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Do you feel guilty when writing a CV/application letter?

I can't think of anything good to say about myself, everything so far is a big fat lie.

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1. dont see why most places need a CV, people lie in them anyways.
2. No I don't because I know I have good work ethics... well for the first few hours anyway.
3. The only reason for feeling guilty is if you're writing something that is not true, so just don't. Try to make the best out of who you are and what you have done, instead. Even the most basic experiences you had can be useful for an employer to understand what kind of person you are and what have you accomplished so far. If you don't have a lot of work experience, focus on your education or on things you did while studying in school (hobbies?). Think about episodes of your personal life (have you organized a party? painted your room? planned a 3 months long vacation around the world? anything can be used as an example of your skills). Hope this helps! And don't despair, the more you practice writing CVs and application letters, the more you'll become a master of promoting yourself. :-)
4. If you are creative then your can mislead people into believing things that are not true without actually lying directly. For instance, I said that at my old job I 'helped to train new staff members'. This might lead a person reading to assume that carried out inductions for new employees. In fact the real trainers would just occasionally dump someone on me and say 'This is Jimmy. Let him sit and watch you for an hour and make sure he doesn't break anything'. Technically I was helping with his training but I wasn't really doing anything. Another example was in the hobbies section where I stated that whilst at High School I played rugby at a county level. Whilst I did play for my county it was only on two occasions and I did not really do so by choice - I just kind of ended up in the squad by default. I didn't want to be there are barely contributed. Still, it sounds good.
5. I feel depressed at the thought of it. Wish I live before the age of the CV.
6. No, I think everyone embellishes theirs a little.
7. nope,,,,,,,,,
8. I just feel its kind of pointless because I'm not really getting anywhere and I have a perfectly good part time job which I'm very happy with but the job centre are still paying my national insurance contributions and therefore they expect me to apply for at least three other jobs every week.
9. Hmmm - perhaps one of three issues: 1. You are bored with your current job/situation 2. So, you apply for the wrong type of new job. You recognise that don't have the right combination of skills, qualifications and experiences, so apply over yourself 3. You just beat up on yourself Thought for the day: if you can't be (a) honest, and (b) positive about yourself, then who will? Rather than applying for jobs, take three sheets of paper: - on the first, write down where you are now - on the second, write where you want to be in five years time - on the third, write out a plan to get between the first piece of paper and the second If you are bored stiff and unenthusiastic, then no one will employ you. If you know what you want and why that particular job takes you where you want to go, everyone will want to employ you: yes, even if you don't presently don't have the right SQE combination... Schh, don't tell everyone that! Enthusiasm - the simple answer to most employment problems. And, its free. Good Luck!