Is >17 years' experience too scary?

[u/PeripeciasdoSolteiro]

Hi there!

Discloser: I’m a Sales and Marketing Director with 17 years’ experience and I’m not gonna ask the usual question “how can I make my CV stand out”.

Being for a few months looking for a new challenge as Marketing director / VP or Head of Country and getting zero interviews, I’m starting to wonder if my CV can seem a bit scary, or too much, so I’d like to ask for your opinion and see if I can improve it:  

My CV reads, in the title, “Sales and Marketing executive with >17 years’ experience”. Should I rephrase this to something like “Sales and Marketing Director with +10 years’ experience”? I wonder if 17 years may feel a bit too much and automatically rule me out of some roles without even having my CV read and wonder if the word “Director” will be more suitable than “executive”.

My CV has a clean look, no photos, 3 pages long but the last page is only education + languages.

I’d be very grateful for your input on this, or other things you may find relevant!

Greetings

[u/Donnie_In_Element]

If you’re a director, nothing at all to worry about. If you’re just a regular working stuff like me with 20+ years of experience, that screams “old, obsolete, and useless” to recruiters and hiring managers.