Is a CV better to be on one page or two? What looks more profesional?

Answer 1

It depends upon your professional experience, if you're fresh or just have a couple of year experience then it should not be more then a single page.

But if you have an accumulated experience of 5-10 Years then two pages will represent you the best.

All the best!

Answer 2

If you remember that any person looking for an employee will probably get up to 300 applicants from almost any job advert, they then have to spend time going over the cv's. If they allow 30 secs on each one that's still going to take them 2 1/2 hours just to take a quick look and place it in one of two piles, the desk or the bin.
As an ex-manager of a nursing home I know this for a fact.
If your cv says 'look at me' when they first pick it up you have a good chance straight away. I would suggest that two pages are more than enough.
Only put your name, age, a brief description (I am a professional mature person who can blah blah) and most recent qualifications and / accomplishments at the start. All cv's should be tailored to the job in question. It's no good telling them how good you are throwing drunks out when you want a job in a nursery.
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Dave B

Answer 3

It depends upon how much information you are putting on the CV!

However, if you are asking this question, I think you must be new to this game. Therefore, just use one page. Remember to add your name, date of birth, address and telephone number, clubs you were in at school, grades in your exams. Oh, and for hobbies make sure it is something you can talk about. I got fed up with people putting 'reading' down on their CV yet they could not discuss books they had read! Or they had only read 'Harry Potter'. There is nothing wrong with Harry Potter (I like them!) but try to make sure you have read several authors, even if they are the same genre. Remember any decent interviewer will ask you questions about your CV!

Remember to be concise (not like this answer!) and accurate.

Remember to include a covering letter saying what position you are applying for! This can also be the place to put when you can start (eg, immediately, or have to give one month's notice where you work now).

Don't bother putting 'hard working and honest' - it just looks like you are filling out space (and always made me think the person had something to hide!)

Another thing to put in is whether you have a driving license. If you have ever been police checked (eg because you helped out at an after-school club), mention this.

Having both sent out and received CVs, I think the important thing is to make it is not cluttered. Oh, and MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO SPELLING MISTAKES! (the word is 'professional', not 'profesional'!)

Typed CVs are easier to read and look much more professional than hand-written ones. As a heading, make sure you spell Curriculum Vitae correctly. I use various sub-headings:

Personal Information - name, address, tel, email, DOB

School qualifications
Other qualifications

Employment History - including position and duties involved. Do this in reverse order so that the most recent job is at the top of the list.

Hobbies

Other Relevant Information (eg, driving, clubs at school etc.)

References

(please note - it depends on which is more relevant with qualifications and employment as to which goes first! If you have worked for 10 years then employment goes first, then school stuff!)

Good luck with your job hunting and I hope this helps!

Answer 4

There is no magic number for the maximum number of pages considered ideal for an effective C.V. However, it is generally accepted that a two-to-four page C.V. should communicate the essential background details for a young professional.

Answer 5

I would say two but alot of people say a short CV is the best. So I would like to see the other answers.

Answer 6

The content is the most important thing to consider. Don't stretch it over two pages if it is only short, and don't miss out important stuff so you can fit it on one.
Having said that, avoid going over two pages, it doesn't necessarily look unprofessional, but it might bore the interviewer.
Good luck!

Answer 7

2 pages. The more info the better. The person doing the hiring needs in-depth info prior to an interview. I hold an annula job fair ever summer and the more info I have the better. Helps me plan the interview process.

Answer 8

Make serveral of versions of it. A 1 page headline summary version. A slightly more elaborate 2 pager and a fully detailed "however much it takes" version. Then decide application by application on which seems most appropriate.

Answer 9

Two pages should be the maximum, and try to paraphrase as much as possible without neglecting important information.

But if you can't fit it in one page, try to make sure the second one is decently filled. it would look tacky if you had one full page and two or three sentences on the other.

Answer 10

I would say more than 1, and less than 3 is good. therefore 2 pages would be better in my opinion