New CV idea. Would it work??

Philbert

I have read many many threads on this board and with regards to CV writing and one thing I have noticed is the importance of CV length.

Some (if not most) people seem to think 2 pages is enough, others think 3 and few think it doesn’t matter.

It can be very difficult cramming your life’s work and education into a couple of pages so I was thinking, what about creating your CV where the first 2 pages are your Skeleton CV and you had another 3/4/5 pages of “additional information”?

This additional information would be linked to from your first 2 pages.

For Example:

Education
Bla Bla Bla
Bla Bla Bla
Bla Bla Bla
(For more information see page 3)

Work Experience:
Bla Bla Bla
Bla Bla Bla
Bla Bla Bla
(For more information see page 4)

etc etc…

Does anybody see what Im getting at?

Is this just silly or would a Recruiter really mind having a few additional pages of reference information to look at if they liked the first two?

quarryman

tbh i think a recruiter will jump to what they feel is relevant straight away and then possibly re-read it if they like what they see.

separating the sections might look a little disjointed and gimmicky. good idea though.

RicardoSmith

I think it depends on the job you are going for and how long you've been working for.

Lump

It was suggested to me by a tutor of mine that I take this approach as I had a pile of experience etc. He suggested picking "The Most Impressive stuff" and putting it on the first page, then adding a footnote saying more information available on additional sheet or something along thos lines. I Though it was a good idea as I had lots of stuff I wanted to put in, but wanted to keep the "main" CV down in length.


John