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    #31
    Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post
    SY - just a couple of tips. Use them if you want.

    Try and trim some of the guff from your CV. I dont think agents/clients are interested in things like "one month extension offered" etc.

    Also
    Try and do

    Position - Company June '14 - July '14
    Technicall Skills: X, Y, Z

    Yours is reading COMPANY (quite large)
    Date
    Position

    Then some stuff

    And finally the skills used.

    You need to highlight the skills right at the start of each position because otherwise it just gets lost in all the other words
    or at the very least highlight the skills within the text. for instance I was chief bedwetter cleaner using mop and ajax....
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #32
      Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
      I can help with that bullet.
      Please do.
      It will make him STFU and save the rest of us from the endless bollocks, double postings and inane threads.

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        #33
        Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post
        SY - just a couple of tips. Use them if you want.

        Try and trim some of the guff from your CV. I dont think agents/clients are interested in things like "one month extension offered" etc.

        Also
        Try and do

        Position - Company June '14 - July '14
        Technicall Skills: X, Y, Z

        Yours is reading COMPANY (quite large)
        Date
        Position

        Then some stuff

        And finally the skills used.

        You need to highlight the skills right at the start of each position because otherwise it just gets lost in all the other words
        Sorry 5*, you're reading the 8 pager. I did mention this was trimmed to 2 pages and does incorporate the changes you suggest.

        I can send you the 2 pager if you PM me, if you like.

        If MF could stop acting like a spoilt teenager it would be great as its getting pretty sickening for a supposed high flier.
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #34
          I've not used my CV for years, but I always kept it to no more than 4 pages. Nowadays, I generally trade on my name and reputation.
          Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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            #35
            Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
            Sorry 5*, you're reading the 8 pager. I did mention this was trimmed to 2 pages and does incorporate the changes you suggest.

            I can send you the 2 pager if you PM me, if you like.

            If MF could stop acting like a spoilt teenager it would be great as its getting pretty sickening for a supposed high flier.
            I'm having brekkie. This is like thumbing the pages of the New York Times cartoon section.



            That;s the type of CV you want.
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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              #36
              Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
              I've not used my CV for years, but I always kept it to no more than 4 pages. Nowadays, I generally trade on cards in my local phone box.
              ftfy
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #37
                Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                Er no Ted. Past 18 months is verbose ish then it goes one liners for a couple of years then just names and dates after that.
                Also if you trim off the really old stuff, it makes you look younger and hence more chance to get an interview
                Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.

                No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.

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                  #38
                  Ok enoughs enough.

                  I'm clearly not cut out to be a CUKer. I'll say cheerio and all the best.

                  Suity
                  Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                    Ok enoughs enough.

                    I'm clearly not cut out to be a CUKer. I'll say cheerio and all the best.

                    Suity

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                      Ok enoughs enough.

                      I'm clearly not cut out to be a CUKer. I'll say cheerio and all the best.



                      Suity
                      ftfy
                      What happens in General, stays in General.
                      You know what they say about assumptions!

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