With about 10 years' experience in the IT field, most of it consulting, my resume is currently about 3 3/4 pages long.
I use the standard technical resume format, which first enumerates my "technical skills", in a list format, which is useful not only to paint a general picture of my background but for keyword searches by electronic resume scanners. It then states, directly underneath the list of skills, my educational information including degree and date received, and institution attended. Some say that this should be at the end of a resume where a person has substantial experience; I disagree, as this is often a deciding factor in whether or not a resume is reviewed in detail, and therefore should be in front of the person's face on the front page. I then have one short paragraph, underneath a heading including dates of project, for each of my previous projects. URLs, where available, are at the beginning of said paragraph and in Microsoft Word, are clickable. At the end of each paragraph I enumerate "Technologies Used" in a short list, italicized to stand out from the rest of the text. I've had good feedback about this resume -- and am happy to say that it garnered an interview at a wonderful organization where I am now happily and gainfully employed in a full time role with excellent benefits. I wish you luck in your job search as well! ------------------- Kristina D. H. Anderson PHP Application Developer "Building a Better Tomorrow, One Line of Code at a Time" 347 254 2810 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
