want to be interested in you, I want to talk to you. You give me no reason to do so.
CV's can be over the top but they are a sales pitch and you are selling you. Where in your CV does it make me say 'Wow' I have to meet this person and see if they are real.
So some ideas: I have experience in food preparation: I worked in Al's Sandwich deli and I am use to the pressure of a busy lunch time schedule. I easily remember orders and I have passed a basic food hygiene qualification. In this position I was use to making 100 sandwiches a day and loved to engage the customers in small talk. Indeed I had regular customers come to me as a preference.
Supervision: I looked after and supervised x staff and was the person they turned to for advice.
Problem Solving: I have great skills at this and would think ahead and notice when supplies where running low and would either contact suppliers or put staff onto preparation of salads so that the frontline staff had ingredients to hand.
Time management: I knew when our busy periods where and ensured I had staff available to serve and back up staff when peak activity occurred.
Do you see the difference? You are giving examples of HOW you used your skills. That separates you from the others. As far as being TG so what. If the owner of the place knows you are nice and friendly have proven people skills, that is what they want to know.
You want to show yourself as interesting and capable. But you have to tell them that you are and to show that you are.
You can do this Hon.
I'm happy to help out with a CV if you wish.
Quote from: RetroFuture on March 15, 2016, 09:19:31 AM
Thanks for the responses 
I can totally see what you are both saying, and I have had trouble with writing stuff that sounds good or makes sense before but here is my current CV so have a look at that, I took away all my personal info at the top (Name, availability, address, phone and email) and all the black bars aren't supposed to be there, I just didn't want to put too much personal info online.
I was pretty vague in my last posts, I guess I'm more looking for employment agencies that help trans people find work, or organizations, etc. Or on the off chance that someone here may be able to get me in somewhere trans friendly. I said I was having trouble and it wasn't because I'm trans because I've been applying online on Seek and some other websites so they cant see what I'm like (still using old name). But I am scared that when they meet me in person they might not choose me over other people because I look different than most people, or if I do get a job that I will have to come out soon because I wont have a choice (HRT is changing me fast). So I guess I really do need to find a trans friendly job.
Thank you so much for looking
