Posted: 10/10/2016 10:09:23 PM EDT
| I haven't made one in over 10 years. What do prospective employers want on it? Still one page? Appreciate your tips. |
|
It can be more than one depending on you field and experience. Mine is currently three pages. Tell them what skills you have and back it up the experience that demonstrates those skills. List any specific training and certifications, especially if your in a technical field. Give it just a little fluff so they know your human (ie hobbies and interests). Create a master Resume and then edit it specifically for each job application. Remove stuff that does not fit the job, emphasis stuff that is critical to the new position. Good luck. |
|
I like to use quantifiable information with an impact. Resumes are littered with general info that sucks.
Example 1: "Managed ten people at Company X." Example 2: "Selected over peers to manage ten people at Company X. Mentored them with XXXX that achieved a 10% increase on production in section X. ETA: However many replies you get from "interviewers", you'll tend to get the same amount of differing opinions. |
|
Quoted:
One page is the norm, but if you have a lot of relevant experiences it can go two pages, don't add useless bullshit like I like to mow the lawn and tan naked. All depends on the job I suppose? 
Good topic. I'm currently polishing mine, but for an internal position within the company. Takes a different kind of approach I'm finding. Good luck OP. |
|
I conducted two interviews today--just finished one a little over an hour ago.
One page. Most recent experience first. I agree it's a relatively minor part of the process and it's more useful as a tool for me to guide an interview than anything. I have 50 of the things to sift through every time I get an open head count and it's amazing how a concise yet complete resume stands out. Fluff enrages me. ETA: I'm in medical device sales/clinical service. Most of the experienced/strong folks in a given area are well-known. If they're from out-of-town, we can get the down-low with a phone call or two. |
|
Quoted:
One page is the norm, but if you have a lot of relevant experiences it can go two pages, don't add useless bullshit like I like to mow the lawn and tan naked. This is good advice. I have done a decent amount of hiring and the best part of reading a resume or doing an interview is when I get to hear about how you have little knowledge / experience, but you feel the need to tell me about all your retarded hobbies. 
|
|
Sorry Can't help. Flowery bullshit with hopes and dreams nonsense means little in my world. Hands on Experience, licensing and longevity rule. But..good luck.
Yachting... Most of the employers don't know the first dam thing about what it takes to manage the yacht. Only thing for them to focus on is.. Are you licensed. How long, where have you been ? It is a cluster fuck for both. Depending on how A type personality they are. |
|
1 page
Here's the general setup of mine: Name Address Address line 2 Phone Title Objective: Qualifications: Experience: Education: Certifications, training, and completed coursework: Awards: (not needed for most people or jobs but I've included it for certain LEO things. Stuff like military awards, any certificates of appreciation, commendations from public officials, etc.) |
|
If you feel constrained by a piece of paper in writing your resume, welcome to the 1980's. Too bad it is 2016.
-Look around at modern resumes. Just google them. -Create a LinkedIn profile, write a resume there -Create a *.txt resume in notepad that you can copy/paste into a website. -Create a *.docx resume that you can upload with proper formatting Then you need to be introduced to the whole "job board" thing, i.e. Monster, Indeed, Simply Hired, etc..... 
|
|
Quoted:
What in the fuck is an action noun Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
One page Newest work experience first Action verbs Action nouns are the big thing nowadays. What in the fuck is an action noun You know, verbing. Use nouns as verbs. Leverage. Impact. Ballpark. |
|
Quoted:
I conducted two interviews today--just finished one a little over an hour ago. One page. Most recent experience first. I agree it's a relatively minor part of the process and it's more useful as a tool for me to guide an interview than anything. I have 50 of the things to sift through every time I get an open head count and it's amazing how a concise yet complete resume stands out. Fluff enrages me. ETA: I'm in medical device sales/clinical service. Most of the experienced/strong folks in a given area are well-known. If they're from out-of-town, we can get the down-low with a phone call or two. I'm in the same field and have found nobody cares about experience. They want the young guys, not the guy (me) with nearly 5K joint cases covered. So I've been told. I may also be hindered by the fact I ran my own distributorship forever. Biomet, Zimmer, DePuy by chance? |
|
Quoted:
One page Newest work experience first Action verbs As a hiring owner and previously as a hiring manager in several organizations I do not care how many pages your CV turns out to be as long as it covers these bases: 1) 10 years or the total of your work experience, whichever is greater. 2) Relevant skill set indicators in combined job history, certifications, licenses or volunteer work 3) Job descriptions which are relevant to the job being applied for. If you worked at Wendy's I don't care that you were in charge of the sign changing if your goal is to get a .net coding position. I *do* care that you were able to successfully deploy a new process for streamlining signage change outs, though. 4) Relevant hobbies. I will also assume if you have no hobbies or extra professional group memberships that you're a social pariah who doesn't care about their own quality of life. 5) References. I don't need their contact info or even their full name but a quick list of people in professional organizations that you'd be *willing* to let me contact goes a LOT farther, in my book, than "available upon request. I would actually rather have 4 pages of good, relevant info than 1 page of a diverse professional life distilled to bullet points and allowing me the opportunity to fill in the gaps with my own imagination. The shit I imagine when left with questions would make a billy goat puke. Don't make me go into my mind. Just give the details. |
|
Quoted:
What field? In IT, a one pager gets trashed as does anything over three. V Really? I hire for IT and have been doing so for well over a decade. Nobody I know follows your advice. I'm as just likely to get interested in a 1, 2, 3 or 4 page CV that is well written for the desired position. |
|
Quoted:
You know, verbing. Use nouns as verbs. Leverage. Impact. Ballpark. Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
One page Newest work experience first Action verbs Action nouns are the big thing nowadays. What in the fuck is an action noun You know, verbing. Use nouns as verbs. Leverage. Impact. Ballpark. |
|
For .gov, the CV route. With all the magic words that will trip the resume screening software. And don't forget to fill the "demographic" portion. And don't forget that your Abuela, though white as rice, comes from Montevideo and you are therefore of "Hispanic ethnicity."
Because 10,000 applicants for every opening. |
|
Quoted:
CV format...as many pages as needed to highlight your credentials. Quoted:
Quoted:
One page Newest work experience first Action verbs
CV format...as many pages as needed to highlight your credentials. Multiple pages is fine as long as the first page has everything that matters (since there's a decent chance they won't read the rest) |