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marital status on CV advice please

Grumpysally
Grumpysally Posts: 826 Forumite
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I'm just writing a CV for the first time. What I'd like to know is should you include your marital status and if you are living with a partner how should you describe it? Simply 'living with partner'?
Thanks
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  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    Co-habiting

    Not sure I would bother including it really!
    .....

  • Liz_the_Whizz
    Liz_the_Whizz Posts: 623 Forumite
    I agree with davetrousers - leave it off, very last season.

    Remember, on a CV unlike an application form, you have control over what you want to tell people.
    "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm" (Sir Winston Churchill)
  • asea
    asea Posts: 1,398 Forumite
    No there is no need for any prospective employer to need that information
    nothing to see here, move along...
  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    If you still lived at home with your Mum and Dad, what would you put then??? Just leave it off.
    .....

  • Grumpysally
    Grumpysally Posts: 826 Forumite
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    Thanks guys, last time I applied for a job, X years ago CV's hadn't been invented!
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Good luck with your job search Alie! x
    Gone ... or have I?
  • Grumpysally
    Grumpysally Posts: 826 Forumite
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    davetrousers wrote: »
    If you still lived at home with your Mum and Dad, what would you put then??? Just leave it off.
    No,need for sarcasm! Last time I applied for a job ( last century )you were asked your marital status. So it's not as stupid a question as you may think.
  • michaelvintner
    michaelvintner Posts: 658 Forumite
    No need to put it on. Might actually be better not to. Just stick to the very basics. You might be able to get some CV advice online.

    Good luck with your search.
    Iva started Dec 2018.
  • asea
    asea Posts: 1,398 Forumite
    Just so you know you don't need to put your DOB on there anymore either
    nothing to see here, move along...
  • mymatebob
    mymatebob Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    asea wrote: »
    Just so you know you don't need to put your DOB on there anymore either

    Nor do you need to put dates when you went to school/college/uni - stops them working out how old you are!
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