2007-04-24 01:14:40 · 11 answers · asked by gautam b 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
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2007-04-24 01:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by Himmat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ideal length of a resume depends on your level of experience and the message that you want to communicate. If you are just coming out of school or been in an industry for just a few years, then I would strongly urge you to get the resume down to a single page. If you have been in an industry for 15, 20 or more years, your resume may need to be 2 or maybe 3 pages to adequately communicate your experience. Here are some additional pointers:
- Your resume should deliver a coherent message about what sort of job you want and what you have to offer
- Focus on results rather than job duties (e.g. I increased sales by x%; I changed a manufacturing process and saved the company $100 thousand per year)
- Remember that a recruiter will spend about 30 seconds looking at your resume and focus mostly on the top 1/3 of your resume. Use that real estate to tell the reader who you are, what type of job you want and 3 or 4 accomplishments that will get the reader interested enough to look further.
- Review every sentence to see if it is relevant to your job objective; if not, get rid of it!
Good luck!
2007-04-24 11:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by jd0601 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell no way, the shorter the better. the HR people get 100s of resumes a day, do you think they would read 2-3 page little "novels" one by one?
try to make sure that the resume fits into 1 page (if it does not work then 2 pages is still ok)
the jargon and the other stuff should be put into the cover letter:)
one more thing : try to put the work experiences on the top because that is the thing that mainly interests them.
good luck!
2007-04-24 08:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by VeronicaB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short and precise. A single page if you can. You can fill in the blanks during a job interview.
2007-04-24 08:17:58 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
short and precise, it's better that way, employes don't have a lot of time to read it, they need to scan it quickly and look for things that catch their eyes or is interesting to them
2007-04-24 08:19:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it should only list the most important events and facts. Don't go on and on about something that doesn't have anything to do with why you want to work there. GOOD LUCK! ;)
2007-04-24 08:18:41 · answer #6 · answered by Lefty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bullet points and to the point-no HR person has the time to read novels
2007-04-24 08:25:18 · answer #7 · answered by starmoon464 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be short and to the point.
2007-04-24 08:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be short and concise. Never more than two sides of A4.
2007-04-24 08:18:17 · answer #9 · answered by Pseudonym45 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends where and who you apply to.
In US it's better to keep it short and I beleive it makes sense so this way you intrigue an interviewer.
In UK however I was told they prefer very detailed resumes
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2007-04-24 08:26:09 · answer #10 · answered by chase11209 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋