Comments on: How Many Pages Should My CV Be? http://blog.giraffejobs.co.uk/how-many-pages-should-my-cv-be/ Giraffe Jobs Blog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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’

]]> 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.

]]> 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!

]]> 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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]]> 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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