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Curriculum Vitae

Perry Cox

4 The Street

Croydon

P0st C0de

01234 56789

Personal Statement

I am a hardworking, intelligent sales person and have spent my working life in sales and recruitment in Croydon. I have become very knowledgeable in all areas of recruitment in Croydon in addition to developing a strong ability to increase business and close sales. Having had several branch manager roles in Croydon I am also experienced in managing staff. I am keen to embrace a new challenge in recruitment in Croydon. I am very good with computers and find I take quickly to any package presented to me.

Work History

2006 - Current

Branch Manager

KRM Recruitment, Croydon

My key responsibilities in this challenging position include establishing relationships with Croydon companies, as well as companies further afield, maintaining a great working knowledge of jobs in Croydon and recruitment in Croydon and ensuring the smooth running of the branch through effective management of my team. Our main focus is Croydon recruitment which I feel that I have assisted by ensuring that I attend local networking events and conferences. I have been able to considerably improve our Croydon business as well as business as a whole. My best achievement has been to create a relationship with Croydon Council tbc. We were able to fill these public sector jobs very effectively.

2000 – 2006

Branch Manager

LFK Recruitment, Croydon

During my work here we specialised in temporary recruitment in Croydon. I was responsible for a team of 8 making sure they remained motivated and effective. I set achievable targets and a reward system to improve staff morale. I also established good relationships with Croydon companies in order to assist with their temporary recruitment in Croydon.

1998 – 2000

Senior Consultant

PCW Recruitment, Croydon

I started as a trainee consultant and in only 2 years advanced to a senior consultant position. It was during my work here that I gained knowledge about recruitment in Croydon and received a great deal of training including the legal and regulatory aspects of recruitment, managing staff skills and sales. I was also consistently the top sales person for my branch.

1994 – 1998

Senior Advertising Sales Executive

KXM Advertising, Croydon

This was my first role after leaving my education and I started as a junior in their telesales department and rose to the position of senior advertising sales executive. My key responsibilities included establishing relationships with Croydon companies in order to receive their recruitment advertising. I would also help my clients with making sure that their recruitment advertising was effective.

Education

1992 - 1994

Croydon College

A-Levels

English Literature – A

Philosophy – B

Sociology, French, German, Physics, Business Studies, Media Studies} - C

1988 - 1992

Croydon High School

GSCEs

10 A to C (including Maths, English and Double Science)

Additional Information

Full clean driving licence and own transport