Is my Resume' Crap?
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I'm always trying to keep mine polished up, but I get the feeling that it's crap.
Suggestions?
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Network Support Specialist Fri Apr 18 17:08:01 EDT 2014 Mon Oct 17 18:18:01 EDT 2016
Windows System Administrator Tue Oct 22 14:40:34 EDT 2013 Fri Oct 14 16:54:50 EDT 2016
Network Administrator Mon Oct 21 23:12:52 EDT 2013 Fri Oct 14 16:54:50 EDT 2016
IT Manager Wed Oct 23 17:06:53 EDT 2013 Mon Oct 17 17:26:19 EDT 2016 -
Not everything is on here (missing an IT internship that was there + misc side work I was doing for people regularly outside of my WalMart sales clerk days from 2002 - 2005.
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Is it possible to attach a sanitized version? I don't think pasting it in did you any justice.
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@alexntg I was going to do that but I don't see how to attach a document to this thread. I'm going to share it out from my google drive.
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it vanished while I was reading it..
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@Dashrender Redacted something. It's back up.
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I dont really know what you did at any of your jobs. I know you have all your skills listed on the right side, but which jobs used which skills?
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@IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.
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@Bill-Kindle i don't believe the 1 page rule applies anymore. Mine is 2 pages and had positive feedback with that length from recruiters and hr people.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.
When I had mine professionally done, He made it three pages. I got 4 interviews and 3 job offers in one week
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I will say that there's more here:
www.linkedin.com/in/billkindle/
and I'm also using my projects page on SW pretty heavily too.
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@IRJ said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.
When I had mine professionally done, He made it three pages. I got 4 interviews and 3 job offers in one week
Who did you go through? And actually I saw you say something about that, and that's what prompted me to start this thread.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@IRJ said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.
When I had mine professionally done, He made it three pages. I got 4 interviews and 3 job offers in one week
Who did you go through? And actually I saw you say something about that, and that's what prompted me to start this thread.
https://www.odesk.com/o/profiles/users/_~012a72017d123ed418/
can you PM me your email address? I can send you my resume to look at
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@Bill-Kindle not aware of an attachment facility.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
@IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.
That's something for high school students and college students looking for entry level, non-tech jobs. Has no place in IT.
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@david.wiese said:
@Bill-Kindle i don't believe the 1 page rule applies anymore. Mine is 2 pages and had positive feedback with that length from recruiters and hr people.
Even in the early 90s it was one page per year of experience which for a student, which is who is normally told the rule, is one.
This is one of those job hunting rules that came from people who aren't in the industry and have no information on what is really needed.
Mine was eight pages and used by top consulting firms as they reference standard.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
I will say that there's more here:
www.linkedin.com/in/billkindle/
and I'm also using my projects page on SW pretty heavily too.
As a hiring manager linked to that weird SW stuff will send you straight to the dust bin. Avoid that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
@IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.
That's something for high school students and college students looking for entry level, non-tech jobs. Has no place in IT.
Can I send you my resume real quick?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
I will say that there's more here:
www.linkedin.com/in/billkindle/
and I'm also using my projects page on SW pretty heavily too.
As a hiring manager linked to that weird SW stuff will send you straight to the dust bin. Avoid that.
So don't even reference them and instead turn them into bullet point lists?
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@IRJ sure
