How long should your CV be?

I regularly speak to candidates and give advice about their CVs.

The most common misconception i hear from people is is that they have been told or believe that a CV should be no longer than 2 pages.

I am not sure where this came from but in my experience it is a load of nonsense.

I have never had any firms say to me that a candidate looks well suited for a role, their experience looks great, they are exactly what we we are looking but we noticed their CV is 3 pages long so we just cant consider it further as we cant be bothered reading it.

Do not undersell your skills and experience to try and stick to this arbitrary 2 page CV urban myth.

Yes, it should be easily readable, relevant for the roles you are targeting but do not stress about cutting it down to 2 pages.

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