Agent doesn't understand CVs so KISS!!!

[sydb]

in most case's things you did 10 years ago bear no relevance to what you might be doing today

Strange thing to say. What I did 10 years ago built the foundations for what I'm doing now, and surely that's widely applicable. Yes I work in different technology areas now but it's more of a specialism of what I did before (I now do WAS/MQ, I used to do network, firewalls, UNIX admin, web servers, Lotus Notes for my sins) and I'm always glad I've had the rounded experience in IT which my CV demonstrates.

I wouldn't be happy if my clients thought I was a one-trick pony.

[darmstadt]

If you don't try to make "one CV to fit all" and tailor them correctly no one should have a problem fitting things into 3 pages, especially as in most case's things you did 10 years ago bear no relevance to what you might be doing today

I don't really agree with that as things I did 20 years ago are still very relevant today and in some cases people are still using the applications and/or operating systems. Admittedly I have cut down the detail but when clients see my CV they tend to see someone who has had a wealth of experience, in a variety of industries with a multitude of OS'es and applications which will bring them benefits.

Remember most agents have absolutely no idea what all that bumpf is on your CV yet the end customer will and if they're any good and your CV makes for an interesting read then you may well get the gig quicker than a flimsy thought out page 3'er

[Svalbaard]

Strange thing to say. What I did 10 years ago built the foundations for what I'm doing now, and surely that's widely applicable. Yes I work in different technology areas now but it's more of a specialism of what I did before (I now do WAS/MQ, I used to do network, firewalls, UNIX admin, web servers, Lotus Notes for my sins) and I'm always glad I've had the rounded experience in IT which my CV demonstrates.

I wouldn't be happy if my clients thought I was a one-trick pony.

I'd agree with this, but I do keep these roles down to two or three lines.

I get to review lots of CVs as a contractor at my current client co for both permie and contractor roles. Most of them are laughable and it does make you wonder what carp gets filtered by the agencies before submission.

[Mr Crosby]

How hard is it to bin all the tulip CV's, it's not as though there is a shortage of staff out there at the moment.

[malvolio]

How hard is it to bin all the tulip CV's, it's not as though there is a shortage of staff out there at the moment.

Go look at my Blog. I recently tried to explain why the CV for the agency and the CV for the hiring manager are mutually incompatible. What we need is 3D CVs...