Blind/Anonymous CV Help

There's a job in editorial that I'm trying to apply to but it's asking for both a normal CV and an anonymous CV.

The job description says: "(no names, no references to gender, age or contact details, no links to writing samples displaying your name)"

How do I make a blind cv? I went to a girls school, graduated in 2018, and have written online a lot. I've been confused about this cos I don't want to get it wrong.

I'm willing to upload my CV if it makes it easier for anyone to help.

Reply 1

Phoenixfeather99

18

A blind CV, is basically your normal CV without identifying details. So you need to remove your name, address, age, everything really that would say who you were. If you went to a girls grammar school then I would remove the name of the school and replace with “secondary school education,” tbh, I would do that to all your education and just state the level of the qualification that you completed there. I’ve never had to include things I’ve posted online, so I can’t help you there, but from what you’ve said, I wouldn’t include links or references to anything that you’ve posted online unless it’s very general, such as “I am passionate about animal welfare, and frequently encourage others to treat animals better both in person and online.”
When you think you’ve completed the blind CV, give it to someone and ask if they can tell it’s obviously you.

Reply 2

ItsAnotherGrad

OP

10

Original post by Phoenixfeather99

A blind CV, is basically your normal CV without identifying details. So you need to remove your name, address, age, everything really that would say who you were. If you went to a girls grammar school then I would remove the name of the school and replace with “secondary school education,” tbh, I would do that to all your education and just state the level of the qualification that you completed there. I’ve never had to include things I’ve posted online, so I can’t help you there, but from what you’ve said, I wouldn’t include links or references to anything that you’ve posted online unless it’s very general, such as “I am passionate about animal welfare, and frequently encourage others to treat animals better both in person and online.”
When you think you’ve completed the blind CV, give it to someone and ask if they can tell it’s obviously you.

Thank you! I've done those to get rid of age. Do I need to get rid of dates for work experience too if I've done internships, placements, shadowing etc as it could show that I graduated more recently?

With the references to online work, I've done a few interviews/articles so I've gotten rid of any names and just mentioned things like "UK-exclusive interview" and "2000-word article that promoted a specialist's vision" etc.

Reply 3

Phoenixfeather99

18

Original post by ItsAnotherGrad

Thank you! I've done those to get rid of age. Do I need to get rid of dates for work experience too if I've done internships, placements, shadowing etc as it could show that I graduated more recently?

With the references to online work, I've done a few interviews/articles so I've gotten rid of any names and just mentioned things like "UK-exclusive interview" and "2000-word article that promoted a specialist's vision" etc.

I wouldn’t get rid of the work experiences just remove dates that you did them, unless the work experience “screams” personal details. Like volunteering at a women’s rights campaign or being a Boys PE teacher. If you have anything like that reword the experience to something like “current campaign work” and “secondary school PE teacher”
The whole idea of a blind CV is so that the people looking at it don’t have any bias towards age or gender, so everyone is judged equally.
Good luck with the application!

Reply 4

SarcAndSpark

20

Original post by ItsAnotherGrad

Thank you! I've done those to get rid of age. Do I need to get rid of dates for work experience too if I've done internships, placements, shadowing etc as it could show that I graduated more recently?

With the references to online work, I've done a few interviews/articles so I've gotten rid of any names and just mentioned things like "UK-exclusive interview" and "2000-word article that promoted a specialist's vision" etc.

I would get rid of your graduation date, and for work experience put the amount of time you were employed for each position. TBH, they will probably still have some idea of your age from the amount of work history you have.

So e.g. instead of writing XX- editor Jan 2018-Sept 2019, I'd put something like XX- editor 18 months.

Alternatively, you could just list employment with no reference for how long you were employed. However, I'd still make a clear distinction between anything paid or unpaid and make it clear if something was just short term work experience.

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