I think that having two version of your resume is more
common these days - fancy formatting for print and
ASCII for eMail, etc. I PDF mine, and its three pages,
but the first page is summary and the last page is
education, certifications and associations. I think
that the length answer is three or under - if you've
got more then its either too dated or you've done too
much and aren't parsing out the important stuff.
When I review for hire I am amazed at the number of
gramatical and spelling errors, in addition to the
amount of silly stuff. Do I care that you belong to
the ski club? No. Do I enjoy seeing the letters CCNA
after your name like MD? Not when I'm hiring - in
fact, it puts you in place with the rest of the folks
instead of pulling you to the top.
One page these days, my opinion, is too sparse. Each
of the last five years should have at least four
bullets - that's good for a page in well zized text.
Another page for certs and education, and perhaps a
little bit for introduction - I personally hate the "I
want a job that..." Also, please DON'T use every font
and don't print double sided. Leave room for notes!!!
(Sorry for being a mother hen!)
For the certs on the resume - CCNA, CCNP..., it seems
like there are two camps - those that put it in for HR
and keyword search and those that don't want to work
for a company that is too stupid to understand the
relationship. (The position is too junior if they're
looking for NA...) That was the winning arguement,
althought for votes it was about 60-40 in favor of
putting them in. Thanks. My friend's resume is two
lines shorter and he is thankful. ;)
All the best.
--- Pradeep Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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'
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> 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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