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06-30-2005, 11:52 AM | #1 |
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Are resumes getting longer? I thought they are only supposed to be 1 page?
I gradudated college about 6 years ago, and so I had to prepare my resume to get a job. I remember the recruiting office always said to keep our resumes 1 page or below? I work in the IT consulting industry, and we have to hire new people every now and then. Some of these peoples resumes that I see are a few pages long?
Is your resume supposed to get longer when you get more experience, or are you still supposed to try and keep it down to 1 page?
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06-30-2005, 11:53 AM | #2 |
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06-30-2005, 11:53 AM | #3 |
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2 pages is the max.
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06-30-2005, 11:53 AM | #4 |
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They are supposed to be one page, but in this dog eat dog world, everyone feels the need to pad their resumes with exceptional experience.
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06-30-2005, 11:54 AM | #5 | |
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06-30-2005, 11:54 AM | #6 |
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You have to use as much space as required to concisely communicate your qualifications. If your cv is as concise as possible, and you spill onto a second page, don't sweat it. I can't see a resume being over two pages long.
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06-30-2005, 11:57 AM | #7 | |
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06-30-2005, 11:57 AM | #8 |
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I think they should still be 1 page long. I see a lot of resumes in my job, and I don't pay much attention to any that are 2 pages or longer. That just shows me that you don't know how to get your point across without being too wordy. Oh yeah, white space is your friend when creating a resume.
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06-30-2005, 11:59 AM | #9 | |
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Any tips on these keywords? I'm actually in the process of writing up a resume for myself.
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06-30-2005, 12:01 PM | #11 | |
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06-30-2005, 12:03 PM | #13 | |
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06-30-2005, 12:03 PM | #14 | |
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06-30-2005, 12:05 PM | #18 | |
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Network Admin 2 years experience required MCSE required CCNA preferred BS in CS preferred Then your resume' better say all of that. If you don't have one of the above, on your resume' state "BS in CS - equivelant experience" or something like that. HR is strictly weeding through 100s of resume's usually with some type of scanning software in larger organizations. So the more keywords you make sure you hit, the better. |
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06-30-2005, 12:10 PM | #19 |
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My resumes are scented so I get bonus points +
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06-30-2005, 12:10 PM | #20 | |
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Or an internship I did before college where I manually sent newsletters to people on mailing lists with Eudora! That job is like 1 line on my resume now. In fact if/when I go looking for another job, I'd probably take that one off completely. And for my last job I described all of my development work, and left off all the suport and helpdesk work. Now if I wanted to actually have a helpdesk job (hahahahahaha), then I would tone down the development, and elaborate on all the tech support. |
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06-30-2005, 12:11 PM | #21 |
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and yes, AOD, you are correct that some IT jobs may require more. But I know I've had to hire consultants for my business before, and I don't want to see an example of your coding skills on your resume', etc.
I'm also an arse when it comes to reading resumes. If there are ANY spelling errors, grammatical errors, or punctuation errors, it gets trashed. I don't care if the person was the best one I've seen yet...same goes for any kind of frilly/artsy crap on the resume'. Also, always include references on your resume'. If you say "available upon request" I'll chunk your resume' in the trash. I don't have time to play phone tag with you and get your hopes up just to find a few people to discuss your experience/education with. |
06-30-2005, 12:11 PM | #22 |
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A tech support job for teh pr0n company?
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06-30-2005, 12:13 PM | #23 | |
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06-30-2005, 12:15 PM | #24 | |
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06-30-2005, 12:15 PM | #25 | |
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