I know of a case where a CCIE(W) with a 14 page resume did not make it for a tech
support position and a CCNA with a one page resume made it.
"Size" does not matter,performance does. ;-)
What is more important than the size of the resume is your ability to stand up and
vouch for the things that you claim.I tele interviewed a guy who claimed being trained
from Sniffer University and did not know the basic sequence of packets exchanged when
a TCP IP connection is made between a Server and a client.We hired him coz he was
sincere, not becoz he was a techie.Sincere guys who have a potential for being trained
are sometimes more productive than a self-centered techies.
So, just be yourself( irrespective of length)
-PG
-----Original Message-----
From: Brant Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:07:25 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Resume Length (was: Certifications on resumes)
I use 2 versions, one online, and the other I try to keep at 3 pages, though
as time moves on, will probably go to 4 or 5...
Brant I. Stevens
Internetwork Solutions Engineer
Thrupoint, Inc.
545 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY. 10017
646-562-6540
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Tariq Bin Azad
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:41 PM
To: 'Andy'
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Subject: RE: Resume Length (was: Certifications on resumes)
Size of my resume is 3 Pages..... 3 is not my lucky no...
Tariq
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 January, 2001 7:09 AM
To: Bradley J. Wilson
Cc: cisco
Subject: Re: Resume Length (was: Certifications on resumes)
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Bradley J. Wilson wrote:
> 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?
How about "I don't care because I never print it anyway". Its always in
electronic form and its more important to make sure all my experience and
skills are documented then conform to some twisted misconception of
appearance. Those rules don't apply to technical resumes anyway. They
apply to people that have basically no skills and all pretty much look the
same anyway.
andy
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