Kindly scrutinise my CV!

The font slays it for me, sorry to be picky but it looks like your printer has imploded back through the usb cable and somehow formed letters
 
the grammar is pretty bad in it tbh.

You 'developed competent skills'. What is an incompetent skill???

You 'enjoy reading a wide range of books'. How do books have a range?

starting 'I also...' after a semicolon seems pretty wrong to me.

'Socialising music and swimming'. How is that a sentence?

Yes, I can understand what you mean, but you haven't written what you mean.
 
Aye, CV should be spot on for grammar and spelling. I have my Fiancée check mine thoroughly because she's much better at that than me. Suggest you cut down a lot of the waffle, bullet point and highlight your best parts (like a powerpoint presentation) and then get some grammar nazi to crucify it. Any mistakes in grammar/spelling are unacceptable on a CV because you've had unlimited time to perfect it. This piece of paper represents you.

here is my CV as an example of 'another' style. Not saying it's how it should be, but look at the differences. Take what you like.

http://www.2shared.com/document/LR3vxS2f/examplecv.html
 
meghatronic said:
lolwut?

The point is to be succinct; if it's seven pages, it's seven pages.
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Unless you've had publications or research in journals or some super-hotshot work exp then you should be able to fit everything in one page. no one is going to read two pages for junior/starter/medium roles.

You can check with recruiters or read any website on cv preparation. If, however, you prefer to send "7-page" cvs be my guest, each one to their own I guess. If you seriously think that a person who is recruiting and is getting dozens and dozens of cvs for a position is going to read through multi-page cvs you are sadly mistaken. You got 30 seconds before your CV goes into the "interesting" pile or the "no" pile.
 
kgi said:
Unless you've had publications or research in journals or some super-hotshot work exp then you should be able to fit everything in one page. no one is going to read two pages for junior/starter/medium roles.

You can check with recruiters or read any website on cv preparation. If, however, you prefer to send "7-page" cvs be my guest, each one to their own I guess. If you seriously think that a person who is recruiting and is getting dozens and dozens of cvs for a position is going to read through multi-page cvs you are sadly mistaken. You got 30 seconds before your CV goes into the "interesting" pile or the "no" pile.
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Did you miss the word succinct?

It means briefly and clearly expressed :p... if that filters over to 7 pages (as you highlighted, "if you've had publications or research in journals or some super-hotshot work exp")... then it's 7 pages - that was my point!

I have several versions of my CV for different roles, a 1, 2 and 4 page one (yes with publications and research in journals) - and I'm 25.
 
meghatronic said:
Did you miss the word succinct?

It means briefly and clearly expressed :p... if that filters over to 7 pages (as you highlighted, "if you've had publications or research in journals or some super-hotshot work exp")... then it's 7 pages - that was my point!

I have several versions of my CV for different roles, a 1, 2 and 4 page one (yes with publications and research in journals) - and I'm 25.
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Then perhaps you should go and re-read my original post where I explicitly said that 2page cvs are for PhDs or people who have research. I can't see your point quoting me and saying that if some CVs need to be X pages (implying as it turns out research/phd related CVs) then they should be X pages - it's as if you quoted me to disagree by pointing the same thing as I said.
 
Cheers to those who have looked over it. So things that need changing then; what font do people suppose I use? I think arial seems fine. As for the wordiness, I think I'll break it down into bullet points as advised beneath each job, that makes sense.

Regarding the length, I was told that the '1 page rule' was essentially a myth. The one CV workshop I attended whilst at university (probably should have attended more!) pretty much stated that it can be as long as you want, obviously it depends upon how well you fill it!

Amleto said:
You 'enjoy reading a wide range of books'. How do books have a range?
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By genre? Fiction, non-fiction and so on? Or is that still grammatically incorrect?
 
FabienO said:
Aye, CV should be spot on for grammar and spelling. I have my Fiancée check mine thoroughly because she's much better at that than me. Suggest you cut down a lot of the waffle, bullet point and highlight your best parts (like a powerpoint presentation) and then get some grammar nazi to crucify it. Any mistakes in grammar/spelling are unacceptable on a CV because you've had unlimited time to perfect it. This piece of paper represents you.

here is my CV as an example of 'another' style. Not saying it's how it should be, but look at the differences. Take what you like.

http://www.2shared.com/document/LR3vxS2f/examplecv.html
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I love the design of your CV but i think it could be improved by adding a short paragraph at the top explaining what you want and why you are suitable. That way, it gives the employer a quick easy to read summary of you.

I'd also put the education on the 2nd page. Your work experience appears to be the main focal point of your CV, specifically the website developer bit. So maybe you're summary could say something like...

"Whilst working as a freelance website developer, i have been...."
"Therefore i am looking for a role...."

And so on. :)
 
I don't really believe in the "it needs to be 1 page" statement. I've recently graduated from university and mine is 2 pages (also went through it with the university careers dept at uni) and I've had a fair few interviews with all sorts of company's, some well known some not.

I've uploaded a CV/covering letter guide, some people may find it useful: http://uploading.com/files/f198f82d/yourcv.pdf/
 
I agree about the 1 page myth. sh4rk could you upload that again elsewhere possibly? I just tried to download it but it says the daily download limit has been reached, thanks.
 
jidh007 said:
I agree about the 1 page myth. sh4rk could you upload that again elsewhere possibly? I just tried to download it but it says the daily download limit has been reached, thanks.
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Here you go: http://rapidshare.com/files/410354325/yourcv.pdf

I think you're only allowed 10 downloads a day so be quick :)

If anyone else has any recommendations as to where to upload files feel free to make a suggestion.
 
kgi said:
Then perhaps you should go and re-read my original post where I explicitly said that 2page cvs are for PhDs or people who have research.
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They're not though. I'd say 1 is brief (but fine), 2 is right, 2+ is for anything else (be that designer, researcher, evil genius etc..). For instance, I could not include my papers, research, conferences etc. on a 2 page cv.

It seems we're kind of on the same page... my point is, one's cv should be as long as it is.... don't have a limit in mind, just try and be as succinct as possible. Although if 4 pages at junior career stage - you've probably messed up!

sh4rk said:
If anyone else has any recommendations as to where to upload files feel free to make a suggestion.
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Have re-hosted for you:

http://www.2shared.com/document/_2CipvZt/yourcv.html

"Save file to your PC: click here" to anyone unfamiliar with 2shared.
 
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I review cvs as part of my job. I'm in the software industry so YMMV but my points:

- Pretty good, ticks my boxes, all the right content
- 2 pages is fine. I generally see from 1-4 . It doesnt bother me how long it is
- I prefer the first person. its your CV, not an essay. But i don't care
- I don't care what font you use, as long as its not comic sans
- Get rid of 'Curriculum Vitae'
 
There is a lot of information on there that probably isn't relevant. You have a degree, 99% of employers aren't interesting in the fact you got an A in Travel and Tourism at GCSE.

At most you should be saying how many GSCE's you got and the spread of results.

I'm only 4 years out of Uni and don't list any of my GSCE or A-Level results any more.

In regards to the whole how many pages debate, I would - and still do- try and get my CV down to one page. You can bring the font size right down (8pt should be safe) and make best use of the space.
 
Two pages is standard and a reduction to one page would suggest to me an applicant who has done little in their life. To suggest that you require a Phd to go to two pages is ... absurd. I've heard the 2 pages versus 3 or more pages debate before (clue : it's 2) but never a push for going to 1 page.

Unless your only previous experience was a paper boy, I guess.
 
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