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Write a CV from scratch when you've never had one
No CV, or one from years ago, and a job you want closes on Friday. Get a clean two-page CV built from questions about what you've actually done.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me write a CV from scratch. The kind of job I'm going for: [e.g. admin assistant, warehouse team leader] Jobs I've had, with dates: [even part-time, casual or family business] School, college, training or certificates: [with dates if you know] Other things I've done: [e.g. volunteering, caring, running a club] Skills: [e.g. tills, Excel, forklift licence, languages] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Ask follow-ups a few at a time if you still need a result I've forgotten. Then: 1. A UK-style CV of no more than two pages: name and contact details, a 3-line profile, experience with 3 to 5 bullet points per job, education, skills. 2. Start each bullet with an action word and include a number or result where I've given one. 3. No photo, date of birth or marital status, and tell me why UK CVs usually leave them out. 4. A list of anything you've left as a blank for me to fill in. Plain text so I can paste it anywhere. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. admin assistant, warehouse team leader: a short note you already have. even part-time, casual or family business: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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