Your CV is FAR too long, max 2 pages and make sure you get all the interesting bits on page 1 so the person reading it reads page 2 as well.
If anybody sees 3 pages, it's waffle and in the bin directly !
Software Tester
Company, Zürich CH
Creation, execution and documentation of software tests
I use table format and can fit five work experience (5*3 line=15), three education (3*2=6), personal data (8) and qualifications like languages (3), computer knowledge (5) and driving license (1). With the titles it makes 42 lines which is enough for a page. Of course with a nice picture of me.
I hate writing cover letter but the more you write/read the less painful it is. I use this structure :
- Contact Information: Both mine and the companies address
- Application for ...
- Introduction: How I learned about the job and why I am interested in it
- Main part: Description of my job-related experiences and skills
- Motivation: About my personality and how I can help the company
- Conclusion: Call to action - I would love to get interviewed
- Greeting and signature.
Don't go below a 12 point font, be careful with playing margins, choose a good font style and use all the keywords from job description.
Good luck
But to be honest if I had a max 5-week timeline to find any job, fine-tuning my CV/cover letter would not be a priority. Recruitment processes that want/prefer them are likely to take longer than 5 weeks.
I would doorstep as many places as possible, strike up conversations, politely ask to speak to the manager, etc...then explain yourself and your situation genuinely with a view to landing a job there and then. Irish pubs, shops, etc, etc....
Good luck!
For the OP, to get a job in McDonald's I wouldn't send a 3 page CV though. I would focus on German knowledge, skim over unrelated experience and cut it down to a 1-pager.
not true. mine is 3 pages long and i had steady interviews. feedback from HR, headhunter and other is that my CV is top. fact 1: reduce to the max. if thats 3 pages long with 100% relevant information so be it. fact 2: write 100% fitting to the role and have all the buzzwords in. therefore assess the job posting thoroughly and write a compelling cover letter in AIDA style. its not easy but it is the way.
if it is to land any job: go there directly! i know that Dieci Pizza is always looking for drivers. for that you dont need a CV. walk in a branch and ask about the job. good luck.
Back in my HR days the first ones to go in the bin were the ones that were insanely long, full of wacky fonts, or that had nothing but boilerplate language like "team player likes new challenges". Oh, and we binned more than one that was on pink paper with perfume...
If you're applying to McD's or similar, maybe a CV isn't even needed. Just leg work and chatting with the manager.