Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
First, an explanation for a delayed response. We had a baby this week,
and I've been away.
Second, thank you for the valuable feedback from everyone. I'll
probably not reply to everyone, so I'll write this up-front thank you to
all who participated. Hopefully, others will learn from this as well.
Even if OO was a standard, I wouldn't send a document like this (and
most for that matter, unless I am collaborating/coauthoring something
with the recipient) out in an editable format. It has always surprised
me that MS Word is the industry standard for sending resumés, as you
have no control over how the file is going to look once it is opened.
I have seem many resumes that I am sure the formatting is not how it
was authored. I would strongly recommend using PDF so that it is
exactly how you want it to be seen.
Good point. I think I will do that for my next version, coming shortly
after I get through this thread.
My first impression was "whoa… data overload." I think that you have
way too much information on there. I believe that a resumé should
never be more than a single page.
I've heard it both ways. Many people cling to the single-page resume
idea. I used a single-page resume until just a couple years ago when I
sought feedback from various BYU alumni placement representatives, and
_all_ of them said single-page resume's are no longer the standard. All
of them said to use as many pages as it takes to list all your
qualifications.
On the other hand, I've been told the resume seems a bit overwhelming by
more than a couple people, so I'm not sure what to think. Hopefully,
some of the other comments in this thread that I have not read yet
express more opinion on this matter. Otherwise, I welcome other
comments on this subject.
I would trim the duties you performed at each job down to a minimum of
three items and reduce the career summary to a line or two or remove
it altogether. An example that I see a lot in resumés for graphic
artists, is them listing "Photoshop" as a skill. Well, sheesh… you
better dang well be good at photoshop! Shouldn't that be a given?!? If
you are degreed and have x number years of experience, that should be
assumed. Besides, that is just a tool that your skills should be
external too. List the skills you have; not the tools you use.
Good point Wade. I'll look into this more. Some job descriptions
request knowledge of specific programs though, so maybe a resume should
list at least some less common programs.
Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org
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