CV Refresh

[pojka]

After writing that post above, the very next role I applied for resulted in a grilling on my (lack of) education, and the shortness of my 2 page CV by the agent, and then another grilling on my lack of education by the client - sod's law.

Got the gig though! After 6 hours of interviews with 5 different individuals...

[ChrisPackit]

Beleive it or not, my CV is 5 pages long, has school / college / degree stuff on there, and all my previous roles going back nearly 20 years. Funny thing is, is that the agents always compliment me on having a strong CV and it's always done the business when getting a role...touch wood, never benched in 12 years of contracting...

So all this BS about a 2 page CV.... I'm just gonna keep adding to the bottom of it till it reaches 20 pages, THEN I might think about cutting it down.

In my opinion, the top and bottom of it is I don't think there is a wrong and right way of doing it, it's just what the agent / client is looking for.

[RichardCranium]

In my opinion, the top and bottom of it is I don't think there is a wrong and right way of doing it, it's just what the agent / client is looking for.

I agree.

While most agents want a 2 page CV, some agents working in niche fields, and some employers, want far more detail.

There are the allegorical tales of people working in academic or specialist fields with 12 to 20 page CVs, submitted on heavy paper and nicely bound. But if you're a generic PM / BA / C programmer, that would just be silly.

[SimonMac]

Dunno if it was the CV refresh or just post Christmas surge in the market but I have been offered two jobs, one permmie and one a 6 month contract