Originally posted by d000hg
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Any CV that is more than 2 pages long is too long.
I've worked with HR folk before that print CVs double sided on one piece of paper. Anything that doesn't fit on one sheet is deleted. So, it's not always just that it's too long to read.
No-one has more than 2 pages of relavent experience, not at the summary level of a CV. Unless you're using a big font.
Or wide spacingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostHave you asked SY01 for advice on this?Comment
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My CV is 5 Pages
1st page is a summary of my skills and expertise and current gig, then detail of previous gigs.
Had 2 months down time in 16 years contracting.Comment
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This debate goes on all the time and so many people miss the point as to be untrue. More than one person whose job it is, is to review job applications has told me its a fallacy about reducing the length of your cv unless there's a lot of irrelevant info in there.
Its not the length(!) of your cv that matters, its the ability of the first page to grab the reader's attention and make then look at the rest of it.
If they dont like what they see in the first few seconds (as much as between 6 to 10 seconds), your cv will be in the bin irrespective of whether its 2, 3 or 10 pages.
Page 1 is your selling point. Subsequent pages are the more informed detail.
Anyone saying a 2 page cv is too long is just talking bollocks.Last edited by BolshieBastard; 14 March 2015, 10:59.I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!Comment
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Originally posted by RoastedSlopes View PostMy CV is 5 Pages
1st page is a summary of my skills and expertise and current gig, then detail of previous gigs.
Had 2 months down time in 16 years contracting.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostThis debate goes on all the time and so many people miss the point as to be untrue. More than one person whose job it is, is to review job applications has told me its a fallacy about reducing the length of your cv unless there's a lot of irrelevant info in there.
Its not the length(!) of your cv that matters, its the ability of the first page to grab the reader's attention and make then look at the rest of it.
If they dont like what they see in the first few seconds (as much as between 6 to 10 seconds), your cv will be in the bin irrespective of whether its 2, 3 or 10 pages.
Page 1 is your selling point. Subsequent pages are the more informed detail.
Anyone saying a 2 page cv is too long is just talking bollocks.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostGuess you will be taking the advice on here and changing that then?Comment
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