I disagree with one page limit nowadays. Personally most employer's I've dealt with, scan your resume to an electronic format or only except electronic submissions. Limiting yourself to one page makes for limiting your experience. In the last 10 years, I've worked 4 jobs. To go into any detail, I'd need to limit my KSA to just the basics (if anything). 2 pages suffices for most all my needs.
The main idea with one page, is to make it passed the short attention span of resume reviewers (humans). If your summary of qualifications is catching enough, and fits in that first 1/3 of page 1, your golden. On Jan 23, 2008 5:32 AM, Joe Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph: > > Resumes, even in a tech field, should be limited to 1 page in this day and > age. > > Bullet points take up valuable page real estate, where you could be > listing KSA's (Knowledge, Skills(both technical and transferrable), and > Attributes). > > And for the love of <Deity> don't put "References will be provided upon > request." Of course a potential employer will request references prior to > an interview, no need to waste important space on the paper. > > One more resume killer - templates. Don't use them. Spend some time on > crafting your resume. Potential employers can tell the difference. They > have a tendency to pass by the template resumes. > > Also, if you are anything like me, and already in a career, and know what > direction it is going in, there is no need for a Career Objective, that can > be replaced with a Summary of Qualifications. > > If you'd like, I can send a copy of my resume (which in my current > Portfolio and Professional Procedures class netted me a grade of a 100 and 5 > interviews thus far) to you offline. > > > Joe Fox > Systems Administrator > > The McGuire Group > Office# (716) 826-2010 ext: 1172 > Mobile# (716) 846-9308 > > The materials in this e-mail are private and may contain Protected Health > Information. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that any > unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any > action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately > notify the sender via telephone at 716-829-1978 or by return e-mail. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:46 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Tech Resume > > Hey marvin, > > If you don't mind could you forward me a copy offline too? > > Thanks.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "MarvinC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: 1/22/08 6:39 PM > Subject: Re: Tech Resume > > Bullet points! > I'll be more than happy to send over a copy of mine as an example. It's > kinda long because I try to force the recruiters to read it but they don't > so I just fill it with buzz words which is all they scan on. > > > > On Jan 22, 2008 6:32 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I've been saying I need a new job for so long now, I don't believe > myself > > anymore... I am in a unique environment that's just truly bad for my > career > > and I need to make a change. For the last ~13 years, I have been in the > tech > > field and want to up the ante and get out of the small business arena, > so I > > am looking online for resume examples and could use a pointer. I've only > had > > two jobs in all that time and neither needed a resume so needless to > say, > > I'm starting from scratch! > > > > > > > > Any pointers would be most appreciated! > > jlc > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
