{"id":974,"date":"2023-02-03T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/supporting-ukraine\/?page_id=974"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:34:04","slug":"cv-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/key-services\/refugee-employment-esol-and-enterprise-project\/cv-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance on writing your CV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1026 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920-300x300.png\" alt=\"CV\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2023\/02\/resume-2296951_1920.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ESOL lesson plans &amp; materials for CV writing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esol.excellencegateway.org.uk\/content\/teachers\/lessons-and-activities\/lesson-plans\/writing-cv\" rel=\"noopener\">Writing a CV | ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (excellencegateway.org.uk)<\/a> &#8211; a lesson plan to develop students&#8217; ability to identify parts of a CV, to develop students&#8217; ability to write a simple CV and to help students practise formatting a CV to make it clear and presentable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learnenglish.britishcouncil.org\/skills\/writing\/b2-writing\/a-cv\" rel=\"noopener\">A CV | LearnEnglish (britishcouncil.org)<\/a> &#8211; tips from the British Council to strengthen a CV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macmillanenglish.com\/blog-resources\/article\/creating-a-cv\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating a CV (macmillanenglish.com)<\/a> &#8211; a lesson plan to help learners write a CV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Learn Devon CV courses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/Learn-Devon-Logo-930x600-1-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"Learn Devon logo\" class=\"wp-image-768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/Learn-Devon-Logo-930x600-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/Learn-Devon-Logo-930x600-1-800x516.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/Learn-Devon-Logo-930x600-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/Learn-Devon-Logo-930x600-1-640x413.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/Learn-Devon-Logo-930x600-1.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learndevon.co.uk\/courses\/query\/W3sibmFtZSI6InNlYXJjaF9rZXl3b3JkcyIsInZhbHVlIjoiQ1YifV0%3D\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn Devon CV writing and employability courses<\/a> &#8211;&nbsp; there are several employability courses to choose from. If you don&#8217;t see a course that suits your needs, get in touch with Learn Devon at &nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:learndevon@devon.gov.uk\">learndevon@devon.gov.uk&nbsp;<\/a> or 0345 155 1014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Open University<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/open-university-2-300x213.png\" alt=\"open university logo\" class=\"wp-image-775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/open-university-2-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/12\/open-university-2.png 542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.open.edu%2Fopenlearn%2Fsupporting-ukrainians-ukrainian&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPhillip.Ash%40devon.gov.uk%7C6f03e05ab594489d208608dab7e2a19e%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C638024481235512759%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RLHmPIJoCtwYA0dsNLicZwWoO2FvwlpwlAfgK0TbSJE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Open University has translated into Ukrainian its package of free online resources for Ukrainian refugees<\/a>. <strong>This includes articles on how to write a CV for employment.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESOL lesson plans &amp; materials for CV writing Writing a CV | ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (excellencegateway.org.uk) &#8211; a lesson plan to develop students&#8217; ability to identify parts of a CV, to develop students&#8217; ability to write a simple CV and to help students practise formatting a CV to make it clear and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":964,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 14:25:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5856,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/974\/revisions\/5856"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}