Clearly there are dozens of views on the topic. I will add that I don't have just one resume. The resume is specific to the position being applied for. Relevance, not volume. Provide it in as many formats as may be valuable for the recipient - .pdf, .doc, .swf, etc.
For a technology position, do you need to include on your resume that you deployed DOS6.0 on 286s back in the last millennium? On Jan 23, 2008 12:37 PM, Eric Woodford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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). ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
