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Re: Having fun with your resume - good idea/bad idea
Subject:Re: Having fun with your resume - good idea/bad idea From:Milan Davidović <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> Date:Wed, 5 Sep 2012 12:29:45 -0400
My own preference is to err on the side of brevity; the existence of
long resumes (and defences of the same in other discussions) indicates
other points of view. So if your objective is to only get resumes
within a certain page count or time range, then saying so up front
doesn't seem such a bad idea. Alternatively, to screen out anyone
whose opinion differs from one's own, then staying silent on the
matter might be the way to go.
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com> wrote:
> You don't. :-)
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> Leaving aside "standards," consider the alternatives. You could send a too-brief resume that hits all the high points and convinces the reader that they want to know more about you. Or you could send a too-long resume to an impatient reader. Which risk would you rather take?
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> A resume is like any other story: Better to be too short than too long.
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> Other than your assertion, how do we know such a "standard" exists?
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