RE: Tips on Getting Hired

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

What about contract employees?  My resume is made up of short term
contracts.  A resume should go back about ten years for people seeking
senior positions.  For my resume to go back ten years, I wind up with a
three-page resume that is contact information, some summary information,
jobs with very brief descriptions, and education. A two-page resume is good
for entry and moderate level technical writers and for technical writers
that have had long-term positions.  Two-pages for a contract employee with
10+ year career would show someone that lacks initiative because it would be
filled with gaps. Resume length, I think, is really tied to skill level and
type of career, whether contract or long-term.

Now a five page resume can be a little long, I had mine up to five pages
once when I wanted to see *everything* that I had done for the previous ten
years, but that was not one to submit for a job.  Two pages on the other
hand is very short for a professional or for a contractor.

Lauren 

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WRIGHT
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Subject: Tips on Getting Hired


Tip #1:  Don't send a 5-page resume.

Resumes should be a maximum of two pages.  If yours is five pages, it
suggests that you are overly wordy, and have trouble prioritizing and
organizing information.

 

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