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:: Resume/CVs |
Excerpted from the France Career Guide
When writing
to a prospective employer in France, it is important not to send an
exhaustive résumé/CV (curriculum vitae). Two pages can be
justified when the applicant has—at the very least—eight years of
professional experience; otherwise, one to one-and-a-half pages will
suffice. Lengthy résumés/CVs are not popular with recruiters and
increase the risk of the application being put at the bottom of the
pile or automatically discarded. Luxury or heavy paper will not be
of any advantage except in the luxury sector; standard white A4,
80-gram stationery, printed on one side only, is the norm. A small,
good quality, formal photograph of the applicant is always welcome,
scanned onto the top right corner of the résumé/CV. In France, it is
still customary to include a photograph on the CV; however, this is
not obligatory. If the applicant feels it may cause discrimination,
he or she may provide a CV with no photograph.
You’ll find specific examples of cover letters and CVs relevant to
France in the complete France guide.
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