Thanks for the information. I saw the one-page-sheet recommendation in a lot of places, but this didn’t match up with actual CVs I’ve seen on people’s pages. Clearing that up is helpful.
The general point to keep in mind is also helpful.
I saw the one-page-sheet recommendation in a lot of places, but this didn’t match up with actual CVs I’ve seen on people’s pages.
Expanding on this, acceptable & typical lengths for CVs seem to vary between sectors. My feeling is that 1-page CVs are a bit uncommon in business (though some people do make it work!), with CVs more often 2-4 pages long. But academic CVs are often a lot longer, and can be pretty much arbitrarily long. (I suspect highly eminent academics’ CVs tend shorter. Presumably they have less to prove.)
Thanks for the information. I saw the one-page-sheet recommendation in a lot of places, but this didn’t match up with actual CVs I’ve seen on people’s pages. Clearing that up is helpful.
The general point to keep in mind is also helpful.
Expanding on this, acceptable & typical lengths for CVs seem to vary between sectors. My feeling is that 1-page CVs are a bit uncommon in business (though some people do make it work!), with CVs more often 2-4 pages long. But academic CVs are often a lot longer, and can be pretty much arbitrarily long. (I suspect highly eminent academics’ CVs tend shorter. Presumably they have less to prove.)