[nrzuk]

Thanks for this, currently a PHP contractor looking for work in the UK and this certainly opens my eyes up to the issues with my CV. Probably explains why I haven't been getting many interviews!

What would you suggest for a contractors CV which is primarily filled with 1-2 month contracts?

I usually try get the last years work on the CV, but as you can imagine that starts to take up quite a bit of room when you have many short term contracts.

[clockwerx]

I would portray as one role, and a few really important projects.

For example:

Senior Consultant For the past 24 months, I've worked with a large number of varied clients to realise true business value for them. This has included Real Example A and Specific Detail B, but beyond the pure technical skills, it has highlighted the value of softer skills.

Most notably, I recently worked with the estate of Douglas Adams in an ecommerce towel distribution hub. Don't panic, I'm the right chap for the job.

[peteretep]

That's exactly what I'd do :-) Name drop anyone interesting you worked for too, pull out interesting projects, but treat it as one job, essentially

[ownagefool]

I put seperate contracts on as seperate jobs and find getting PHP jobs hilariously easy. People do ask why I change jobs so often, but the standard "I'm a contractor and finance dept don't wanna pay our rates" goes down well enough.

This is my CV, I try to be straight to the point and keep it under 2 pages on the word version.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/allandegnan

To be fair the advice is largely still apt.

#1 First step is generally clueless recruiters who'll want you to have 9 years experience with Java 12.

#2 Convince them, your CV goes over. If it has any meat or interesting projects, you'll get called in.

#3 Smile, be likable and be able to talk about $foo at a resonable level and you've got the contract.