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LinkedIn is often your CV
Nowadays you are told not to put references and personal data on CV.
The old keep it basic short is once again popular.

So Add all your jobs to Linked in and describe in detail.
Make sure all your courses, Cert.s and language skills etc are there..
Put you hobbies down.
Even add an email that is not you main one. use a yahoo or msn alias

Make sure you don't give out too much that can be used to steal your identity.
so no birth place names of family or pets, where you bank or your NI. No scans of passports .. common sense to most people.

Then you can create short CVs with only you name, contact email, LinkedIn URL, Professional synopsis and the newest job experiences and relevant skills.
You can have multiple version for different roles.
the above will likely suit that ideal One Page CV recruitment agents want.

Using LinkedIn in this way protects your data as you can hide things like age and other private info. You don't even have to add it.

The best thing about LinkedIn is it makes you think about your CV and the format is becoming de facto standard.

Just hope they don't make the mistake and stop it being free.
21st Mar 2012