CV advice

[supercatlady]

I’ve been working for my current employer 13 years so it’s been awhile 😊

if you’ve worked your way up the ladder do you list the different roles and dates under each employer?

Do you only list relevant work experience?

personal Statement yay or nay?
thanks

I'd always say tailor your cv to each job for which you apply. So pick out and highlight the relevant experience/achievements that speak to what they've identified in the job description/person spec.

Personally I don't like personal statements, I think you can demonstrate that you're a 'committed project manager' or whatever through the rest of your cv.

Hello: I agree with PP that you should tailor your CV, most practical way is to make a ‘long’ CV & chop bits out/adapt as you apply for various roles

Definitely split out the various roles in 13 years to show progression

I strongly disagree about the personal statement: for most jobs you are sifting through dozens of CVs, a few lines (3-5) telling me how many years experience in what kind of roles & your key skills helps me decide if your CV is worth a closer read: adapt this to every job

But make it factual, not a list of personality traits

Here is the place to list your key skills (project mgt, whatever - ie the competencies of the job)

For most people with 10-20 years experience in ‘general’ jobs 2-3 pages is right (there are different norms in medicine, academia etc but I cannot comment on that, I’m talking about corporate jobs).

Start with most recent role & work back chronologically: as a hiring manager I’d want to see years & any gaps clearly (so, do list all your experience)

Education: put your highest & recent qualifications. If you have a degree I’m not especially interested in school results, (though some of my friends in 40s do leave these on: I know because I have reviewed many of their CVs for them, with pretty good results 😇). Include if impressive, not if not I’d my guidance

Definitely list out any technical skills/packages and any substantial training (ie more than 1 day courses)

Hope that helps

Thank you both, that’s really helpful

HI waking this up with a similar question.

Do you mean split our the roles as if they are separate jobs that happen to have same company name, or separate in the bullets? I'm in the same position.