All My Alternative CV articles – Page 17
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My Alternative CVJill Charlton, Warburtons, on food styling and Sly Stallone
I was trying hard to answer the questions as fully as possible when I noticed one interviewer had fallen asleep
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My Alternative CVAlex Lai, Simplee Aloe, on Linkin Park and House of Cards
I used to be a bit of a skateboarder and I thought Linkin Park were amazing. The first single I bought was In The End
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My Alternative CVNik Sinclair, Sinclair Condiments, on Vanilla Ice and carpets
I like to tell people I make ketchup for a living. Most of my mates have been on this journey with me
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My Alternative CVJag Singh, Wanis Foods, on playing tabla and being a panda
If the shoe doesn’t fit, keep jamming your foot in till it does
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My Alternative CVGuka Tavberidze, Savse Smoothies, on big cats and Family Man
I used to work on the shop floor of Jigsaw selling women’s clothes
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My Alternative CVAnnaliese Reekie, Spectrum Brands, on sharks and Skype
I sell great petfood brands like Iams, Tetra, Eukanuba and Furminator that promote happy healthy pets
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My Alternative CVJack Lawless, Marley Spoon, on hypochondria and Raymond Blanc
My first-ever job? Driving an ancient Fordson Major tractor, aged eight, on my grandparents’ farm
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My Alternative CVAndy Heath, Proper Cornish, on Valentino Rossi and phones
The infamous paper round. Great in the summer but not so appealing in colder months!
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My Alternative CVPaul Killoughery, Bio Collectors, on Fleetwood Mac and horses
My son told his school friends his dad was a “bin man”. The title has stuck
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My Alternative CVHoward Goldman, Rayburn, on helicopters and David Beckham
I would like to travel to work by helicopter and cut out all the annoying traffic
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My Alternative CVJoe Clayton of Beerd Brewery: Alternative CV
My first album was Smashing Pumpkins: Melancholy. Don’t judge
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My Alternative CVDeborah Pyner, co-founder Sweet Freedom, on an extreme lesson
My worst job interview was at a small music label in the late 1980s with a Brian Ferry lookalike
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My Alternative CVMehdi Meghzifene, Sibberi, on Bear Grylls and forest goodness
I try to capture some of the goodness from the forest, put it in a bottle and make it available for everyone
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My Alternative CVSian Holt, Fudge Kitchen, on vicars and kicking ass
I worked on a market garden aged 14. I increased retail sales but managed to plant a field of cabbage plants upside down
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My Alternative CVMinnie Moll, East of England Co-op, on Tigger & David Cassidy
I think everyone should do bar work as part of life experience training
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My Alternative CVPriya Farish, Costa Coffee, on spilt milk and knitting
I was a Saturday girl in my parents’ Post Office shop working on the till
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My Alternative CVJoe Taylor, Real Handful, on Spin Doctors and Summer Hours
I bombed my first interview with Innocent. Coming from the world of technology at IBM I had an awful lot to learn
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My Alternative CVJosh Faulkner-Elliott, Aston Manor, on orchards and zombies
I started as dishwasher and worked up to chef assistant and also did some bar work
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My Alternative CVOrganix brand manager Ryan Perry: My Alternative CV
”We make really good, tasty, healthy organic food – that’s clearly labelled – for babies and toddlers”
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My Alternative CVJulian Warowioff, Lemonaid, on Russell Brand and being a fox
Europe – The Final Countdown is still a great song at any NYE party