All My Alternative CV articles – Page 10
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My Alternative CVSeb Heeley, Manchester Gin, on fizzy cola bottles and love
‘I went for a ‘client-facing role’. The interview consisted of knocking on doors for six hours’
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My Alternative CVLuke Suddards, Sandows, on making mistakes and Dwayne Johnson
‘I used to deliver newspapers before school for the local off-licence’alt
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My Alternative CVMeriel Kehoe, Claudi & Fin, on boredom, massages and seafood
‘Once, I attended an interview where I was asked if I had spelled my first name correctly on my CV’
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My Alternative CVHenry Connell, The Uncommon, on The Prodigy and David Brent
My worst interview? Aged 16, I gave one-word answers to complex business problems
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My Alternative CVScott Dixon, The Flava People, on the Vengabus & snowboarding
‘My first job? Driving tractors in a boatyard in Wales. I built up quite the tan on some of the balmier summers’
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My Alternative CVEmma Macdonald, The Bay Tree, on The Two Ronnies and family
I left school at 16 and worked in a vegetarian restaurant
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My Alternative CVSteve Perez, Global Brands, on jets, the killer instinct and Alan Sugar
It pays to work hard and be tenacious
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My Alternative CVJoe Taylor, Real Handful, on Chesney Hawkes and mini mullets
‘My first job was collecting court fees for my tennis club one summer’
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My Alternative CVVanessa Fairfax-Woods, Shropshire Trading, on yoga and bed
‘My first job? Clearing tables in a riverside café in Taunton’
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My Alternative CVDavid Entwistle, Northwood & WEPA, on getting rattled
‘I was so nervous at my first interview the bone china cup & saucer I was holding sounded like a one-man fire alarm’
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My Alternative CVMartin Murray, Dunnet Bay Distillers, on being early
‘I was asked in but then thrown out of the interview without being able to offer my excuse’
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My Alternative CVGraham Houghton, Sarson's, on plastic and paper rounds
As a teenager, I started off with three different paper rounds, but soon progressed to working in my parents’ social club
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My Alternative CVHarry Mayhew, Ember Snacks, on celery, terriers and Green Day
‘My first job? Selling Fenland Celery off the back of a van in Ely’
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My Alternative CVLouisa Wilkinson, Hangry, on puns, parking and plastic bags
‘In my school holidays I would help out at my mother’s nursery school’s holiday clubs’
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My Alternative CVRyan Black, Sambazon, on Oprah Winfrey and 'purple love'
My first job was as a busboy at a busy Mexican restaurant, which was very intense…
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My Alternative CVCharlie Hoare, Tapped Birch Water, on manhole covers and sap
‘My first job? Cleaning cars – I would cycle around the local villages with a bucket and sponge’
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My Alternative CVMartin Myerscough, Frugalpac, on packaging and sailing
‘My first job? A yacht captain in the Med’
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My Alternative CVColum O'Sullivan, Cully & Sully, on manatees and Navy Seals
‘My first job? Picking potatoes for a farmer in East Cork’
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My Alternative CVCharlotte Dauzat, Gato & Co, on good puds and 1930s films
My first job was intern in Japan for a brand of Japanese cakes and puddings
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My Alternative CVValerio Simonetti, Mr Organic, on tomatoes and Paul Young
I worked as part of my family tomato factory at the age of 14