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Originally Posted by Hom3r
The hardest thing about CVs is 1 to 2 pages.
My qualifications take up 3/4 of a page, so I can just scrape 3 pages.
One VERY important thing Spelling & Grammar, get someone to double/triple check, spelling mistakes will get your CV binned quicker than you can blink, grammer as (there their & they're) as an example.
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Which is just one reason why the notion of sticking rigidly to some arbitrary number of pages is nonsense. Is 2 pages of garbage more persuasive than 3 pages of relevant and persuasive information? Is a 1 page CV of 1000 words longer than a 3 page CV of 900 words? I think not.
A CV should be long enough to 'say what needs to be said' and some people have done a lot more than others, irrespective of age. The knack is presenting the content in a form which is easily navigable, thereby empowering any reader to scan it then dip in/out as they see fit, according to what interests them most. If you can catch the reader's eye with some impressive facts, achievements, successes etc., so much the better. A CV should be more akin to a reference document with an element of marketing than a novel.