I had a CV come across my desk this week, which was given to me by a very reliable source. The CV on first impressions looked quite good, with over 16 years of Project Management experience, all in the Investment Banking industry.
I looked at it in a little more details today and realized there was very little detail within the CV. It made me wonder what level of detail we should go into on a CV. My thoughts are that there should be enough information for each work placement to give an outline of what you have been working on, but leaving out enough detail to be a feeder for a discussion in the interview.
As a PM, I would suggest you explain the basics of any project you have managed, along with the timescales, budgets, project team size and any technology used, replaced or removed. Again, I would suggest this is at a high level as to not give away any confidentiality and to keep enough information back for interview questions.
In addition, I would highlight any particular issues or risks that were dealt with successfully along with any management reporting levels, SLAs, third party vendor communications etc... All of this I would see as secondary to the actual project details listed in the paragraph above.
The CV in question only came with the secondary information. I understand it was from an investment banking background, but there is still a certain amount of detail you can add to a CV without it breaking any confidentiality agreements... or am I wrong?
I looked at it in a little more details today and realized there was very little detail within the CV. It made me wonder what level of detail we should go into on a CV. My thoughts are that there should be enough information for each work placement to give an outline of what you have been working on, but leaving out enough detail to be a feeder for a discussion in the interview.As a PM, I would suggest you explain the basics of any project you have managed, along with the timescales, budgets, project team size and any technology used, replaced or removed. Again, I would suggest this is at a high level as to not give away any confidentiality and to keep enough information back for interview questions.
In addition, I would highlight any particular issues or risks that were dealt with successfully along with any management reporting levels, SLAs, third party vendor communications etc... All of this I would see as secondary to the actual project details listed in the paragraph above.
The CV in question only came with the secondary information. I understand it was from an investment banking background, but there is still a certain amount of detail you can add to a CV without it breaking any confidentiality agreements... or am I wrong?
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