[swozey]

Do you list every single position on your CV, like is it multiple pages with 15+ years on it? I believe CVs are like that whereas my resume is a 1 pager that only has my last decade of SUPER relevant experience listed; my last 3 SR Eng roles.

I could submit a 3 page resume with all of my sysadmin, etc jobs on it but then I would definitely be aging myself, even worse because my career actually started when I was 16 (I only mention this in casual interviews). If I started back then it'd probably look like I was 42+ on paper but at that point it's kind of more of a "why is this person listing irrelevant skills from 2005?"

Unfortunately I think that's the expectation with CVs? The ones I've seen look like they're describing the persons entire life to me.

[user5994461]

One page both sides. Only list the most relevant positions.

I had to cut out positions very early on in my career because there were way too many to fit. I did some short contracting back in the days, imagine 5 jobs over less than 5 years.

Also removed all the dates for degrees and all the locations. (London recruiters have a bad habit to ignore experience outside London).