Ken Coker Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Comrades Does anyone have any great ideas about transferring information from a CV to the usual institutional job application form?Currently I'm cutting and pasting - and 38 years of cutting and pasting is tedious....mind you, I suppose I could have been sacked less. Thanks KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/is_it_worth_the_time.png ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/is_it_worth_the_time.png ;) Quite.....KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Unless you have 38 years of exceptional #1 jobs and appointments then you shouldn't be including that info in your CV. Detailed breakdown for the last couple of years / last 2 or 3 employers but beyond that just a summary of previous employers is all you should need; not a full breakdown of who/what/where/when/how. If your CV is more than 2 pages then you're wasting paper - it's an advert that should highlight your key skills and accomplishments for the purpose of getting you an interview rather than being a blow-by-blow anthology of every task you've ever done. That's the parameters most modern CV's are being created for and thus that's the parameters most online job submission systems are expecting; if what you're trying to submit doesn't fit then it suggests you're submitting the wrong (or too much) information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 Unless you have 38 years of exceptional #1 jobs and appointments then you shouldn't be including that info in your CV. Detailed breakdown for the last couple of years / last 2 or 3 employers but beyond that just a summary of previous employers is all you should need; Without wishing to argue, this job - and other institutional jobs I've recently looked - require a full employment history with any gaps explained; thus, I have not only had to write what I've been doing since 1980 but the gaps I took to do bits of family care/education and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Ah in that case think of this as your opportunity to become a cut-n-paste ninja and make it your life's mission (once employed) to get them to change the silly submission system :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 ...and make it your life's mission (once employed) to get them to change the silly submission system :-p Oddly, there's a space at the end where one can comment how good the form is....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyld Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Lucky for me, when I was last faced with such an intimidating work history form (very common in certain recruitment worlds), I had one job : twenty odd years as a freelancer. If I have to fill in one again any time, I'll have had two. Can't imagine the hell of having to fill in many more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laird Clive Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I don't have this problem now. I'm RETIRED! http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gifBut can you imagine the information that was required when I applied for a position working for the MoD in a security position?3 months later I was offered the job! Secured to secret. http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif Clive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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