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It's time for my semi-regular CV polishing, and I'm thinking about reformatting it. Currently it's along the lines of:
"Opening summary paragraph blurb about me"
Most recent job title, organisation, dates.
- Single sentence summary of role
- 5/6 bullet-points of key activities"
Then that section is repeated through the history of jobs/contracts.
Given that I'm a contractor (Business Analyst FWIW), that history is fairly long and there's a fair amount of overlap in the activities in each role (cos I do a similar job regardless of who I'm contracting for).
So, in order to keep repetition to a minimum and keep a check on the CV length (it's pushing 3 pages as is), I'm thinking about reformatting it do something like:
"Opening summary paragraph blurb about me"
Key skills:
- 5/6 (I'm guessing) bullets outlining the key stuff that I do and that I'm good at
Most recent job title, organisation, dates.
- Single sentence summary of role
- 1/2 bullets of anything specific to the role that needs to be called out"
Then, again, repeat that last section through the history of jobs/contracts.
Thoughts from people who read/sift CVs? My current one has served me well, so it feels like a bit of a gamble to change the format, but something probably needs doing.
That seems to be the fashion at the moment and to be honest it does make easier reading than trying to pick out transferable skills from a long and wordy career history.
I change my CV regularly and update job sites accordingly.
I prefer that format when I see it, easier to read and less repetitive. Easier to tailor to a specific job spec as well, i.e. you can change the order of the skills or emphasis certain ones more easily than going through and editing for every single role.
Given that I’m a contractor (Business Analyst FWIW), that history is fairly long and there’s a fair amount of overlap in the activities in each role (cos I do a similar job regardless of who I’m contracting for).
Can you restructure it so that "Business Analyst - Contracting" is a single "job", and then simply list clients and dates as bullet points, one per line?