Originally posted by GillsMan
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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. -
Funny thing is that I have always landed contracts with itOriginally posted by cojak View PostThat's a perrmie contract.
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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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.'Comment
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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...Comment
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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.Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostI 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.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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So true! But then again, no limits for improvementOriginally posted by cojak View PostI'm actually a firm believer of 'If it ain't broke don't fix it'.
But then I get extensions...
Already thinking of the new "killer CV" for 2012
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CV's are old hat anyway.Originally posted by farout117 View PostSo true! But then again, no limits for improvement
Already thinking of the new "killer CV" for 2012 
I send clients a link to my YouTube video resume. You'd be amazed at the success rate
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FTFYOriginally posted by TheFaQQer View PostCV's are old hat anyway.
I send clients a link to my YouPorn video resume. You'd be amazed at the success rate
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I worry about your mind sometimesOriginally posted by Spacecadet View PostFTFY
Last edited by alreadypacked; 11 November 2011, 15:49.Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Oh, some of those are brilliant!Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostCV's are old hat anyway.
I send clients a link to my YouTube video resume. You'd be amazed at the success rate
"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...Comment
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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?
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