A little advice on my CV?

**d000hg** · 8 April 2010, 18:26

Firstly, is there any reason to anonymise my skills/expereince?

So, I think the first section KEY SKILLS is kind of pointless, very vague... but then I don't know what they're looking for.
MAIN AREAS OF EXPERIENCE I think needs to be near the top as a summary of what I have done without being unreadable.
What about the acronymn-fest? I think it's needed, but where should it go?
I like the breakdown of contracts, a sentence or two then bullet-points of tech, etc.
I have my name and contact details only in the page header... does anyone care? Should I put a nice little section 'about' me or 'mission statement' like I see so often and think is lame?

Thoughts?

**Worzel** · 8 April 2010, 19:28

It may seem lame but I think it's expected to have a "profile" section right at the top which should say very clearly on the first sentence exactly what it is that you do. That was the best advice one hiring manager gave me many years ago. Agents seem to like it too as they get too many responses as it is so will skim read everything.

In this market if they don't see what they want on page 1 they'll never bother reading page 2.

**malvolio** · 8 April 2010, 21:09

Quick answer - Don't tell me what you know, tell me what you've done.

Basically I want to see a quick summary of who you are as a supplier of expertise, what are your key skills relevant to the job in hand, what are your key career achievements and what is your history; last three gigs in detail, summaries of the rest.

If you have professional qualifications then mention them, but they only really impress agencies, not hirers.

**malvolio** · 9 April 2010, 07:04

As always, there's some musings about this on the blog...

http://www.lpwcs.com/wordpress/2009/...t-for-purpose/

A little advice on my CV?