pronouns in resumes

Subject: pronouns in resumes
From: Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:04:46 -0400

I just learned this morning that resume writers are advised not to use
personal pronouns:

http://bit.ly/3Lhnsz

How about your resume? Do you leave pronouns out? And if you are
responsible for hiring, does the appearance of pronouns (even just a
few) put you off the candidate?

Looking at my current, I see that I have one "I" for each job listed.

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