Is a 2 page CV really an issue?

The very definition of a CV is 2 pages or more. 1 page is a resume. So how can a CV be 1 page?

10 insight programmes and internships, plus one year full time experience so far ...

and my CV is still one page. There really is no excuse. If it's two pages long, there's irrelevant crap that no one cares about on it. There really is no need to list the six banks you did three day programmes at with repetitive bullet points stating "Gained an insight into ........"

I only read the first page of CVs I see. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I know people on here say that it is paramount to keep your CV to one page, and that the classic saying of "if an MD can keen his CV to one page then so should you etc, etc" But if you cannot then is that actually an issue? I have done alot of work experience and internships and therefore cannot physically keep it down to 1 page, unless I just include the company name and don't write a couple of bullet points as to what I did etc. - which I think is pretty important, especially for a couple of placements I did.

So what do people think? Is it that much of an issue?

Insight programmes are not work experience.....

And my placements were far longer than '3 days'.

This is a banking forum and there isn't a single UK graduate scheme at a bank or consultancy that will take a two page CV seriously. People who have 2 pages and are applying to random jobs in other sectors, go away. You're confusing the OP.

This simply isn't true, and now that I think about it I remember a top guy at barclays telling me that two page CV's are acceptable. To be frank CV's can get binned for any number of reasons, this is where 'luck' comes into play when applying for jobs.

As stated earlier, one page CV's are the norm, but there really are no hard and fast rules when it comes to applying for jobs - especially in this economic climate.

This simply isn't true, and now that I think about it I remember a top guy at barclays telling me that two page CV's are acceptable. To be frank CV's can get binned for any number of reasons, this is where 'luck' comes into play when applying for jobs.

As stated earlier, one page CV's are the norm, but there really are no hard and fast rules when it comes to applying for jobs - especially in this economic climate.

"top guys" don't read analyst CVs

And there are hard and fast rules, infact ones written on the grad recruitment sites of just about every major investment bank

"top guys" don't read analyst CVs

And there are hard and fast rules, infact ones written on the grad recruitment sites of just about every major investment bank

Right, I know any ****er that lands a teaboy internship round these parts like to have their fun, but the idea that some won't read a two-page CV (it anything past the 1st page) is complete *******s. They will. Of course they will.

But I will say if you're an undergrad with limited experiences/education/impressive **** to write about, there should be no need to make it a two-page CV. If you have done a lot and feel it would be better represented as a two page one then by all means go ahead.

No, it is not. When you have 1000s of cvs to get through for only 100s to interview you will find the most trivial things to discriminate against. Cvs that are 2 pages long thus become something to discriminate against. HOw long do you think someone in HR spends reading your cv? 1 minute, 30 seconds, enough to flick to the second page of your cv? If they just see a waffly,flabby cv they will reject; it shows you cannot be concise, haven't done the research and possibly think too much of yourself.

Garbage. believe what you want. As long as your CV is good it doesn't matter if it's one or two. I've gained several offers with two ad have many others. If you don't feel you have enough then keep it to one. Nobody discriminates on that basis - it's just stupid.

My CV is two pages but right at the top I have a small summary box, that summaries everything in 5 bullet points. A 10 second scan of that box should enable the recruiter to want to read on or bin it.