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Subject:RE: Re: How do hiring companies view TW resumes? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:22:08 -0800
The format that has worked best for me is a summary that summarizes the qualifications and past results I think the target company will be most interested in, followed by a conventional chronological employment history. Some aspects of functional resumes and T-letters can help make you stand out, especially to non-tech readers such as HR and recruiters, but tech hiring managers (myself included, perhaps) still like resumes that include the traditional detail points.
Gene Kim-Eng
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On 3/16/2010 5:15 PM wrote:
I tried that on a resume, only to have the recruiter ask me to rewrite
it in a more traditional manner for submission to the client.
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