Good point. I have not properly recruited for some time but once when I was confronted with 50 odd CVs for a contract position, which all had similar experience etc, I chose 3 to interview based on outside interests: one had played pro football for Luton Town, one was a sound engineer and in a...
I guess it depends what you do but most people I know now use a simple CV with 10 or so bullet points at the top directly relating to the job, next section is education, a few boxes with employment history and that’s yer lot.