CV - Objective?

wheres me jumpa

Im a soon to be graduate and im just updating my CV. Its just gone over two pages, I would like to keep it to two. I have an objective at the top of the page, is an objective necessary?

Jumpa

the_syco

Sometimes, but only if its company specific, and not a general one, me thinks.

wheres me jumpa

The objective I have is a bit wishy washy and wreaks of BS so im wary of it been the first thing an employer reads.

Im a graduate with only 6 months relative experience. The rest of my work is stores/factories. So should I put my education or employment first?

vimak

You shouldn't worry whether to put one section before the other... in the end it really doesn't mean anything. HR people will read the whole CV before dumping it so wrong order is not an excuse

I think future objectives are better to be discussed in interview, not written in CV.

leeroybrown

The objective is unnecessary. Some people will think it's rubbish regardless of how well worded it is and others won't care about it. If it's pushing your CV past two pages then definitely dump it.

As for the order of the CV I always like to put it in order of importance at the time of application. For a college graduate with limited work experience the education section is very important. For someone with a plenty of experience then their work experience and skills should obviously come first. If I were you I'd put education before employment as it will let you put all the important stuff in on block on the first page without the other jobs getting in the way.

Also, I disagree with the assumption that someone will properly read the entire CV. If someone is reviewing a lot of CV's you stand a much better chance of being noticed if the important things are on the first page. I've reviewed CV's where someone has left obviously relevant information half way down the last page (on a couple of painful occasions that was the sixth page). If I was getting irritated with about 15 CV's think how someone with 50 or more would feel. If you're applying with a load of similarly qualified grads for a relatively small pool of jobs then having a carefully arranged CV could make the difference between getting called for interview or not.

wheres me jumpa

Thanks guys.