Project Manager CV

[DiscoStu]

i can only speak from a testing perspective, but....

when reviewing cv's i spend more time with ones easily laid out, and that are clear. those with too many paragraphs and sentences that ramble see the bin.

bullets, clarity, and putting tools and techniques in the text taking away loads of dead space are what seems to work for me.

three pages MAX

Is that so there's less to copy and paste onto here when you need to ask for opinions about which candidate to go for?

[Dow Jones]

Wilm-slow

Testing! Testing!

[brianbetter]

CVs , a pimps view

As a pimp working on contracts for various sites, the client wants to be able to get to the crux of a CV very quickly. As a project manager (we hate being asked to look for a project manager, it can mean 1 of a 1000 things) you really need to display what area or discipline your expertise lies in, then a decent description of what you have been doing for the past 2 years, anything after that really if filler and will be skimmed over, if not totally ignored by most prospective employers.

If you can't interest them with the first half of the first page, you are normally filled in the round plastic filing cabinet under the desk!

P.S. Don't bother with flashy layouts, graphics and worst of all, pictures of yourself. We don;t care what you look like as long as you can do the job!

[El_Diablo]

i can only speak from a testing perspective, but....

when reviewing cv's i spend more time with ones easily laid out, and that are clear. those with too many paragraphs and sentences that ramble see the bin.

bullets, clarity, and putting tools and techniques in the text taking away loads of dead space are what seems to work for me.

three pages MAX

They let YOU review CV's?

[scooby]

i can only speak from a testing perspective, but....

when reviewing cv's i spend more time with ones easily laid out, and that are clear. those with too many paragraphs and sentences that ramble see the bin.

bullets, clarity, and putting tools and techniques in the text taking away loads of dead space are what seems to work for me.

three pages MAX

different roles tho pal... as a PM i would show Prince2 and the the like at the top, we dont really use tools.

we need to expand on what we've done, what was involved and how we overcame this and that etc...

[Wilmslow]

Ciao all,

I'm currently re-jigging my CV and wondered how much text you PMs put in your job descriptions.

Currently I have a lot of text (4 pages and I feel it's too much) and to be honest I've heard arguments both ways for keeping a bullet pointed summary or a detailed textual summary.

I am gonna get my CV reviewed by a professional company via PCG, but I'd like your thoughts and what you think works well for a Project Managers' CV.

Cheers,

P

i can only speak from a testing perspective, but....

when reviewing cv's i spend more time with ones easily laid out, and that are clear. those with too many paragraphs and sentences that ramble see the bin.

bullets, clarity, and putting tools and techniques in the text taking away loads of dead space are what seems to work for me.

three pages MAX

[poser]

from my £176 recent experience with a CV company - layout and reworded stuff was what i payed for...

[scooby]

Ciao all,

I'm currently re-jigging my CV and wondered how much text you PMs put in your job descriptions.

Currently I have a lot of text (4 pages and I feel it's too much) and to be honest I've heard arguments both ways for keeping a bullet pointed summary or a detailed textual summary.

I am gonna get my CV reviewed by a professional company via PCG, but I'd like your thoughts and what you think works well for a Project Managers' CV.

Cheers,

P

i put a fairly decent description of each role in the last 2years on mine, and bullet point the major stuff. older stuff is bulletted with a brief description. as i'm a transition / techical PM even put details about my previous techies roles (6+yrs ago). mine is 4 four pages, and i feel its too long, however, that has never gone against me. i had mine looked at by professional co once, found they contradicted themselves, and were just trying to get my business. they had one or two good points, and that was around adding bullets and removing some waffle.

[Peter Loew]

For a PM CV you should be able to cut your 4 pages down to a single line that says something like: I possess excellent skills in the ability to execute this question to software developers - "Have you finished that yet?"

To which the response will probably be, 'just need to do a couple more google searches and I'll be done'

[TheRefactornator]

For a PM CV you should be able to cut your 4 pages down to a single line that says something like: I possess excellent skills in the ability to execute this question to software developers - "Have you finished that yet?"

[Peter Loew]

Ciao all,

I'm currently re-jigging my CV and wondered how much text you PMs put in your job descriptions.

Currently I have a lot of text (4 pages and I feel it's too much) and to be honest I've heard arguments both ways for keeping a bullet pointed summary or a detailed textual summary.

I am gonna get my CV reviewed by a professional company via PCG, but I'd like your thoughts and what you think works well for a Project Managers' CV.

Cheers,

P