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Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies Section 2 People in business

A sample CV is shown in Figure 8.5.

Curriculum Vitae

Name

Address
Home telephone number
Mobile number

Email address
Education including examinations
and qualifications gained
University

Secondary school

Work experience (include dates from
and to and reasons for leaving)

Other relevant qualifications and skills
Other interests and hobbies
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Name and contact details of two referees

Figure 8.5 A sample CV

ACTIVITY 8.3

Use the above CV template as a guide and write your own curriculum vitae.

KEY TERM Receiving applications and shortlisting applicants

The Human Resource Department and manager of the department where the
Shortlist: a list of candidates vacancy exists will look through all the applications. They will compare the

who are chosen from all of the
information on the application forms or CV with the job description and person
applicants to be interviewed for

the job. specification to produce a shortlist of applicants for interview.
Interviewing shortlisted candidates
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend for interview. Th e interview
may just be a question and answer session with one or two people interviewing
each candidate, or there may be a panel of interviewers. Usually the more senior
the position, the more people are likely to be involved in the interview process.

Candidates may be asked to complete tests. These may include aptitude tests; for

example someone applying for a car mechanics job may be asked to fix a problem
on a car, watched by the interviewer. Other tests may involve team activities or in-
tray exercises, such as reading typical letters that the business receives and deciding
on the best course of action to take in response.