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    #11
    Originally posted by GillsMan View Post
    10 pages?! Yeah, I think some agents might say it's too long, the rest might just not bother saying anything at all. Crikey, even with your depth of experience, 10 pages is way too long I'd have thought. Maybe try to get it down to 4 pages for a start and then see how that pans out?
    So much bull about cv's. Mines 7 pages long. Only once did an agent tell me to cut it down to 2 (or 3 max). I said no. So they didn't put me forward. Got the job via another agent.

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      #12
      Originally posted by cojak View Post
      That's a perrmie contract.
      Funny thing is that I have always landed contracts with it But I always wondered if you keep all the contract you have worked on from when you started on it. I mean 11 years, even at 2 contracts per year, would amount to 22 projects.

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        #13
        Someone should point out that if he gets a cv in word format and it comes out on blue paper that's not really the fault of the person who sent it.

        Do you think he gets a contractor in to refill the printer with paper?
        While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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          #14
          I'm actually a firm believer of 'If it ain't broke don't fix it'.

          But then I get extensions...
          "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
          - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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            #15
            Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
            I think the point is, he doesn't want to forward CV's which are badly spelt. The article was for YOUR benefit not his; badly spelt, written and presented CV's hit the bin.
            What's really sad though, is this agent didn't realise he'd set the language default to Welsh, so it was all badly spelt.
            Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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              #16
              Originally posted by cojak View Post
              I'm actually a firm believer of 'If it ain't broke don't fix it'.

              But then I get extensions...
              So true! But then again, no limits for improvement Already thinking of the new "killer CV" for 2012

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                #17
                Originally posted by farout117 View Post
                So true! But then again, no limits for improvement Already thinking of the new "killer CV" for 2012
                CV's are old hat anyway.

                I send clients a link to my YouTube video resume. You'd be amazed at the success rate
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                  CV's are old hat anyway.

                  I send clients a link to my YouPorn video resume. You'd be amazed at the success rate
                  FTFY
                  Coffee's for closers

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                    FTFY
                    I worry about your mind sometimes
                    Last edited by alreadypacked; 11 November 2011, 15:49.
                    Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                      CV's are old hat anyway.

                      I send clients a link to my YouTube video resume. You'd be amazed at the success rate
                      Oh, some of those are brilliant!
                      "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                      - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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