{"id":4794,"date":"2018-05-18T13:04:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=4794"},"modified":"2018-05-30T09:13:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T08:13:42","slug":"launch-competition-free-video-cv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/launch-competition-free-video-cv\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition Time! Win the chance to create your own video CV as part of LAUNCH ??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/campaigns\/students\/launch-2018.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAUNCH<\/a> is just a few weeks away and it&#8217;s great to see workshops being booked onto! For further details on each of the workshops, check them out!:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/reed-powering-your-career-search-tickets-45548243021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>REED<\/b>: Powering your Career Search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/barclays-life-skills-interview-success-with-barclays-tickets-45520323513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Barclays<\/b> Life Skills: Interview Success with Barclays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/google-digital-garage-social-media-strategy-tickets-45289490084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Google<\/b> Digital Garage: Social Media Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/google-digital-garage-know-your-business-with-google-analytics-tickets-45290580345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Google <\/b>Digital Garage: Know your Business with <b>Google Analytics<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/linkedin-connecting-you-to-opportunity-using-linkedin-tickets-45512967511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>LinkedIn<\/b><b>: <\/b>Connecting you to Opportunity using <b>LinkedIn<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/campaigns\/students\/launch-2018.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAUNCH<\/a>, we are offering<strong> 5 lucky students the opportunity to create their own video CVs!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a video CV?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A video CV is a fantastic marketing tool for you! A great way to stand out from the crowd, especially if you are hoping to work within the creative industry! Applicants speak &#8216;directly&#8217; to the camera\/hiring manager with an overview on their skills, experience and what they&#8217;re looking for. Some people have gotten very creative with these!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will I get the video CV?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will work with a videographer on the day of LAUNCH, 6th June 2018, to record content for your video CV. They will then work on editing and all other post-production work to bring your video CV to life! You will then receive the digital copy of your video CV to use as you wish!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[symple_box color=&#8221;blue&#8221; fade_in=&#8221;false&#8221; float=&#8221;center&#8221; text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; width=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Interested?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>If you would like to enter, tell us in no more than 100 words <strong>why you deserve the opportunity to create a video CV to secure your dream job<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<p>All entries should be sent to <strong><a href=\"mailto:careers@canterbury.ac.uk\">careers@canterbury.ac.uk<\/a> <\/strong>no later than <strong>midnight on Sunday 3rd June.<\/strong> Winners will be contacted as soon as a decision has been made.<br \/>\n[\/symple_box]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<h2>Good Luck! \ud83d\ude42<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some great Video CV examples&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c_PZTAW5piQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Mark Leruste &#8211; The Best Video CV in the World&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kS4pi76qEZw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiara Giberti &#8211; &#8220;Video Curriculum Chiara Giberti&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SZGxqbDoBUo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aleksandra Szejnoga &#8211; &#8220;The Interview Thingy&#8221; &#8211; VIDEO CV&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KK-b02BHEx0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly Zheng &#8211; &#8220;Creative Self Introduction\/ Ideas for CV Video&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And some great tips from careers professionals Prospects and more!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prospects.ac.uk\/careers-advice\/cvs-and-cover-letters\/create-a-great-video-cv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prospects &#8211; &#8220;Create a Great Video CV&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totaljobs.com\/careers-advice\/cvs-and-applications\/how-to-make-a-video-cv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Total Jobs &#8211; &#8220;How to Make a Video CV&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/careers\/careers-blog\/how-to-make-video-cv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian &#8211; &#8220;How to Make a Great Video CV&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":88085,"featured_media":4805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Christina Ackah-Annobil","featuredImage":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2018\/05\/pexels-photo-1051544.jpeg","postExcerpt":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4794"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4934,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794\/revisions\/4934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}