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Previously on "CV six years out of date."

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Just add these lines to your experience section:

    2010-2016 Permanent Wage Slave

    * Spent every hour of every day working for my employer
    * Grew fat on crappy hotel food and lack of exercise due to spending all my hours in airports
    * Work consisted of so much BS I've lost any skills I had
    * Looking for anything at all in desperation.

    Simples.
    Thanks. Put that, and got an interview as your new boss later tomorrow.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    Never more than a few months. My CV is important to me - even if in role and relatively secure. I like to know I have it ready to send to someone if required; even if for speculative purposes (or 'networking', ugh).


    Cos I'm a contractor, not a perm. Like you were.


    Or a perm in disguise. Like you were.
    Similar. As soon as I have achievements at my current clientco that make the cv worth updating, it gets updated. So, yeah, not changed it for four years

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  • MaryPoppins
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    Never more than a few months. My CV is important to me - even if in role and relatively secure. I like to know I have it ready to send to someone if required; even if for speculative purposes (or 'networking', ugh).


    Cos I'm a contractor, not a perm. Like you were.


    Or a perm in disguise. Like you were.

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  • sasguru
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    Just add these lines to your experience section:

    2010-2016 Permanent Wage Slave

    * Spent every hour of every day working for my employer
    * Grew fat on crappy hotel food and lack of exercise due to spending all my hours in airports
    * Work consisted of so much BS I've lost any skills I had
    * Looking for anything at all in desperation.

    Simples.

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    PM Suity.

    He has had plenty of practice with CVs.
    He may just have time to turn yours around, when he isn't saving the world

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Just fired up my old contracting machine to get a CV and it's so slow, now having to performance tune the whole thing first.


    Sheesh.
    Excellent - you can add performance tuning to your CV.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Just fired up my old contracting machine to get a CV and it's so slow, now having to performance tune the whole thing first.


    Sheesh.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

    Oh bugger.

    Looks like I haven't needed one since 2010, having done a two year contract, then a 4.5 year contract to perm where I got hired by an old boss.

    What a faff. What's the longest you've had between updating a CV?
    Me too. Been at the last couple of gigs since 2011, and starting back at the previous clientco at the end of this month.

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  • mudskipper
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    Get someone to do it for you. If you haven't already, attend one of the CV and interview advisers webinars.

    http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...-profiles.html

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  • scooterscot
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    Last year. I search for work even if I have no availability. Networking

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  • missinggreenfields
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    Last one is dated May 2012

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Oh bugger.

    Looks like I haven't needed one since 2010, having done a two year contract, then a 4.5 year contract to perm where I got hired by an old boss.

    What a faff. What's the longest you've had between updating a CV?
    Last one is dated 2011. So five years.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Oh bugger.

    Looks like I haven't needed one since 2010, having done a two year contract, then a 4.5 year contract to perm where I got hired by an old boss.

    What a faff. What's the longest you've had between updating a CV?
    Isn't that more you need a new CV....

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  • MarillionFan
    started a topic CV six years out of date.

    CV six years out of date.

    Oh bugger.

    Looks like I haven't needed one since 2010, having done a two year contract, then a 4.5 year contract to perm where I got hired by an old boss.

    What a faff. What's the longest you've had between updating a CV?

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