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I'm not sure if this is the right place for this thread so please move it if required!
I have a CV 'in a safe place' and it has been a number of years since I needed to update it.
However, now I come to update it again, I am totally confused as to what needs to go where, and even what needs to go on it
I mean, in the old days, a CV was something like this:
Name
Age
Contact details
School + qualifications
Post-school qualifications
Work-based qualifications
Your work history and experience, from recent to oldest
A statement about how you like spending time with your family and all that other guff
Now, though....
Do I include my age / date of birth? Ageism is supposed to be ruled out now so why provide it?
Contact details - do I put these at the end so my work experience comes at the start, to grab attention / save time reading for the assessor?
School qualifications - do I even need to bother with listing out my subjects and their grades, seeing as it was a long time ago, I've since managed to achieve a university education, and my work experience is surely what an assessor will be looking for?
How far should I go back with my employment history? Only jobs within my current sector (which has been a while now) because they will be most relevant, or even stuff like working at a supermarket when I was a teenager? (I can provide full details if an HR team require it to secure an appointment?)
Should I still aim to stick below two pages?
Should I use a classic Times New Roman or something 'sans serif'?
If anyone has any recommendations or sites with good examples, I would be most grateful!!
I have a CV 'in a safe place' and it has been a number of years since I needed to update it.
However, now I come to update it again, I am totally confused as to what needs to go where, and even what needs to go on it
I mean, in the old days, a CV was something like this:
Name
Age
Contact details
School + qualifications
Post-school qualifications
Work-based qualifications
Your work history and experience, from recent to oldest
A statement about how you like spending time with your family and all that other guff
Now, though....
Do I include my age / date of birth? Ageism is supposed to be ruled out now so why provide it?
Contact details - do I put these at the end so my work experience comes at the start, to grab attention / save time reading for the assessor?
School qualifications - do I even need to bother with listing out my subjects and their grades, seeing as it was a long time ago, I've since managed to achieve a university education, and my work experience is surely what an assessor will be looking for?
How far should I go back with my employment history? Only jobs within my current sector (which has been a while now) because they will be most relevant, or even stuff like working at a supermarket when I was a teenager? (I can provide full details if an HR team require it to secure an appointment?)
Should I still aim to stick below two pages?
Should I use a classic Times New Roman or something 'sans serif'?
If anyone has any recommendations or sites with good examples, I would be most grateful!!