I have read alot on how to produce a good resume (or CV as we call them in the UK). Alot is contradictory.
E.g. keep them short, but don’t leave out gaps. If you have a long career history, how can you keep it short?
Anyway I have designed my CV as a dual purpose document. On the first page I only concentrated on what my skills are, what my main achievements have been, what I am doing now and my objectives.
Hopefully when a prospective employer sees this they will immediately think that this candidate needs to be looked at in more detail and not throw it straight in the bin. But surely as soon as they are interested and want more details, they will expect those details to be contained elsewhere on the CV. Therefore after the first page I have reverted to a reverse chronological order of my employment history. Then I have listed my acedemic qualifications going back to age 16 plus a list of various courses that I have studied over the years.
So when prospective employers pick up the CV for the first time, it come to nearly 4 pages. Will this put them off. But if I just send the initial page, I may get there interest more at first, but will they also be put off when they cannot find more detailed information.
I also have an online cv. Should I keep the paper one short and say that full career details are available online?
Any suggestions
