Is having a 1-page CV the holy grail?
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Pulse said:
ewenm said:
2 pages. Save space by leaving off the references - available on request. Put contact details in the header. Summarise your project work and go into more detail if required at interview.
Exactly. Headline figures, reporting structures (to and from), and key achievements. oyster said:
Pulse said:
ewenm said:
2 pages. Save space by leaving off the references - available on request. Put contact details in the header. Summarise your project work and go into more detail if required at interview.
Exactly. Headline figures, reporting structures (to and from), and key achievements. oyster said:
Pulse said:
ewenm said:
2 pages. Save space by leaving off the references - available on request. Put contact details in the header. Summarise your project work and go into more detail if required at interview.
Exactly. Headline figures, reporting structures (to and from), and key achievements. 
Only appropriate for certain employers and utterly useless if someone wants to print it out.My CV is 4 pages.
However, everything you would need to know is on page 1. The other 3 contain evidence supporting page 1
A CV is a sales brochure. There's no point leaving stuff out that would make someone want the product just to make it shorter. You need to grab them on page 1 and impress them on the following pages.
However, everything you would need to know is on page 1. The other 3 contain evidence supporting page 1
A CV is a sales brochure. There's no point leaving stuff out that would make someone want the product just to make it shorter. You need to grab them on page 1 and impress them on the following pages.
I have always found two pages works best but it all depends on a number of things.
I helped someone who was doing a University degree around creative arts develop a CV made up on one page, whilst I focused on the content - she came up with designs and creative 'stuff' which made it look like a photoshop heaven and I thought it was brilliant. Two weeks later she had an interview for a reputable marketing company and still works there now I believe.
Its all down to personal preference, personally as a PM, if you have decent experience then two pages should be just right.
I helped someone who was doing a University degree around creative arts develop a CV made up on one page, whilst I focused on the content - she came up with designs and creative 'stuff' which made it look like a photoshop heaven and I thought it was brilliant. Two weeks later she had an interview for a reputable marketing company and still works there now I believe.
Its all down to personal preference, personally as a PM, if you have decent experience then two pages should be just right.
Stick to 2 pages any more and its likely to go straight in the bin remember the people who are reading them will be reading thousands, well not exactly reading them the first sift they will take seconds to skim each one and won't get off the first page, the next sift might take a look at page 2 but they are rarely going to get to pages 3, 4 etc...
Really depends on what you're doing. In techie trades 3-4 pages isn't a massive problem for a general CV (eg recruitment websites and agencies) so long as you've got the important stuff on page 1. If page 1 grabs their attention they'll look through the rest of it for the relevant details. However if you you're applying for a specific job you should be able to get it down to 2 pages by triming out all the non relevant stuff.
I'd echo the rest - you get about 10 seconds to grab a recruiter the first time, so your CV has to have th e relevant keywords in the first half.
Then they'll read more to get a better feel and the first two pages will do that nicely. I take it you're doing a chronological CV, not a functional one? Although to be fair, this advice works for both.
More pages don't necessarily hurt, as long as the first two hit all the right buttons.
Then they'll read more to get a better feel and the first two pages will do that nicely. I take it you're doing a chronological CV, not a functional one? Although to be fair, this advice works for both.
More pages don't necessarily hurt, as long as the first two hit all the right buttons.
mondeoman said:
I take it you're doing a chronological CV, not a functional one? Although to be fair, this advice works for both.
More pages don't necessarily hurt, as long as the first two hit all the right buttons.
If I do functional I'll definitely stick to 1 page.More pages don't necessarily hurt, as long as the first two hit all the right buttons.
I am always reading how executive CVs tend to be 1 page and techie CVs are much longer. I'm not a techie.
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