As an ex recruiter.
NO YOU SPASTIC. Start again.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:24, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

see
my recruitment agent drafted mine for me, and updated it when i moved to my current firm. and she put it in the third person. is that just law then??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:26, Reply)

Can only assume so pet.
I only ever recrutied legal secretaries and never came across third person cv's except to have a giggle at.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:27, Reply)

maybe it's because in law
the agent sends them out, you don't send them out yourself? or is that what all recruitment agents do?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:29, Reply)

I can't comment, it sounds bizarre to me but I have no legal recruitment knowledge.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:31, Reply)

interesting
well, i'm not looking to move, but if that changes, i shall remember it!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:32, Reply)

Right - your job section should look like this. Dont put your achievements in that job under the job, save that for a seperate section
so all your achievements from all jobs are together looking posh.

Date: Aug 2004 – Jan 2006
Company: Reed Technology
Position: Resourcer/Trainee Consultant

Duties
Sourcing CVs and matching them to relevant jobs
Vetting CVs and interviewing candidates via the telephone or face to face to face
Selling job roles to candidates and securing interest and commitment
Cold calling
Securing new business
Meeting monthly revenue targets

Reasons for leaving: Offered opportunity to join a local independent agency with management responsibilities
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:36, Reply)

Mine would end up like a novel
or a very depressing biography
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:40, Reply)

Fed up with fobbing people off.
Reasons for leaving: Offered opportunity to join a local independent agency with management responsibilities actually call people back when I said I would and not leave them to call me 50 billion times only to be told the job has been withdrawn/gone internally/they didn't want to see you.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:42, Reply)

All recruitment 'consultants'
are cunts. TRUFAX.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:43, Reply)

meh, lawyers too

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:43, Reply)

not you though, you're a princess obviously.
*may be bullshit.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:50, Reply)

no, you're absolutely right
and very discriminating.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:52, Reply)

how many times
SHORT WORDS INNIT!!!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:53, Reply)

squeeeeeee
ok ok, you got good taste, man
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:57, Reply)

word x

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:57, Reply)

Is the cunt-requirement the reason you fell into recruitment?
Sorry, thought it might be amusing to highlight this, I don't mean it .
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:46, Reply)

Nah I have the gift of the gab and a handful of braincells, sales was a piece of piss.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:49, Reply)

The last time I rang an agency about a white-collar vacancy, the lad who answered should really have muted the phone handset.
ME: I've just seen your advert for (vacancy). Is it still available?
AGENT: Hang on a minute, please. [to supervisor] I've got someone here asking about (vacancy).
SUPERVISOR: [faint but clearly audible] Is it a woman?
AGENT: No.
SUPERVISOR: Tell him to fuck off then.
AGENT: [to me] I'm sorry, that vacancy has already been filled.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:55, Reply)

replace women
with nigger, paki, spic, chink etc etc and welcome to Nine Direct recruitment ltd.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:57, Reply)

Did they ever dock "jobseeker fees" from their workers' pay packets back when that was still legal?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:01, Reply)

No but we didn't pay contractors on time, ever.
It was ridiculous sometimes. I was so pissed off working there. I had a massive tantrum one day smashed my glass against the wall, punched the door and broke my hand.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:03, Reply)

Did they move to paper cups shortly after?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:13, Reply)

I left about three days later.
It has since gone bust, the MD bankrupt and the other owner was Kieth Dawe, who I understand is involved with City somehow?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:14, Reply)

Yeah, Keith is on the board of directors
Second largest shareholder after Steve Lansdown.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:17, Reply)

he is a sweaty, evil goblin of a man
with warty hands. I once witnessed him say to a black guy we worked with for a bit 'You're just a nigger trying to get bigger' I was speechless.

Edit - I know Lansdownes son as well
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:22, Reply)

What was the blackman in question doing at the time?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:23, Reply)

Arguing about commission
on a placement. It was ridiculous.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:25, Reply)

What was the outcome?
I trust the black guy come out the winner?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:26, Reply)

He got up, walked out
came in the next day had a long meeting with Keith and came back to his desk. It was never mentioned in the office again. He left about two weeks later.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:28, Reply)

Do you think cash changed hands?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:29, Reply)

Why?
Seriously, why?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:26, Reply)

It's pretentious for a start and just looks and reads horribly.
Your CV should be in this layout
Name
Personal Details
Contact Details

Current Job
Last 3 jobs/ or relevant jobs. Any other jobs from a long time ago can be put in bullet points or left off altogether

Qualifications

If you really have to , a bit about yourself.

Every job you put on should have your reason for leaving
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:30, Reply)

I don't put reasons for leaving jobs
and I have about 22 (not that I put all of them on). Is that a bad thing?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:31, Reply)

Depends on your age, type of job, reason for leaving. But 22 sounds like a lot.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:31, Reply)

it's a fuck load
I'm 34
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:33, Reply)

The university careers service advised that a CV should be at least two pages long and include a "skills profile".
I've often struggled to fill just one page with relevant information. How is another whole page of waffle going to help?
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:47, Reply)

some people put pictures on them
this makes me cringe.

my friend found her boss' cv. the stupid woman had a picture of chicken nuggets for every bullet point. why? for the love of god, why?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:48, Reply)

Some folk (I am reliably told) attach their photos too, even if they're not needed.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:16, Reply)

The personal statement is also favoured by some.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:49, Reply)

It doesn't get read ever
Just like the about me bit
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 22:51, Reply)

My C.V just says
'I'm JeffTheDogFucker, give me a job or your Spaniel will be deflowered'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:10, Reply)

Funny, I went to a professional recruitment advisor
about a month ago.

He looked over my CV and pretty much told me exactly the opposite of the tips here (except the third person thing)
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 17:17, Reply)