Slaughter and May CV - bullet points or paragraphs?

[Jake Pope]

Does anyone know if Slaughters has a preferred way of presenting your CV?

I'm not sure if bullet points seems too informal.

Thank you,

Jake

 

[Romiras]

Bullet point is fine. 3 per experience is a good rule of thumb. You need to make it relevant and concise.

 

[Jake Pope]

Thanks Romiras!

 

[Alice G]

Agreed, bullet points are fine for a CV though I always recommend prose for work experience entries.

 

[Jake Pope]

Thanks Alice!

 

[syw]

Agreed, bullet points are fine for a CV though I always recommend prose for work experience entries.

Hi Alice, do you simply mean that all other entries in the CV e.g interests/extra curriculars should be in brief bullet points, and work experience in fuller prose written paragraphs? Thank you>

 

[Nat000]

Hi Alice, do you simply mean that all other entries in the CV e.g interests/extra curriculars should be in brief bullet points, and work experience in fuller prose written paragraphs? Thank you>

I just bullet pointed everything, including the work experience section. Admittedly the individual points were long full sentences but the format was certainly bullet points

 

[Jessica Booker]

Hi Alice, do you simply mean that all other entries in the CV e.g interests/extra curriculars should be in brief bullet points, and work experience in fuller prose written paragraphs? Thank you>

Think Alice means that in applications where you have work experience sections, you use prose, but that you use bullet points on CVs

 

[BrerRabbit]

Think Alice means that in applications where you have work experience sections, you use prose, but that you use bullet points on CVs

Is it ever acceptable to use prose for employment in CVs? Mine is currently all bullet-pointed, but is it possible to use prose for current position if it's concise (just to explain additional points I may not want to/be able to fit into a cover letter)?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Is it ever acceptable to use prose for employment in CVs? Mine is currently all bullet-pointed, but is it possible to use prose for current position if it's concise (just to explain additional points I may not want to/be able to fit into a cover letter)?

You can do, but you will be making it much more difficult for your reader to digest what you are saying.

I'd be slightly concerned if you are trying to force information from a cover letter into a CV though - there is something about that which doesn't quite sound right. The purpose of the two documents is very different and I wouldn't expect you'd be able to transfer one from the other without it potentially jarring.

 

[BrerRabbit]

You can do, but you will be making it much more difficult for your reader to digest what you are saying.

I'd be slightly concerned if you are trying to force information from a cover letter into a CV though - there is something about that which doesn't quite sound right. The purpose of the two documents is very different and I wouldn't expect you'd be able to transfer one from the other without it potentially jarring.

Great, thank you!