Improving and developing my C.V

Over the past week whilst working on the next tasks, I have been looking into ways of improving my c.v to make it more attractive and easy to read. I did some research and found this very useful article from Dance Spirit entitled How to Put Together a Winning Resume.It has a lot of helpful hints on the information which is relevant and encouraged me to really analyse what I still need to include and what I have outgrown. It also has a very handy list of do's and don'ts for c.vs. After reading this article I decided to omit some of the early performance experience and include my more recent work with a bit more detail. I have also used more bold and italics to break up the text and make it easier to read. Although in this C.V I have all my academic qualifications as well, it would very much depend on the job I was applying for as to whether of not I would include these. You can find the updated version of my C.V to the Right of this page. I have included the details for the article below.

Feller, A (30 August 2007) How to put together a winning resume, Dance Spirit Magazine, Available from:
http://www.dancespirit.com/whos-hot/get-a-job/how_to_put_together_a_winning_resume/
(accessed 29 October 2016)

Task 1a Professional Profile (C.V)

I have been working on my C.V since the 2nd year of my training at English National Ballet School. My teachers couldn't emphasise enough how important it is to have a clear layout to your document. I was always told that for a first job, directors will not turnover the page. Therefore it is essential to be concise and only include important information and experience. It is certainly the case that employers will be inundated with applications and are therefore unlikely to look in very much detail at each C.V. On the other hand, I think it is essential that I show a broader spectrum of my experiences so I have elaborated a bit on my C.V including more performance experience outside of school. Having just started working at Ballet Cymru (Ballet Wales,) I am surrounded for the first time with experienced professionals. I have therefore taken the opportunity to talk to them about their C.V's and how they go about the application process for auditions. It was interesting to hear that the most experienced dancers have actually reduced the amount of information that they include in their C.V as they have progressed through their careers. They stated how where as at the beginning of their careers they would include every date and production that they were performing in, now they will just include key roles and the company because it often looks more impressive. I found this a very interesting conversation and would love to hear what others think about this. My Professional Profile as it stands at the moment is quite lengthy, so I am in the process of refining it. It can be found in the box on the right of this page. I would be very grateful for any views.

Hello and welcome to my BA in Professional Practice in Arts blog! I hope you enjoy following my journey through the course and through these early stages of my career. I am very much looking forward to broadening my knowledge of computer skills, whilst simultaneously exploring how best to promote myself professionally through this first task in module 1. You can find personal and professional details to the right of this page in my Professional Profile.