Minimum contract length to put on CV?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

My CV says...Director, MyCo, Jan 2009 - Present.

But then, I'm not often asked to see my CV. Of somebody wants a list of projects I've worked on or clients I will just tell them.

[ShandyDrinker]

I've never ever understood why you shouldn't have gaps in your cv or spells of short term contracts.
One of the benefits of contracting is that it puts you in a privileged position to pick and choose when & where you work. I put all my gigs on my cv but don't worry a jot about taking 8 weeks work here, 4 weeks work there or even taking a 6 month break anytime I want. I've never had problems from pimps (or compainies) with this at all - it's why I went contracting.

I agree with this.

Isn't part of the attraction of contracting to be able to take breaks if that is how you like to operate or work every day of the year too if you so desire?

[kingcook]

The guys recruiting where I am seem to view lots of short contracts (few months here and there) as a bad sign. But they don't really know the difference between a contractor & a permie - hence me having done about about 4 weeks worth of work in the last year

Wait til you meet a client that thinks long term contracts are a bad sign. In their eyes, you could have spent a long time at past clients because you're slow and thus would cost them more money.

[BolshieBastard]

I never put anything less than 10 - 13 weeks on my cv when I was contracting. Stupid agents would always ask 'why didnt you stay longer, what went wrong?'

[RetSet]

I had 1 gig of around 4 weeks that didn't make it on to my CV. Stupid ex Andersons PMs (a husband & wife team) It would have been difficult not to be rude about them at subsequent interviews. It just disappreared thus -

Gig 1 ended Feb 7th
Gig with ExAndersonTossers Feb 17 - March 14
Gig 3 March 31st onwards

CV says -
Gig 1 ended Feb
Gig 3 started March

What gap?

[CheeseSlice]

I never put anything less than 10 - 13 weeks on my cv when I was contracting. Stupid agents would always ask 'why didnt you stay longer, what went wrong?'

Actually those agents are the ones I like to avoid. I think they just want contractors that will take on bum in seat IR35-caught contracts that go on forever. I on the other hand want contracts that I know will end and have some unambiguous objective or deliverable.