Archive of all My Alternative CV articles – Page 13
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My Alternative CVCarl Sutton, Poundstretcher, on his job offer to Lady Gaga
East 17, Lady Gaga and motorways feature heavily in Carl Sutton’s Q&A
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My Alternative CVKevin Pugsley, Proper Cornish, on his car crash interview
My first job was part-time grill chef at Falstaff Bar & Grill, which is now a Harvester
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My Alternative CVBex Minchin-Hepburn, Noble Foods, on Prince and Hugh Jackman
An endless two days of humiliation culminated in having to give a rendition of our favourite ‘song from a show’
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My Alternative CVAnna Mackenzie, Cuckoo, on skiing mishaps and mosquitos
My first summer job was working for my father’s car business in customer service…
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My Alternative CVSteph Page, Wheyhey, on Ace of Base, hot tubs and jelly babies
The guy interviewing me asked me to describe the contents of my bedroom, to which I replied it was none of his business…
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My Alternative CVPippa Murray, Pip & Nut, on B*Witched and Ryan Gosling
I describe my job as nut butter connoisseur and Chief Squirrel…
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My Alternative CVCharlotte Drakeford, Dairy Crest, on spreadsheets and stairs
“I’m not that partial to spreadsheets, but it’s unavoidable”…
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My Alternative CVChow Mezger, Jude's Ice Cream, on frogs and Mary Berry
I tell my mates I work for the best ice cream company in the land, which happens to have been dreamt up by my dad…
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My Alternative CVKath Davis, EHL Ingredients, on paperwork and chocolate
I applied for a position as a meat processor once… I knew immediately I was not the applicant they were looking for…
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My Alternative CVCharles Coleman, Deli Santé, on lime pickle, Waitrose & honey
My initiation was to eat a whole jar of lime pickle, but it was a dream job…
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My Alternative CVClaude Vermot-Desroches, Comté, on the North Pole and labels
I was a dairy technician on several farms where I analysed cows’ milk quality…
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My Alternative CVBelinda Jennings, Adnams, on cheesy music and Billy Elliot
I dressed up as a pink spider woman and ended up on the main stage at the Latitude festival with The Glitter Boys…
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My Alternative CVRivka Rose, Faith in Nature, on New York and Barbra Streisand
The principles on which the business was founded 40 years ago are still with me today and that’s hugely motivating…
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My Alternative CVJess Templeton, KP Snacks, on Boyzone, pigeons and Chartres
When I was 15 I was a sales assistant at WH Smith. I have fond memories of recommending books to holidaymakers…
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My Alternative CVTess Clarke, Milton, on Black Box, cakes and war films
I started waitressing when I was at school to keep me in sweets, so technically that was my first job…
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My Alternative CVTamara Arbib, Rebel Kitchen, on Madonna, The Matrix and sharks
My first job was as a camp counsellor for a summer camp in America…
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My Alternative CVHenda van der Walt, Santa Maria, on Ben Stiller and Abba
In my final year of school and throughout university I held a job as a sales assistant in a department store in South Afri…
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My Alternative CVMax Dubiel, Black Sheep Coffee, on cold brew and Nicole Kidman
My first job was handing out leaflets for a local corner shop without parental approval. I got paid in Coca-Cola and Deuts…
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My Alternative CVCarey Davis-Munro, Sweet Virtues, on David Essex and dolphins
I was a sales assistant in Olympus (I thought I might get free sports clothes!)…
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My Alternative CVBrent Hadfield, CaféPod, on snakes, school and Speedos
I used to go around my local neighbourhood (in Johannesburg, South Africa), asking anyone who was home if I could wash the…