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      thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      @thanksajdotcom said:

      @scottalanmiller , I've made the changes you recommended so far. My other question is about putting those shorter jobs back on...

      Are you wondering if you should skip them entirely?

      Yes. I'm not talking about some of those short jobs but these are other jobs I had that overlapped with other positions.

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        scottalanmiller
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        Ah yes, if it is a full overlap and does not add specific value - nuke them completely.

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          thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          Ah yes, if it is a full overlap and does not add specific value - nuke them completely.

          I know at least one that doesn't...but some do, such as experience with HIPAA compliance and Cisco experience.

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            scottalanmiller
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            It's a judgement call. Pull out those that definitely don't. Consider carefully those that have something big to offer. 99% of jobs won't care about HIPAA in the least, so chances are that can go or could be added as a quick word elsewhere.

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              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              It's a judgement call. Pull out those that definitely don't. Consider carefully those that have something big to offer. 99% of jobs won't care about HIPAA in the least, so chances are that can go or could be added as a quick word elsewhere.

              Ok, the other one is the Cisco experience. It's basic stuff but so many companies use it.

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                Jason Banned
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                HIPPA compliance is required in many (most) places, but it's not specific experience anyone is looking for. Audits and compliance laws change so much it doesn't really matter.

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                  thanksajdotcom @Jason
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                  @Jason said:

                  HIPPA compliance is required in many (most) places, but it's not specific experience anyone is looking for. Audits and compliance laws change so much it doesn't really matter.

                  Fair enough.

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                    Reid Cooper
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                    When it doubt, throw it out. Short and to the point. Hiring managers are generally only going to skim your resume.

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                      scottalanmiller
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                      How goes the rewrite? How tight is it now? Approaching one page?

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                        thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        How goes the rewrite? How tight is it now? Approaching one page?

                        Still working on it. It's down to about two pages now...

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                          scottalanmiller
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                          I really think that you can get down to one. It will be tight, but I think that you can.

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                            scottalanmiller
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                            Also, getting down to one page will also make it very easy for you to justify why some things that you wish to busy are missing.

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                              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Also, getting down to one page will also make it very easy for you to justify why some things that you wish to busy are missing.

                              That's actually a pretty clever way to handle it...

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                                scottalanmiller
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                                Yup, it makes gaps seem more logical too.

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                                  thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  Yup, it makes gaps seem more logical too.

                                  That's an incredibly simple but clever solution.

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                                    gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    Also, getting down to one page will also make it very easy for you to justify why some things that you wish to busy are missing.

                                    Getting it trimmed down to just one page can be difficult, but do able.

                                    I think a concise 2 page resume is fine. Keep within 10 years when possible, limit extremely short term employments. I don't use an employment that lasted 3 months.. for me it wasn't practical.

                                    Periods of time of 'unaccountability' can be used as personal development.

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                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      You have to look at his specifically. I put it into Word and two pages is too long. A good rule is figure out how long it is and truncate to an integer.

                                      e.g. 2.4 pages means 2

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                                        thanksajdotcom
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                                        Resume is just about down to one page...but I need help trimming the rest down. Here is the link:
                                        https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=76051035DEC258F!13055&authkey=!AOt7cUm9m3nMZ_k&ithint=file%2Cdocx

                                        I have removed the address for my own privacy but let me know what I can do to get this down to one page. I've removed quite a bit as well.

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                                          thanksajdotcom
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                                          Document has been updated again. FYI

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                                            gjacobse
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                                            My view shows a job segment breaking across a page... it needs to start on a new page. Also, to much white space... fill it out ore need to remove more. (sorry)

                                            BTW - As part of my job responsibilities a few years ago, I worked with people daily who needed assistance with their resumes. I worked with a number of professional staffing agencies. This was something I did with about 200 people a year for seven years.

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