The proper length of a CV will be highly dependent on the field. A Kate says, mine is currently 6 pages, and was considerably shorter when I applied for and got this job, but I was lucky enough to have a small number of high-quality publications, so I didn't need a big list with lots of padding. In fact, there are several things on the version that Kate sent you (which is from my tenure review) that I felt a little sheepish about listing.
The important thing is that you list everything relevant, and organize the information well. I've certainly gotten twenty-page CV's to read while we were hiring, but people who just indiscriminately list everything they've ever published, down to the last Usenet rant, aren't really doing themselves any favors. If I have to work to locate the last publiation in a reputable journal, I'm likely to decide that it's not worth my time.
Make sure that your education and employment history are clear and easy to follow, and sort publications in a way that makes it easy to tell what's really important-- for example, in science you would usually divide them up as "Journal Articles," "Invited Talks" and "Contributed Talks," from most to least significant. Lumping them all together (which I've seen done) just looks like padding.
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Date: 2008-08-02 02:31 am (UTC)The important thing is that you list everything relevant, and organize the information well. I've certainly gotten twenty-page CV's to read while we were hiring, but people who just indiscriminately list everything they've ever published, down to the last Usenet rant, aren't really doing themselves any favors. If I have to work to locate the last publiation in a reputable journal, I'm likely to decide that it's not worth my time.
Make sure that your education and employment history are clear and easy to follow, and sort publications in a way that makes it easy to tell what's really important-- for example, in science you would usually divide them up as "Journal Articles," "Invited Talks" and "Contributed Talks," from most to least significant. Lumping them all together (which I've seen done) just looks like padding.