Comments for Giraffe Jobs http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk Giraffe Jobs Blog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How Many Pages Should My CV Be? by James Pantera http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/how-many-pages-should-my-cv-be/comment-page-1/#comment-288 James Pantera Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:56:44 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=179#comment-288 Hi Rowena, As an employer of professional, technical and non-technical staff in the USA I would like to point out that over here... across the pond... we have two distinctively different documents for presenting education and experience. In the US we reserve the term CV for "academics" and high level professionals. As such, a CV "is as long as it is..." One of my professor's CV was 56 pages. Why you ask? Because he was a professional expert witness. Also, US academic institutions require full CVs. Leaving the rest of us, with a "resume". I would remind any yank readers, if they replace CV with resume in your article, then they would be dead on. I personally ask for two pages that hopefully covers 10 years of education and experience. An appropriate quote, "If you can't explain your thought in two sentences, don't." Cheers' Hi Rowena,

As an employer of professional, technical and non-technical staff in the USA I would like to point out that over here… across the pond… we have two distinctively different documents for presenting education and experience.

In the US we reserve the term CV for “academics” and high level professionals. As such, a CV “is as long as it is…” One of my professor’s CV was 56 pages. Why you ask? Because he was a professional expert witness. Also, US academic institutions require full CVs.

Leaving the rest of us, with a “resume”. I would remind any yank readers, if they replace CV with resume in your article, then they would be dead on. I personally ask for two pages that hopefully covers 10 years of education and experience.

An appropriate quote, “If you can’t explain your thought in two sentences, don’t.”

Cheers’

]]> Comment on Inside Advice on How to Write a great CV / Resume Part 4 of 4 by John941 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/inside-advice-on-how-to-write-a-great-cv-resume/comment-page-1/#comment-286 John941 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:58:16 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=160#comment-286 Very nice site! Very nice site!

]]> Comment on How Many Pages Should My CV Be? by RowenaSimpson http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/how-many-pages-should-my-cv-be/comment-page-1/#comment-285 RowenaSimpson Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:35:00 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=179#comment-285 Thanks for your positive feedback. Thanks for your positive feedback.

]]> Comment on How Many Pages Should My CV Be? by RowenaSimpson http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/how-many-pages-should-my-cv-be/comment-page-1/#comment-284 RowenaSimpson Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:32:23 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=179#comment-284 Brian, you have me there! No, the exclusion of the comma was not intentional. How ironic, especially as the book is also subtitled the zero tolerance approach to punctuation! The danger of covering such topics in my blog leaves me wide open for criticism. Well spotted! Brian, you have me there! No, the exclusion of the comma was not intentional. How ironic, especially as the book is also subtitled the zero tolerance approach to punctuation! The danger of covering such topics in my blog leaves me wide open for criticism. Well spotted!

]]> Comment on Inside Advice on How to Write a great CV / Resume Part 4 of 4 by Jayson Bingle http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/inside-advice-on-how-to-write-a-great-cv-resume/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Jayson Bingle Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:20:36 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=160#comment-283 I think your blog is wonderful. I just added you to my Google News Reader. I think your blog is wonderful. I just added you to my Google News Reader.

]]> Comment on How Many Pages Should My CV Be? by Zaheer http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/how-many-pages-should-my-cv-be/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Zaheer Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:26:29 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=179#comment-280 I have learned a lot from this post today. This is what Job Seekers should look into. Simply Fantastic. Good Job I have learned a lot from this post today. This is what Job Seekers should look into.
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]]> Comment on How Many Pages Should My CV Be? by Brian Saxby http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/how-many-pages-should-my-cv-be/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Brian Saxby Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:02:16 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=179#comment-275 Given that it was in the paragraph on spelling and grammar, is it safe to assume you omitted the comma from 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' for comedic effect? Given that it was in the paragraph on spelling and grammar, is it safe to assume you omitted the comma from ‘Eats, Shoots and Leaves’ for comedic effect?

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]]> Comment on Inside Advice on How to Write a great CV / Resume Part 4 of 4 by How Many Pages Should My CV Be? | Giraffe Jobs http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/inside-advice-on-how-to-write-a-great-cv-resume/comment-page-1/#comment-272 How Many Pages Should My CV Be? | Giraffe Jobs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:23:46 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=160#comment-272 [...] Latest Jobs « Inside Advice on How to Write a great CV / Resume Part 4 of 4 [...] [...] Latest Jobs « Inside Advice on How to Write a great CV / Resume Part 4 of 4 [...]

]]> Comment on Is now a good time to change your job? by How Many Pages Should My CV Be? | Giraffe Jobs http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/career-change/comment-page-1/#comment-271 How Many Pages Should My CV Be? | Giraffe Jobs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:49:53 +0000 http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/?p=152#comment-271 [...] This led me to thinking what about the more experienced candidate who has been working for say 30 years, how should they detail their work experience and do justice to the vast knowledge they have amassed while not exceeding the 2 – 3 page rule? I asked the question “If you are reading a CV of someone with 10 years plus experience, how important is the detail about experience which is more than 10 – 15 years ago in your assessment of the candidate?” Most employers responded to this by saying that over 10 to 15 years you should only put dates, employer name and job title, they thought that you should omit the detail of the role. The information on jobs more than 10 – 15 years ago gives them insight into how your career has progressed but the detail was not at all important. This advice should help those with more work experience to shorten their CV without feeling that they are compromising their experience. Employers are most interested in what you have been doing recently, remember that as an applicant you are probably being assessed against a large number of other skilled and qualified candidates, so it will be those who most closely recently match the job requirements who will be shortlisted. This may be depressing news for some who feel that they have substantial and relevant experience albeit from 15 years ago, but I’m sharing inside information here about how it will be perceived. Incidentally for those looking for a change of career, perhaps back to something they did several years ago, you may be interested in another article I have written on this subject. Click here for career change advice. [...] [...] This led me to thinking what about the more experienced candidate who has been working for say 30 years, how should they detail their work experience and do justice to the vast knowledge they have amassed while not exceeding the 2 – 3 page rule? I asked the question “If you are reading a CV of someone with 10 years plus experience, how important is the detail about experience which is more than 10 – 15 years ago in your assessment of the candidate?” Most employers responded to this by saying that over 10 to 15 years you should only put dates, employer name and job title, they thought that you should omit the detail of the role. The information on jobs more than 10 – 15 years ago gives them insight into how your career has progressed but the detail was not at all important. This advice should help those with more work experience to shorten their CV without feeling that they are compromising their experience. Employers are most interested in what you have been doing recently, remember that as an applicant you are probably being assessed against a large number of other skilled and qualified candidates, so it will be those who most closely recently match the job requirements who will be shortlisted. This may be depressing news for some who feel that they have substantial and relevant experience albeit from 15 years ago, but I’m sharing inside information here about how it will be perceived. Incidentally for those looking for a change of career, perhaps back to something they did several years ago, you may be interested in another article I have written on this subject. Click here for career change advice. [...]

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