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Originally Posted by: Elfin Davy 09  Self and Hasty
I hope you take this in the manner intended, but perhaps you need to take a closer look at your CV (and how you're promoting yourself), as it may be this which is holding you back ?
In saying this, I'm obviously only going from what you've told us in your OP. However, if I was looking at your CV as a potential employer there are a few things that would set alarms ringing to me (and possibly to other potential employers ?).
The first - and probably most obvious - is that you state you've held two CEO level positions, yet you're now looking at a Health and Safety role paying £30k. This doesn't look right, and (without further explanation) might lead to your CV being overlooked at the initial sifting stage. Sadly - and however qualified you are - firms often don't want people at CEO level unless they're actually recruiting for a CEO.
The other main thing that would "concern" me is the lack of a defined career path. With all due respect, your work history (as shown in your OP) suggests that you don't quite know whether you want to work in a Quality role, a Health and Safety role or whether you haven't quite decided yet. You seem to have "bounced" from role to role, and in differing employment sectors (which isn't necessarily a bad thing if you can link transferable skills). This may be a million miles from the truth, but - and bearing in mind I haven't seen your full CV - may be the way it's coming across ?
Hope this helps a little ?
Hi Elfin,
Thank you very much for taking the time to look at and review my CV/Profile, and your feedback is appreciated.
I'm duel roled, I'm currently Quality Assurance Assistant Manager AND Health and Safety Officer for an international trading company, I love the work and the autonomy and the challenges I face each day, and I love the positive changes I've made to the company and how I'm evidently changing the culture and outlook and making the sites safer... but I don't feel at all secure here, they have a high turn over of staff and the infrastructure is very fragile. Also they pay me significantly less than I'm worth.
The Managing Director roles I had were for my own companies, both successful but I ended both for different reasons, mainly that at my peak I was only breaking even, my best year for my corporate team building events company my takings were only £32k So that's why I'm happy/okay for a lower level base salary. I've applied for the higher level salaries CEO £40-50-60k but never had inteviews for those. perhaps because of the issues you've raised.
I haven't a clear career path that's true, I'm aiming for Health and Safety because it's what I know best and it's what I'm good at but I seem to keep getting sucked into Quality roles, which I don't mind because I'm also very good at that, I'm an expert in ISO:9001:2015 according to the LRQA inspector!
I've worked in a variety of sectors, Food, Pharmacutical, manufacturing, events management, chemical, etc. and I think that shows my flexibility and transferable skills, however I can also see how it may make me look less than reliable or unstable etc.
Not sure exactly how to sell myself, I wish I could just convince my MD to pay me the missing £5-7k but as that's unlikely I have to find something new.
Thanks for your input, it was valuable.
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