All My Alternative CV articles – Page 17
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My Alternative CVDarren Robinson, Meridian Foods, on Kylie Minogue & elephants
What was your first job? Stacking bales on a farm in Hampshire
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My Alternative CVMy Alternative CV: Chika Russell
What was your first job? As a teenager, in my brother’s hair and beauty shop, working the shop floor
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My Alternative CVOliver Dickinson & Rory Paterson, Wow: alternative CV
I was self-employed at first, running my own marketing agency at 16
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My Alternative CVRahi Daneshmand, Virtue, on All Saints and teleportation
I’m trying to make the world a better place by offering a healthier and more natural alternative to energy drinks
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My Alternative CVEmma Heal, Graze, on black pepper cashews and her worst fear
What was your first-ever job? As a buyer on the Tesco graduate scheme
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My Alternative CVMike Docker, Northwood & WEPA, on copters and coasters
I kept calling the interviewer Didier, despite the fact that this wasn’t actually his name
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My Alternative CVJasper Cuppaidge, Camden Town, on being the 'king of lager'
My first-ever job was glass collecting at The Westbourne pub in Notting Hill
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My Alternative CVKara Rosen, Plenish, on drunk job interviews and Madonna
I walked into an interview and the hiring manager had forgotten my appointment. He was drinking whisky and playing poker
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My Alternative CVPaul Davenport, Borderfields, on Alice Cooper and dressing up
Paul Davenport, Borderfields, on Alice Cooper, dressing up and eating British
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My Alternative CVJosefin Deckel, SugarSin, on superglue and sweets
I tried to boost superglue sales by using my fingertips to demonstrate the glue’s strength
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My Alternative CVSimon Knight, Burts Chips, on BMWs and confined spaces
I am keen to offset my fuel use with a hybrid but convincing the boss to allow me a BMW i8 is not easy
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My Alternative CVAsh Barnett, St Helen's Farm, on goats and Bear Grylls
Like a lot of teenagers, my first job was a part-time role at my local supermarket
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My Alternative CVNatasha Bowes, Bio-tiful Dairy, on smoothies and the Coens
My job is the most exhilarating mixture of high level of flexibility and absence of free time
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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