You bring up an interesting topic. I try to keep mine under *four* pages!
;-) Why four? I dunno, just seemed like a good number, I guess. I had one
guy ask me, way back when I was starting out: "Your resume's only *one
page*??" Guess it kinda had an effect on me. ;-)
Anyone else want to chime in? Can we get a bell curve going on what the
average resume length is?
----- Original Message -----
From: Brandon Rose
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:59 AM
Subject: RE: Certifications on resumes
My only issue with this is I try and keep my resume itself to one lean, mean
page - though it sometimes goes over a little.
If I individually included the dozen MS exams I completed and the many
CompTIA exams I both took and acted as a SME for along with dates, that adds
a lot of paper right there. Same goes for the gigantic protocol, operating
system, and equipment list some people include. It doesn't leave much room
to mention job experience/major projects, which is what probably counts in
the long run.
I don't know where I should stand on the keyword scan vs. "lean 'n mean"
resume issue. Is there a conflict?
I understand keywords are vital if someone from HR is scanning a hundred or
so resumes, but at the same time they don't want to read a small novel with
footnotes and a bibliography. I know most of my MBA friends would say it's
all about including as many buzz words and acronyms in as little space as
possible. heh
I wonder what Raymond from the jobs groupstudy list will think? I'll be
sure to bring this up with him when I see him.
One thing I do agree on is the vast majority of HR personnel have no idea
what the certs mean (but do they mean anything? that's a whole other topic
right there).
My $.02,
Brandon - holder of various acronyms
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Wigle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 9:41 AM
> To: Ole Drews Jensen; 'Andy'; Craig Columbus
> Cc: netlinesys; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Certifications on resumes
>
>
> I have done something similar as Ole,
>
> On my resume I have a section with a running history of exams
> passed and
> courses taken. If passing an exam completed a certification
> I note that in
> brackets. i.e. - 15 July 2000, CID exam passed (CCDP completed)
>
> On the cover page I only list the "senior" certs from a
> track. The same for
> my business card, the senior certs only.
>
> But on job boards I check off every single cert due to
> searches by HR people
> who may not know/understand the progression.
>
> There was a time when I chided people for putting down
> MCP/MCSE. But I
> didn't figure that HR people wouldn't know the difference -
> they're supposed
> to know the market they're recruiting for... right?
>
> right.
>
> Kevin Wigle
>
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