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Hi all, I do understand that there are many threads etc about this, but most are old. It's now Janruary 2003! I'm from Australia, and shall be arriving in London, and will be working somewhere in the UK (I am flexible, I've heard that the agencies will help you more if you are willing to work outside London) mid April. I've had 3 years IT experiance (both web and VB application programming). I've heard that UK agencies expect no more than 2 pages for a CV! This true? Can anyone out there send me some sample CV's that are catering for the current market. Kind Regards, Matthew.
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I do understand that there are many threads etc about this, but most are old. It's now Janruary 2003! I'm from Australia, and shall be arriving in London, and will be working somewhere in the UK (I am flexible, I've heard that the agencies will help you more if you are willing to work outside London) mid April. I've had 3 years IT experiance (both web and VB application programming). I've heard that UK agencies expect no more than 2 pages for a CV! This true? Can anyone out there send me some sample CV's that are catering for the current market. Kind Regards, Matthew. Matthew, I am not sure they even have the attention span to read two pages, never mind understand anything they have read. But good luck anyway, the statement is correct, two pages max.
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've heard that UK agencies expect no more than 2 pages for a CV! This true? Can anyone out there send me some sample CV's that are catering for the current market. Kind Regards, Matthew. Matthew, I am not sure they even have the attention span to read two pages, never mind understand anything they have read. But good luck anyway, the statement is correct, two pages max. I reckon to reject a CV in about 10 seconds and read one that I want for about 5 minutes. You need to get your message over in the first 5-10 lines. So Don't put CV or Curriculum Vitae at the top then a one word sentence on why you are unque and why someone should hire you - when you have written this ask so what and if the answer isn't impressive revamp & repeat. Do the same with 2 achievements Put a skills and achievements in a table followed by your name and address. List all your skills Precede you name with the word name: address with address: Phone: Mobile: email: - not email address - automated systems will pick uo address So I will deliver every project ahead of time and under budget In the past I have done this and made a $AS 100,000 saving providing a website for XYZ Banking corporation. I was a team leader for a major development to convert data from OCL to UNIX and we completd our task in 75% of the time allocated. Name: Mathew XXX Address : Any street, Any town Postcode XXX YYY Phone : 01205 69587 Mobile: 07562 548712 Email: mathew@mydomain .com Most recent Employer 1 Job _title_ Dates Employer 2 Job _title_ Dates Employer 3 Job _title_ Dates Employer 4 Job _title_ Dates Education Highest Degree First Interests Put your main skills in the email, don't rely on the CV Don't save your CV as CV.doc or CV.doc. I would suggest you use yourname.doc Good Luck JH
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've heard that UK agencies expect no more than 2 pages for a CV! This true? Can anyone out there send me some sample CV's that are catering for the current market. Kind Regards, Matthew. Matthew, I am not sure they even have the attention span to read two pages, never mind understand anything they have read. But good luck anyway, the statement is correct, two pages max. I reckon to reject a CV in about 10 seconds and read one that I want for about 5 minutes. You need to get your message over in the first 5-10 lines. So Don't put CV or Curriculum Vitae at the top then a one word sentence on why you are unque and why someone should hire you - when you have written this ask so what and if the answer isn't impressive revamp & repeat. Do the same with 2 achievements Put a skills and achievements in a table followed by your name and address. List all your skills Precede you name with the word name: address with address: Phone: Mobile: email: - not email address - automated systems will pick uo address So I will deliver every project ahead of time and under budget In the past I have done this and made a $AS 100,000 saving providing a website for XYZ Banking corporation. I was a team leader for a major development to convert data from OCL to UNIX and we completd our task in 75% of the time allocated. Name: Mathew XXX Address : Any street, Any town Postcode XXX YYY Phone : 01205 69587 Mobile: 07562 548712 Email: mathew@mydomain .com Most recent Employer 1 Job _title_ Dates Employer 2 Job _title_ Dates Employer 3 Job _title_ Dates Employer 4 Job _title_ Dates Education Highest Degree First Interests Put your main skills in the email, don't rely on the CV Don't save your CV as CV.doc or CV.doc. I would suggest you use yourname.doc Good Luck JH
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Thankyou John for your help. I'll revamp the 'CV' and do as you have suggested. Much appreciated. Hopefully there will be some jobs outside London that are willing to employ some hardworking Aussies! Send me the CV when you've finished
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Thankyou John for your help. I'll revamp the 'CV' and do as you have suggested. Much appreciated. Hopefully there will be some jobs outside London that are willing to employ some hardworking Aussies! Send me the CV when you've finished
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