"Cut your resume to two pages"- advice that was given to me many jobs ago
My resume is currently about 5 pages. It needs to be updated and most likely will go to 6 pages. Yes you read that right.
Why? Think about it... who reads you resume first? The answer is computer which scans for key words. Once the key words are caught then you make the first pass and you land on someone's desk.
The person looks at your resume and can see a lot of experience doing many things. In 30 seconds or less, they note that you have done many things and usually bring you in to see.
The conventional wisdom is completely upside down. People want to get down to as few resumes as possible as quickly as possible. Then allow the person to sell themselves.
Today's question is:
"Do you have an example where conventional wisdom is completely wrong?"
My resume is currently about 5 pages. It needs to be updated and most likely will go to 6 pages. Yes you read that right.
Why? Think about it... who reads you resume first? The answer is computer which scans for key words. Once the key words are caught then you make the first pass and you land on someone's desk.
The person looks at your resume and can see a lot of experience doing many things. In 30 seconds or less, they note that you have done many things and usually bring you in to see.
The conventional wisdom is completely upside down. People want to get down to as few resumes as possible as quickly as possible. Then allow the person to sell themselves.
Today's question is:
"Do you have an example where conventional wisdom is completely wrong?"
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