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Re: Updating Resume?

Subject: Re: Updating Resume?
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:16:57 +0000


Giordano, Connie wrote:

I would love to hear some non U.S. folks chime in on this one.

Speaking from Canada:

You sometimes run into people who insist on the two-page rule, but it's by no means firm.

By the way, full resume is 5 pages, I have four shortened versions that
focus on different areas, but none is less than three pages. Doesn't
seem to have hurt me in the least, in either full-time or contract work.

I think that whether more pages are acceptable depends on the quality of those pages and how they're organized. If the extra pages are relevant to the job, and/or if the resume gives a summary of skills and accomplishments on the first page, then I don't think many people will object.

In fact, no matter how long your resume is, the first page is probably the key. I suspect that few recruiters or HR look at the employment history closely if the skills and accomplishments don't look promising anyway.

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