Format of CV's

PaulStat · 26 Mar 2006 at 15:43

I remember being told in School/Uni that CV's should stick to 2 pages only.

After being in the real world for 18 months this now seems a bit ridiculous, surely if you have more experience it's best to flaunt it in your CV?

PaulStat · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:15

Matt said:
Mine is one page... and that contains the basics: contact, skills, education (gcses/alevels/uni), 3 jobs, etc...

There's no point in putting info on there that's not relevant to the positon you're applying to.

I have Contact details. Profile, Qualifications, Skills, Interests, Employment History and Referees.

At the moment it takes up just over 2 pages.

PaulStat · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:46

Ok two pages it shall be then. As for the contents of it, i've heard people on here say things like, cut out the Profile, Interests and Referees.

Interests and referees I can understand, but the Profile? Isn't it a good thing to provide a brief description of what you currently do?

My current job I got with the format I mentioned above.

Edit:

For example my fairly short profile:

I have 18 months experience in a software development company, which develops document management software for dealing with large volumes of customer data from the composition right through to the printing/mailing of the documents. I deal with the requirements of large companies such as Astron, BT, Three mobile, Pitney Bowes (Finland) and Nationwide on a daily basis. This has given me vast experience in understanding the needs of the customer and being able to deliver.

As part of my responsibilities, I am expected to be on 24 hour support from time to time. If problems occur at a client site they may call the support line, upon receiving the call it is then my task to solve the issue in order for them to meet their strict print schedules.

PaulStat · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:01

Matt said:
Should that be in your employment section? as that's not a profile about you, it's what you did on that job.

I view it as an attention grabber at the start of my CV to say what I am currently doing.

I see little point in a profile along the lines of "My name is Paul I am 25, very nice, and I have good communication skills, easy to work with....." etc.