Mike's talk on developing a Creative CV

Mike's talk on developing a creative CV was incredibly useful. I felt like my knowledge before hand was rather limited. I had written and updated CVs before but they were not for the purpose of finding work in the industry. I learnt that writing creative CVs is very different from writing Creative CVs, mainly because the aspects of a CV that I would talk up most prominently is often pushed to the side in a Creative CV. For example, In learnt I did not need to state all my GCSEs or A levels and any other work  experience I have gained that is not creative need not be talked about until the very bottom of the CV.

There were other things that surprised me. Mike advised that we put time and attention into the section in which I talk about my hobbies and interests. This is a part of the CV I am aware of and do always make sure to include, however before this I would give it little time for writing and would tend to leave it till last. Mike talked about how my interests and hobbies are actually more important than I thought and often a unique selling point. Sometimes people have been hired based on having similar interests with people who already work at that studio which surprised me yet also made sense, if you are going to be working closely with a bunch of likeminded people then shared interests is important.