And talking of resumes … Heather wrote a fantastic publish final night around the death of the 1 web page resume. Here’s what I had to say in Heather’s comments section: Use as many pages as you need to document your experience WHILE still staying concise. I review all resumes online so I can't see web page breaks anyway. I think the best resumes are ~2-3 pages because that gives you enough space to provide ample detail without getting long winded. As Heather says,
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Office 2007 Professional, etc are. A while back, I wrote a publish called An excellent one-page resume for a technical candidate, and I still stand behind that format when you are applying for a purely technical role. If you look closely at the example I included in that publish, the sample resume is actually two pages long, not 1. That’s the idea I’m talking about. It's clean; it's simple; it's concise ... but it's also super, super informative. gretchen P.S. When I originally posted that sample resume,
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Purchase Office 2010, “But I heard education should go last” and “I was told to put technical skills first.” You know what? It really doesn’t matter. This format is a guide,
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