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> Bonnie Granat wrote:
> >>That's
> >> why most resume experts and career coaches suggest you put your work
> >>experience on the second page.
>
> > Not the expert whose book I just edited. Work experience, she says, should
> > start on the first page.
>
> Really? She suggests that the work history should start on the first
> page? Does she give the reasoning?
Bruce, this is what I've learned from her, but as I noted elsewhere, things
are a bit muddled, she says that for highly technical positions, some
employers will flip to the second page to look at the skills and if they see
what they like, they read the resume. In a sense she's agreeing with you, but
that's for technical candidates. Whether we fall into that category is
debatable.
In general, she says (this is from the unedited online copy), "Since the first
page is in view more than the second, and because a poor first page may stop
an employer from reading on, whenever possible, make sure the information on
the first page presents your work history in its best light."
>
> The reasoning I'm citing goes something like this: use the objective
> rather like a newspaper headline to draw interest. List your skills and
> accomplishment to validate your skills. The reasoning is that these are
> what the employer is interested in; the job history should simply
> provide confirmation.
>
She says to forget about the objective and use an bulleted-list overview that
highlights your strongest points. My own resume is now in that form. It's on
my Web site.
LOL. Thanks for the clarification. I can often make out where a word is
missing, but after editing this book...well, oh, never mind.
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