Career development

Director of CV Writers, Neville Rose, shares insight into common mistakes that people tend to make on their CV and what you can do to avoid falling foul of the traps

Pre-reg optometrist at Specsavers Cribbs Causeway, Daniel Chung, on his pre-reg experiences three months into his placement

Second-year optometry student at the University of Plymouth and AOP student rep, Caroline Mansfield (pictured), tells OT  about her work experience so far and her future career plans

Optometrist Madeline Hocking and professional services consultant at Visioncall Dr Scott Mackie discuss the domiciliary eye care company’s dementia-friendly training programme

Optometrist and director of professional services at OutsideClinic, Nick Wingate (pictured), discusses his career and passion for providing domiciliary eye care

Zest Optical’s Steve McMurray discusses how to excel at the interview stage and the importance of the CV

Pre-reg optometrist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Tamara Hasan, discusses how she secured a hospital pre-reg and her experiences to date

Optometrist and AOP clinical advisor, Kevin Wallace, discusses scenario-based assessments of ethical dilemmas

Professional adviser to the Optical Consumer Complaints Service, Richard Edwards, discusses the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of handling complaints from patients

Discussing teamwork and the handover in practice with optometrist and OT  clinical multimedia editor, Ceri Smith-Jaynes