Executive or Director Level CVs
Discussion
I'm looking to move up the ranks with my next role and so have been busily applying to various IT Director / Head of IT level positions, most of which are less about physical IT skills and more about business acumen and the ability to perform as the link between the Board and the coal-face.
I've not been getting very far with these applications and a couple of specialist recruiters have intimated that the reason for this is likely that my CV is no longer appropriate for the seniority level of the roles I'm applying for. This may very well be the case as it's a CV that I've used for almost 15 years now through most of my career.
It strikes me that the best way of sorting this (short of paying for an expensive professional CV) is to emulate the CV of someone at that level already.
I know we have all levels of people on PH, is there anyone at Director or "A" grade exec level who would be willing to ping me over a copy of their CV (redacted where / if necessary) that I could emulate??
I'd be most grateful.
I've not been getting very far with these applications and a couple of specialist recruiters have intimated that the reason for this is likely that my CV is no longer appropriate for the seniority level of the roles I'm applying for. This may very well be the case as it's a CV that I've used for almost 15 years now through most of my career.
It strikes me that the best way of sorting this (short of paying for an expensive professional CV) is to emulate the CV of someone at that level already.
I know we have all levels of people on PH, is there anyone at Director or "A" grade exec level who would be willing to ping me over a copy of their CV (redacted where / if necessary) that I could emulate??
I'd be most grateful.
mikef said:
Maybe a good starting point would be to achieve a Director position where you are currently? Someone looking at your CV may be thinking "Derek's current company doesn't think he's Director-level, I'm not sure I want to take a chance that he can step up"
Another possibility - I stepped up from Director by taking on a senior interim management role (approached on LinkedIn) for a year, which established a level of responsibility and compensation
Sadly not an option Mike, the company I work for is too small to have that level, I am already the most senior IT person here and report directly to the board, as I have done at my previous companies also.Another possibility - I stepped up from Director by taking on a senior interim management role (approached on LinkedIn) for a year, which established a level of responsibility and compensation
911sse said:
Congrats, only out of interest, did you take up any of these stands of advice? Or, how did you manage to make the 'jump' in the end?
A little bit of Fat80b's advice above (reduced the CV to 2 pages) but it was a head-hunt situation in the end so I didn't actually have time to do much more. I guess the interviews did the trick but either way 2022 sees my career move on another level which is great.Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff