How long is your CV?

[OwlHoot]

Mine is about 20 pages - Works for me

But I send people the first four, with a note at the end saying "More details available on request".

[MyUserName]

+1

And plenty of tags in white text

And a picture of yourself in speedos

[FiveTimes]

Mine is 3 pages but I might try and trim it down an add a bit more flavour for some roles

[redgiant]

Mine is down to three pages from four. I've bullet pointed a lot of things now which makes it easier to produce multiple versions for each type of role I apply for.

[minestrone]

3 pages, first is a cover sheet really, contact details, education.

Work is 4 lines per gig, brief and to the point, the people who will be reading it will be interested in the client, the title , the dates and a couple of lines on what I was doing, more is counter productive. They should be smart enough to figure out the level I am at from that.

[BolshieBastard]

Mine is down to three pages from four. I've bullet pointed a lot of things now which makes it easier to produce multiple versions for each type of role I apply for.

Mine's 3 pages in Calibri 9 font. Its a decent size font not too big or small and let's you get enough information in.

Page 1 is profile, skills and achievements. Page 2, last three jobs bullet pointed. Page 3, bulleted one liners for past roles.

Dont really see how a 2 pager works if anyone's been contracting for more than 10 years.

Not convinced on the different cv versions for different roles unless an agent asks for your cv for a particular role. Just be careful if your profile is on LI that there's no discrepancy between it (LI) and your cv.

Lots of agents will view an LI profile and once you forward your cv to them, I suspect they'd do some sort of cross reference.

[BolshieBastard]

3 pages, first is a cover sheet really, contact details, education.

Work is 4 lines per gig, brief and to the point, the people who will be reading it will be interested in the client, the title , the dates and a couple of lines on what I was doing, more is counter productive. They should be smart enough to figure out the level I am at from that.

The problem is not the client, its the agents.

I dont bother with education stuff. I left school decades ago!

[MarillionFan]

Just been paring mine down a bit, was running to 7 pages

And I had to put my shiny new Prince2 qualification on there.

Anyone top 7 pages long?

Can anyone spot the connection between this statement and Suity not getting replies to his applications?

Just asking like.

[d000hg]

I dont bother with education stuff.

None of us were in any doubt.

[Lockhouse]

Three pages, first page is a summary, next two pages I give the last couple of contracts in detail then anything over 5 years old is a one liner.