Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Who's really good at critiquing resumes?

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

Keep it to two pages maximum.  Don't leave out the dates, they can  figure 
it out if they try but most won't bother and it will go in the discard  
pile.  Remember that most HR people and headhunters spend less than two  
minutes 
before deciding to keep or pitch the resume.  Besides they will  catch on 
when you show up for the interview.  
 
Your age and experience is valuable even though admittedly it is tough  
finding a job over 50.  You can't "fix it" by hiding it so you may as well  
feature it and let people know that you are not some wet behind the ears rookie 
 but that you have lots of experience and that you have been around and 
have  already had to deal with most of the situations that the new job will  
encounter.
 
Make sure that you include lots of buzzwords for your industry or expertise 
 as resumes these days are all culled out of the masses using search 
programs  looking for certain terms.  This is true for online postings 
especially 
but  also for resumes submitted directly to a search firm or a company.  You 
 want to make sure that you trigger as many of those search criteria as  
possible.
 
Look at job postings that are of interest to you and incorporate the terms  
used in them in your resume.  Since all resumes are in electronic  format 
(even old fashioned paper resumes sent by snail mail are scanned in to  
databases), modify your resume slightly for each job application to custom  fit 
it to the job and to make sure that those words and phrases appear in  the 
resume. There is no need to have a "one size fits all" resume in this  day of 
easy editing in word programs.
 
I'd be happy to look over your resume and give you my 2 cents on it.
 
John
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/7/2009 4:15:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kjtar [at] cox.net writes:

I have a  couple versions of my resume, and I do need to update it to 
include my latest  job at the Tulsa World.  But, the help I need now from you 
is 
to find  someone or a few people who have (or have recently had) day to day 
experience  looking at and/or evaluating resumes.  
What should I include?   How much detail should I provide? Do I need to 
give dates (which age me) or do  I just need to provide the jobs I've had in 
order without dating them (and  me.)?  
Anyone want to play guinea pig/mentor/helpful  lister?
:)

Thanks very much again.
Kind regards,
Tom  Reynolds
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