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jeff47

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5. Yep, that was exactly what I was trying to get across

Reply to tabbycat31 (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 05:06 PM

Feb 2013

One-page resumes were the standard for a very long time, and are still the advice handed out to most people. And it works extremely well as long as a brief sentence or two can give the prospective manager most of the information they need.

But in many technical fields, especially software development, it's not possible for a sentence or two to adequately describe the experience. There are many ways of accomplishing the same one-sentence goal that are completely incompatible.

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Do you have pointers for good cover letters and resumes... [View all] cynatnite Jun 2012 OP

Short and personal. rbnyc Jun 2012 #1

Message auto-removed time 4 me to fly Feb 2013 #6

I hired people last cycle tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #2

Except when you shouldn't keep it to one page jeff47 Feb 2013 #3

I guess that would depend on the field tabbycat31 Feb 2013 #4

Yep, that was exactly what I was trying to get across jeff47 Feb 2013 #5

Tailor each cover letter to the specific job and employer durbin Jun 2013 #7