Re: Resume length

[Caryn Rizell <caryn -at- HPPTC95 -dot- ROSE -dot- HP -dot- COM>]

I also keep to the one page resume.  In fact, I just had my resume
reviewed by our local STC chapter resume review committee, and all
of the reviewers (managers) said that they liked the one page
resume.

I do not use a chronological resume.  I list my skill sets with
accomplishments under each, then list my employers in another
section.  This gets good reviews also, because it focuses on
what I can do, not who I did it for.  It also lets me group
related accomplishments at different jobs into one area.

I started out with this format when I was new to technical writing
because my experience was not directly related, but have kept to
that style because it gets results.

Caryn Rizell
caryn -at- hpptc95 -dot- rose -dot- hp -dot- com


> >How long should a resume be for a newly-graduated college student?  I
> >think it's necessary to list the jobs I've had as a technical writer,
> >but if I'm limited to one page, I can't.

> I wrote my first computer program in 1960. My employment experience ranges
> from 1965 to now and includes programming, management, computer systems
> consulting, technical and strategic marketing, and freelance technical
> writing. I have a one-page resume.

> I think that a new grad who can't keep his/her resume to one page needs to
> learn to write more concisely.   ...RM

> Richard Mateosian    Technical Writer in Berkeley CA     srm -at- c2 -dot- org