How far back do you go with your work history??

Emmzi

bristol_pilot wrote: »

You should account for all your time, month and year, going back to when you left school (even if that was 30 years ago) as with some employers unexplained gaps count against you. However don't put any detail more than 10 years back and little detail more than 5 years.

At my place, CVs with gaps are sifted out by admin staff so I won't even see them.

I've never ever met a recruiter who cares about 30 year old work experience. If it's to see if you've been in the jail, or are ill, there's better ways of finding that out.

SilverFoxe

Ten years.

LJW_2

Hi, thanks for all the above advice. I think it is all relevant and I will be using all advice. It has to be in for the 11th Jan and hopefully I get through to the interview stage...really want this job, it is perfect for me!

:j

Keep you posted!

BRSurvivor

Emmzi wrote: »

I've never ever met a recruiter who cares about 30 year old work experience. If it's to see if you've been in the jail, or are ill, there's better ways of finding that out.

Agreed. But if you are a manager recruiting a position, are you going to read 200 CVs? Or is your assistant/HR person going to bin 70-80% of them for 'presentation' issues such as spelling, poor layout, details missing, gaps, etc???

Jeff_Bridges_hair

BRSurvivor wrote: »

Agreed. But if you are a manager recruiting a position, are you going to read 200 CVs? Or is your assistant/HR person going to bin 70-80% of them for 'presentation' issues such as spelling, poor layout, details missing, gaps, etc???

But that has nothing to do with going back 30 years or more. To me it is irrelevant what the6y were doing when they left school(if it that long ago) I dont want to know it.It will also make the CV longer then it should be.

10 years should be standard along with correct spelling and punctuation.

PasturesNew

My most relevant work was 1986-2000, since then I've been geographically challenged and bummed about a bit, so I will always put the previous stuff on.

Emmzi

BRSurvivor wrote: »

Agreed. But if you are a manager recruiting a position, are you going to read 200 CVs? Or is your assistant/HR person going to bin 70-80% of them for 'presentation' issues such as spelling, poor layout, details missing, gaps, etc???

I'll read them all myself until I get 6 people to see, and bin the rest. I don't need the best person, I need a good person. So no need to read them all.