RE: Having fun with your resume - good idea/bad idea

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Milan Davidovic wrote:
 
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Green, Duane <Duane -dot- Green -at- e-hps -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > I received several resumes that were 8-10 pages long, and included
> every contact writing assignment they'd worked at for the last 20+
> years.
> 
> When writing the job posting, had you considered specifying length
> and/or time range of the resume?

If you want applicants who need to be told that 8 pages is too long for a resume, then you might also want to specify that you expect proper spelling and subject-verb agreement.

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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