CV help

[ClinkatyClank]

On a CV, how old should the employment history date back too ? I want to add my current role, but am running out of space as I dont want my CV to go more then 3 2 pages.

[ClinkatyClank]

I mean i dont want my CV to go more than 2 pages.

[10ClarionSt]

List your last 3 years then add that further employment details can be supplied/discussed at interview.

[Bambiagain]

If you can show what you've been doing all your working life (ie proving there are no gaps) it is a good thing, but a brief one-liner of jobs that are in the past and maybe not relevant to your application is usually enough (1980-1983 working for Company X as Y, for instance)

[VHG]

As you go further back you need less and less info for each job.

No point in putting in 5 lines of job spec of what you did when you were 16 working in McDonalds for example.

I checked my daughters CV the other day. She is 25 and had written 6 "bullet points" for a job she was in for 3 years, and 7 "bullet points" for a job she did before that that lasted only 3 months.

I suggested she reduce the 7 bullet points for the old job to 2 or 3 bullet points

[joko]

if the jobs are pretty self explanatory by the title you dont need any explanation really,
and if you do, just write a basic list of job tasks - like data input, reception duties, stock control etc
dont write it in 'prose' like - i was responsible for doing this when that happened and making sure so and so was ... etc

how old are you? you can get rid of a lot of stuff from when you were a teenager or stuff regarding school exams.

if you do different jobs, consider creating 2-3 CVs separating the stuff.
you can always overlap wth some things and make reference to the other stuff in and opening statement
i work freelance in 3 depts and i have about 10 CVs... and i make reference to my skills in the other linked depts - it shows versatility and transferrable skills.

it is also fine to go over 3 page if necessary - if its 3 pages of waffle then no, but if each role is relevant and important, then include it ... no company is going to say "well, they are perfect candidate, just what we need - but their CV was 6 lines too long, so they are out" ... are they?

also consider reformatting it - i have no formatting on my CV, it gets too awkward to adjust as things change - it is basically - one line with year, company name, production title, production type, and my role - then if necessary a line or two of explanation - then a blank line, then the next one
get rid of columns and double spacing etc, if thats why its so long.

also get rid of any personal hobbies etc - not needed.