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Re:Ask HN: Joke on CV? by DanBC on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @02:53PM (#9734406)
It's probably a bad idea. Your CV is a piece of professional communication. You probably want to keep it formal as much as possible.

You also don't have "a CV"; you have a template that you adjust as required for each company. Some places may like "crushing it", so add it for them.

Remember that some companies have a vicious pre-filter. You misaddressed the envelope? Bin. Used "sincerely" instead of "faithfully"? Bin.

(But please do test this and write a blog post with the results!)

EDIT: your age is irrelevant information in the UK. By law they are not allowed to consider it so you should not have it on your cv.

Re:Ask HN: Joke on CV? by bbcbasic on Friday June 19, 2015 @12:01AM (#9742949)
> Used "sincerely" instead of "faithfully"? Bin.

Unless you named the recipient.

I prefer "yours hopefully" for job applications.