CV Help

[Claw75]

Thanks for all the advice and to those who have taken a look at the doc for me.  I'm down to 2 3/4 pages now.  Will I get away with that?

[AndrewT]

Thanks for all the advice and to those who have taken a look at the doc for me.  I'm down to 2 3/4 pages now.  Will I get away with that?

Still too long.

2 pages max and, even then, anything which makes you hireworthy should be on page 1.

[Jon MW]

Thanks for all the advice and to those who have taken a look at the doc for me.  I'm down to 2 3/4 pages now.  Will I get away with that?

Still too long.

2 pages max and, even then, anything which makes you hireworthy should be on page 1.

I'd agree.

Possibly you should bear in mind that you'll usually have a covering letter with a CV, so you don't need to go into detail over things which might be in that.

Also you can mention things like job responsibilities in your CV - but don't bother going into extensive detail as that can be covered in an interview.

(just guessing what might be padding it out - for all I know you could just have a couple of pages of doodles)

[Claw75]

Thanks for all the advice and to those who have taken a look at the doc for me.  I'm down to 2 3/4 pages now.  Will I get away with that?

Still too long.

2 pages max and, even then, anything which makes you hireworthy should be on page 1.

grrr - starting to wish I'd only ever had one job - would be much easier

[gatso]

Thanks for all the advice and to those who have taken a look at the doc for me.  I'm down to 2 3/4 pages now.  Will I get away with that?

any time I've had a pile of cvs to go through the likelihood is that I would've just binned a 3 pager tbh.

the front page may get a cursory glance but it's just as likely that it wouldn't, nobody wants to waste time reading through something that long.

[Claw75]

I think I can probably manage it down to 2 pages with formatting, just didn't want it to looked too cramped. 

[Jon MW]

I think I can probably manage it down to 2 pages with formatting, just didn't want it to looked too cramped. 

Probably best to cut it down with editing rather than formatting.

[AndrewT]

I think I can probably manage it down to 2 pages with formatting, just didn't want it to looked too cramped. 

Probably best to cut it down with editing rather than formatting.

Yes, the idea is not to put down everything you've ever done, in the hope something will stick.

Think about what an employer would actually be interested in.

[gatso]

I think I can probably manage it down to 2 pages with formatting, just didn't want it to looked too cramped. 

Probably best to cut it down with editing rather than formatting.

this

the other thing that would make me bin a cv without reading is if it has a shit layout

you don't need your life history, there's nothing wrong with leaving an employer with questions about you, in fact you want them to ask you questions about you, that's what we call an interview

as long as you get the most important bits in you can cut all the crap out

[Claw75]

lol I have cut loads of crap out!  Just changing it to single line spacing has got it down to under 2 pages.

[Simon Galloway]

white space - good
<2 pages - good
evidence of achievements - good
re-hash to bring job-specific demands to top - good
clean driving licence - baaad (unless you are applying to drive a van)

[Claw75]

CV is now doing the rounds of local employment agencies.  Spotted what looks like a great opportunity today - Customer Services Manager at an expanding company - job description and person specification nicely almost identical to my CV.  To top it off, the money isn't bad and, even better, it's in Ruislip!  Fingers crossed for me please!

[Colchester Kev]

GL Mentalist xx

[booder]

gl Claire.Be lucky.

[Wardonkey]