How To Write Your Personal Value Statement on Your CV?

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Personal statements are notoriously difficult to write for non-native speakers. Mostly because packing lots of information into just one or two sentences requires a certain proficiency in English.

I have therefore decided to provide our readers with a simple template that will allow them to create a professional looking personal statement for their CVs.

For those who don't know, personal statement goes at the beginning of a CV, just below your name and contact

details.

A typical personal statement looks like this:

A well-organized and reliable nanny with 5-years of experience in child care and an NVQ Level 2 in Children's Care, Learning and Development; a highly creative person, with a warm and engaging personality, looking for a position as a nanny or nursery-school assistant.
Able to provide excellent references and available for an immediate start.

 An enthusiastic, sporty A level student with coaching skills and qualifications and experience of managing a local football team, seeking interesting work opportunities.

Friendly and efficient communicator with experience in administration and customer service, wishing to take up a part-time position as an office administrator / receptionist / customer service assistant.
Available for an immediate start.

An ambitious, confident, and articulate communicator with a background in media; a Public Relations graduate, looking for an opportunity to gain PR/marketing experience in a challenging environment where relevant knowledge and skills could be further improved

A dynamic, ambitious and money-driven sales executive, with experience in B2B cold-calling and a proven track record of achievement against targets, seeking a full-time position in telesales.

When we look closely at all of these statements, we will soon realise that there is a pattern to all of them. It looks like this:

A... (2 or 3 adjectives describing your positive traits) + (noun to describe you) ....with (here your state your experience, education, achievements) .... looking for / seeking / wishing to take up + (what job your are looking for).

The next thing that we need to do is to make a list of all the words (adjectives) that describe us and pick the ones that the prospective employer will value the most.
Sometimes we can get that information from the job advert - what qualities is the company looking for? Otherwise you will have to decide which qualities are important for a particular job.

sales people - money-driven, dynamic, ambitious, energetic, enthusiastic.

accountants, data-entry clerks, admin assistants - accurate, analytical, efficient, honest, reliable, methodical, logical, organised.
teachers, carers, child-minders - reliable, responsible, caring, creative, honest, fun, patient.
bus / coach drivers - capable, professional, responsible, reliable, polite, communicative, patient.
managers - experienced, dynamic, mature, knowledgeable, open-minded, commercially-minded.

Try using the GOOGLE TRANSLATE application in the right-hand column to translate the above-listed adjectives into your own language.


Once we've picked two or three strong adjectives, we then need to decide what noun describes us best. 

• If you are looking for a similar job to the one you had before, use your job title:
• An astute, knowledgeable and experienced manager...
  
• A competent, reliable dental hygienist...
• A realistic, reliable and open-minded researcher...
  

• If you are still at school, university or you have just graduated then say so:
• An outgoing, innovative advertising student...
• A dynamic and creative PR graduate...
  

•  If you are applying for a job that is not directly related to what you have done in the past (so that you cannot use your old job title), use a more general-sounding word:
• An energetic and enthusiastic person...
• A motivated and confident individual...
•  A confident and articulate communicator... (for jobs where communication skills are essential)
• A dynamic and people-oriented professional...

Next we need to state our main argument for why we should get the job. 

• The surest way for you to get the job is to demonstrate to the prospective employer that you have relevant experience:
• ...with 5-year experience in child care.
• ...with a proven track record of generating and closing sales.
• ...with a proven track record of delivering to tight deadlines.
• ...with a sound customer-service experience.

• If you cannot demonstrate that you have relevant experience, you might want to stress the fact that your education puts you in a good position to learn what you need to learn quickly:
•  ...with an NVQ Level 2 in Children's Care.
•  ...with a degree in engineering.

• The least effective way of securing the employer's interest is to stress your interest in the job:
• ...with a passion for marketing.

 And lastly, you need to state which job you are looking for:

• seeking employment in a customer service / front-desk reception role.
• looking for a position as a....
• wishing to take up a challenging role within the hospitality sector.
  

We wish you best of luck in your job-search!