All My Alternative CV articles – Page 10
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My Alternative CVChris Lock, Lily's Kitchen, on Blondie and Patrick Stewart
I was being interviewed by an e-commerce retailer and two sentences in I realised I had absolutely no interest in the job
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My Alternative CVTom Stancliffe, Tribe, on snakes and Good Will Hunting
I used to spend summers working in Oddbins – made fun by the post-work tasting sessions!
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My Alternative CVFlyte co-founder Luke Raskino: my alternative CV
I tell my mates that I’m entrepreneur-ish and on a mission to clean up the chemical-filled drinks aisle
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My Alternative CVAl Shariat, director of Coconut Merchant, on Saint Germain and sourcing
Through our focus on ethical sourcing, I know that for every product we sell means we are helping a farmer and their family
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My Alternative CVSam Knights, MD, Threefold, on Easter eggs and racing cars
‘My first job? Press officer at Guinness World Records
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My Alternative CVTigg's co-founder Jacob James: my alternative CV
My first job was on the family farm – my brother and I would feed the calves their breakfast
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My Alternative CVPaul Bungener, FAIR Drinks, on Wu-Tang Clan & Snickers theft
‘My first job was harvesting grapes in the south of France when I was 15 years old’
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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’