Resumes...

[Volpone]

So everything I've ever heard is that you should try to keep your resume to one page.

The exception is technical gigs and, apparently project management. I've tweaked and edited my resume into a fairly tight, cohesive document, but I've got a friend who's a project manager (an area I wouldn't mind working in), and he couldn't believe I only had a one page resume: "Dude. You've got so much experience. So much of this could be broken out into more detail. And you've got to have more than three bullets about what you did on your last job." He went on to show me some project manager resumes he (and his boss) considered effective. The average one is around four pages and there aren't any that are less than two pages.

And the funny thing is, I'm looking at the resumes and thinking "these aren't terrible drafts, but they need to be edited waaaay down. I found it especially ironic that, in an industry (IT) where skills become obsolete almost before you can get certified in them, guys were going into painful detail about things they did in the 1980s.

Eh. "When in Rome..." I guess. But it pains me to take something I spent a great deal of time and energy paring down and bloat it back out. :S:

 

[Gonad]

There are three kinds:

resume
eresume
cv

Which you need depends upon the circumstances.

 

[The Listkeeper]

The sites I've had the best luck with posting my resume for consulting are Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com.
The resume I put up on those was loaded with skillset keywords, which is what the HR people who use those sites are looking for.

 

[Laker_Girl]

My best friend is head of HR for Sam's Club and she helped me do my resume and it is AWESOME! Your actual resume should be one page but total should be three pages; cover letter, resume, references.

 

[Sadistic Bastard]

You also might want to consider a 1 page "teaser" resume, with a more detailed, multi-page resume if someone asks.

Good Luck.

-SB

 

[bad dog]

You also might want to consider a 1 page "teaser" resume, with a more detailed, multi-page resume if someone asks.

Good Luck.

-SB

yes if they want you they send you a fucking book. One time I almost took a job at the Denver mint as a machinist. I did the 49 page application but told then no later. I did time As an Engineer tech5 for the US army Corps of Engineer as a hydrographic surveyor. Anyway working for the feds sucks ass.

Another fact to consider is you get the high power interveiw 2 to 6 people drill you with questions so that paper is not shit but a ticket to the front door.

I put Tatoo artist on my resume, I did it for 5 years. If I were to go back to work I would Tatto for $50-$90 an hour. that shit is hard fucking work, no fuck ups or you may get killed.

I say do one page and let them talk you face to face for the other shit. If you are a sharp, big ,mean scary looking bastard like me they are scared to say no.

 

[Sadistic Bastard]

^ do you do touch up's?

I had "Terminus Est" in a border around one of my tats, it's blurred over the years (too much detail in the "Gothic" script, artist should have known better) and now I just want to fill in the border. Would that still be a $50 an hour job, or just the cost of materials and a $10 tip to fill in an already existing "ribbon"?

-SB

 

[Volpone]

A tip for anyone entering the job market:

Create accounts on Monster and Career Builder on separate days (or use separate e-mail accounts initially).

That way you can tell which one is spamming up your inbox with "Opportunities of a lifetime!" and offers to run a Farmer's Insurance franchise.:evil: