All My Alternative CV articles – Page 15
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My Alternative CVClaire Higgins, Lucozade Sport, on cheese and autocorrect
“Be polite. Be grateful. Be humble. Be curious. Be ambitious. And always buy a round!”
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My Alternative CVLaura Faeh, Poptails by Lapp, on karma and teleportation
”On my very first interview in London my boss spoke exactly the five same languages at me and kept switching”
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My Alternative CVMiriam Luff, Lanes Health, on cats, mongooses and David Walliams
”I was encouraged to go and admire and compliment the new fridge prior to commencing the interview”
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My Alternative CVNick Wall, Tails Cocktails, on acting like a big chicken and his pet Labrador
”My first job was working as a host for TGI Fridays. I think this may have been where my love for cocktails started. The bartenders were total heroes.”
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My Alternative CVTom Redwood, Babease, on Simon Rogan and shaking up babyfood
“My first job was getting up at 4am for the early cleaning shift at my local convenience store”
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My Alternative CVStuart Macdonald, ManílIfe, on live music and Pokémon cards
“I was a bartender. It didn’t last very long – after about two hours I told the boss my real age: 15”
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My Alternative CVFranka Mulgirigama, Bahlsen, on caterpillars & collaboration
”My first job was as a part-time sales assistant at John Lewis in Oxford Street, in the children’s shoe department. It was a real eye-opener!”
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My Alternative CVAndrew Allen, Snaffling Pig, on foodie startups, Wayne’s World and elephants
”I had an old school paper round in Birmingham. I’d dread Thursdays as it was the jobs special…”
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My Alternative CVMatt Hunt, Protein Ball Co, on Disneyland & Richard Branson
“I thought I would ace it but missed the fact that you had to speak perfect French!”
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My Alternative CVJenny Costa, Rubies in the Rubble, on the FT and rabbits
”Working on the Drysdales burger van at the Ayr County Show was great fun”
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My Alternative CVPaul Turner, Alf Turner, on Dragons' Den and Steve Jobs
”Like my brothers, I became a Saturday boy at the family butchers shop”
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My Alternative CVDavid Parker, Young's Seafood, on early starts and Star Wars
“I always like to see interviews as a two-way process so I have a bit of fun interviewing the panel!”
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My Alternative CVDavid Sheppy, Sheppy's Cider, on bike rides and family time
“My first job was working on the family farm. I was 17, and all I really wanted to do was drive a tractor”
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My Alternative CVMaurizio Zippo, Crosta & Mollica, on the Sex Pistols & pizza
”Working at Crosta & Mollica is being part of a fast-moving, intense, fun and rewarding environment”
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My Alternative CVKerry Collinge, 9Nine Brand Foods, on Moulin Rouge and pho bo
“My worst interview? For a dogfood company. I had to eat some of the dogfood”
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My Alternative CVDamien Threadgold, Amy's Kitchen, on Thriller and acrophobia
”My first job? A paperboy. The early morning starts have stayed with me ever since”
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My Alternative CVSophie Wells, Rocks Drinks, on David Attenborough and tapas
“I was so nervous when I had to serve my first customer that I spilt steamed milk all over my hand”
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My Alternative CVSam Benjamin, Too Good To Be Gluten Free, on Willy Wonka and macaroni cheese
“If I can sleep well everything else is OK”
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My Alternative CVSophie Harvey, Soffle's Pitta Chips, on Tarantino & tuk tuks
“At 14 I started pot washing in the café where my sister worked. I’m proud to say I was soon promoted”
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My Alternative CVJim Cregan, Jimmy's Iced Coffee, on off-roading & Snoop Dogg
“My first job was buying and selling fake surf brand backpacks to my mates in Sharjah”