On Thursday, 14 September 2017 Career Development Services and Open learning (CDS & OL) interns were presented with a chance to attend a Curriculum Vitae (CV) writing workshop. This workshop was organised by the office of the Director of Career Development Services & Open Learning, Ms Trudi van Wyk. The session was held at office number 326.
For the current financial year, the Career Development Services has 10 interns. The session is aimed at forming an effective workforce and part of that is to develop intern’s professional CV writing skills.
This is a great timing as one of the Career Development Service’s main focus is to assist all individuals to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers. But without a good well written CV, it is not easy for people to attract suitable employers, and it is for this reason that the CDS interns were invited to this kind of a workshop session.
Ms Trudi van Wyk says that CV writing should be taken very seriously because it gives the job applicant a chance to make a good impression on a potential employer. “A top-quality CV will considerably boost your chance of getting a face-to-face interview, so it is worth spending time and effort on the content and presentation. It will make all the difference in obtaining the position you want. You must therefore highlight your skills, expertise and value”. She said.
She also encouraged the interns to start the process of applying now rather than to wait until it is too late. “This is the most important session, and by now you must have started with the process of applying for jobs because the process of getting employment takes too long”. She indicated.
CDS interns were visibly happy with the chance presented to them as they were engaging the director with a lot of interesting questions regarding CV writing and the job application process.
One of the interns Vutomi Hlungwane expressed his excitement. ‘‘The workshop was very helpful, and it will really help me in making sure that my CV continues to standout going forward. What made the workshop more exciting is that the facilitator gave us a chance to ask as many questions as possible and she answered all the questions that we asked, and was very patient’’. He said.
Ms van Wyk is adamant to further equip interns with more sessions in order for them to get prepared for work environment in a professional set-up. Next she is planning to organise more sessions on electronic (Social Media Management) profiles and job interview sessions.
