Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke
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career break on the CV?
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Originally posted by shoes View PostIf you were an employee consultant at EDS you'd just put that wouldn't you, not 2 weeks here, 9 months there etc etc.
My CV details the permie time working for Oracle, and each individual project after that.
If you want to put some kind of experience down, rather than holiday time, put your company down and tell the agent that you can't go into more detail because it was covered by an NDA.Comment
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Put "Career break" down with the dates, and a bullet point under it stating "see end of CV for details".
I have this on my CV and have not had any issues. In many cases the hiring managers are often more interested in what I have been doing, than talking about the work that they want me to do.
Good luck.Sval-Baard Consulting Ltd - we're not satisfied until you're not satisfied.
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