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Yep. Very very few recruiters will ever get passed the first page..."If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier" -
I agree, like I say its laziness and the use of cut, paste and modify that has made it so long rather than my love of the english language.Originally posted by DBA_bloke View PostI have seen CVs discarded, owing to being too long. And 8 pages is well on the way to being a fecking novel.
I had a spell vetting CVs for a big Co and came up with a new arbitray method each day, preferably as unfair as possible.Comment
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arbitrayOriginally posted by rootsnall View PostI agree, like I say its laziness and the use of cut, paste and modify that has made it so long rather than my love of the english language.
I had a spell vetting CVs for a big Co and came up with a new arbitray method each day, preferably as unfair as possible.
(not one that involved spelling then?)
"If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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You missed your own mistake at the top of the page !Originally posted by daviejones View Postarbitray
(not one that involved spelling then?) 
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Probably, I am a very lazy typist on here.....which one was it?Originally posted by rootsnall View PostYou missed your own mistake at the top of the page !"If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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More of a wrong word or a word in the wrong context than a spelling mistake if you want to be pedantic though....Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
past"If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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More of a wrong word, or a word in the wrong context, than a spelling mistake, if you want to be pedantic, though....Originally posted by daviejones View PostMore of a wrong word or a word in the wrong context than a spelling mistake if you want to be pedantic though....Comment
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Very good, you copied it out...wicked.Originally posted by DBA_bloke View PostMore of a wrong word, or a word in the wrong context, than a spelling mistake, if you want to be pedantic, though...."If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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