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Subject:RE: Average Length of TW Resume From:"Harry Bacheler" <hbacheler -at- geo -dot- census -dot- gov> To:<pbw3172 -at- yahoo -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:49:19 -0500
My take, and recent resume experience.
"I have an abbreviated resume and an expanded technical resume. Which would
you like to see first.?
I use a cover letter, if required and, then the resume.
If you are favorable connected, you 'headhunter will take your resume, and
compress it. Then when you get to the client, you can "tell it like it is."
BTW, my resume is 9 pages, in the long form. "Jack of all trades, MASTER of
several."
Harry M. Bacheler, Jr.
Consultant
VGS, Inc.
"The thoughts, ideas, and opinions expressed in my portion of this email
are mine and mine alone. They are not the thoughts, ideas, and/or
opinions of any past, present, or future employers, or any group that I
might belong to."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-20951 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-20951 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of
> pbw3172 -at- yahoo -dot- com
> Sent: Wednesday, 29 March, 2000 06:39 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Average Length of TW Resume
>
>
> It seems that several listers are contractors or have years of experience
> in the technical writing field. Because of my contracting
> history, I have a long resume. It is almost a full three pages. I do not
want to remove
> anything on it because I feel that it contains pertinent information
> regarding application/software, documentation, and creative knowledge.
>
> Is a three page resume too long under today's standards for a technical
> writer with about five years of experience?
>
> Paula
> pbw3172 -at- yahoo -dot- com
>
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