To think if you send me more than two pages on your CV, I’m not reading it?

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I don’t care how senior the role is - if you can’t summarise your experience in two pages, I’m already switching off. To me, it shows poor judgement, lack of clarity, and zero respect for the reader’s time.

AIBU to think concise = competent?

Im often involved in recruiting to very senior roles.

Generally those applying for director and above roles are the best at keeping their CVs short and to the point. They tailor according to the job role; they pull out key skills and achievements and they certainly do not include details of which GCSEs they got 20+ years ago.

The worst ones tend to be middle management/ head of service level who think they need to give full details of every job they ever had, every training course they've been on and every qualification they have.

The general rule of two pages - academics aside - very much still applies.

I have 30 years experience in my job. The type of projects I’ve worked on is wide and varied. Distilling it to two pages isn’t difficult. They don’t need 5 pages to know if they want to interview you.

@Jane958 , well, yes, I guess. But I don’t need to know the details of what you were doing 30 years ago, when you were fresh out of university (I assume?) Or 20 years ago. Maybe not even 10 years ago. Just the company and your title would do.

I agree. Plus, this is standard in business and industry. 10 years of detailed info. Earlier than that, dates, titles and 2 or 3 word summarisation of responsibilities.

Qualifications date, subject, level (e.g. MA, History, Merit).

2 referee contacts.

You'd love me then. I'd say I'd struggle to fill one page!

It just says in large font
'dogsbody- (junior level)- 1997-2018.'

I do have a level two food hygiene certificate as well though. 🤣

I’ve been reviewing CVs this morning for a junior but not entry level, reasonably well paid professional job. The divergence in quality of layout and length is quite something.

Looking at the ones I’ve picked out from about 50 to have my team interview, they are all 2 or max 2.5-3 pages long. My Cv is 2 pages and if I can get my long and varied career into that, so can a 26 year old.

Actually to add the CV layout I liked the most from the pack was 1 page. Clear, concise and told me what I needed to know without being illegibly small. Experience wasn’t in the right areas for me so didn’t make the cut but made it into the strong maybe pile.