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Mine is 2 pages. About a 1/2 page of education/brief background/skills with the rest being work experience.
Question. How do people usually list their work experience? With straight bullet points or with short paragraphs detailing job description and accomplishments?
^I always discuss the job description in paragraph form, but the amount of information included depends entirely on the position I'm applying for. Sometimes I will include only two or three succinct lines about my responsibilities at that job. In some cases it seemed more prudent to include a more in-depth discussion of what I have done.
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Thanks. When I first started in the corporate world, I was told to use bullet forms. A decade into it, I'm been told to use paragraph form more and more since hiring managers want more information upfront when they are evaluating those with extensive work experience.
From reading this, what they taught me in school. which was Title page, written paper about why you are the best choice for the job(three sections, page long), and then your resume. Is completely wrong.
From reading this, what they taught me in school. which was Title page, written paper about why you are the best choice for the job(three sections, page long), and then your resume. Is completely wrong.
Most industries still use cover letters, so it's not wrong. The cover letter should be tailored to the specific job and should get the hiring manager to want to read your resume.
From reading this, what they taught me in school. which was Title page, written paper about why you are the best choice for the job(three sections, page long), and then your resume. Is completely wrong.
The title page and the written paper portion is probably meant to be the cover letter. Cover letters are on a need to basis. Unless a job posting requests a cover letter, I don't send one.
Also, different rules apply for people coming right out of the college vs. those who have been working for a significant fraction of their lives.
From reading this, what they taught me in school. which was Title page, written paper about why you are the best choice for the job(three sections, page long), and then your resume. Is completely wrong.
Most industries still use cover letters, so it's not wrong. The cover letter should be tailored to the specific job and should get the hiring manager to want to read your resume.
And no headshots...(though I have been guilty of finding myself attracted to interview candidates. Well, I'm only human...though others will disagree).
Headshots are for actors and models. I’ve never heard of anyone in any other profession putting a photo of themselves on their resume or CV. Sounds terribly narcissistic to me.
(I don't know how people in other countries use the terms, but here in the US, a resume is the usual document you send when looking for a job, and a CV is the document used when applying for jobs in academia. CVs are usually longer, but I'm just starting out on my academic job search, so I don't have a lot of publications or presentations to my name yet.)
In much of Europe, terms have increasingly become meaningless and interchangeable. So no practical difference. Curriculum Vitae just 'sounds' classier (for academia).
Question. How do people usually list their work experience? With straight bullet points or with short paragraphs detailing job description and accomplishments?
Depends on the occupation and the kind of job you’re looking for. I’ve typeset hundreds of resumes, and I’ve found that people in sales and management often use bullet points to highlight specific accomplishments.
With the rise of the internet and online job listings, that’s what a lot of us are doing now: sending a plain text email of the cover letter, either with or without the resume following, plus the fully formatted, nicely designed resume as a PDF attachment.
In Germany a resume is supposed to not be longer than 1 page. Usually it's just a table, not a full text. This makes it easier for the staff manager to get the gist at one glance.
And our bosses generally prefer typed applications; often emails are not permitted or simply don't get read.
Many people neglect to mention their hobbies in their resumes. But that's important info as it tells a lot about your talents. For example, if a medical student plays the piano to studio-level, you can be fairly certain he'll be a good surgeon as he's bound to have excellent motorical skills and eye-hand coordination. Or if someone loves 10,000 part jigsaw puzzles, he has a lot of patience and an eye for detail.
mine is just one page
I've been meaning to redesign it to be more in line with what I do (drafting) instead of it being just a boring vanilla word doc, but I haven't needed to send any out in a few years so I haven't gotten around to it
I have no clue. Does someone here know about an appropriate length? Please share your ideas. I think it is better to find a resume topresume review which you can trust and order the resume. There so much details and we can’t know them all. But those writers can. So it would be only logical to order resume there. Don’t you agree? I don’t want to study this subject so I use those writing services each time I need it.
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I would always recommend writing a CV yourself. After all, if a worker doesn't even write his/her CV him/herself, can you trust them to do their regular work themselves? Wouldn't they be likely to burden someone else with their work?
It just doesn't leave a good impression.
As for the form and length - that differs widely depending on your country. Would you be ok with telling us which country we are talking of? Then we could give better advice.
If you happen to want to apply to a German company, I can help
Over here in Germany, time is money. Therefore almost all employers want a CV in form of a table, ideally half a page, 1 page at the very maximum. Applications frequently get sorted out because the CV is too long.
Our employers want uttermost brevity, so that they get the important points at one glance and can quickly sift out unsuited candidates. If they are interested to learn about details, they'll ask you in the job interview (if you make it that far).
A CV in Germany must contain:
Personal details: name, address, contact details. You're also supposed to add a small photo of yourself (the size needed for a passport). Thats not because we are curious but to make sure we recognize you in the job interview and can address you properly with your full name. Anonymized applications - as they are usual in the US - will not be accepted.
Professional experience: what companies have you already worked for? What did your work there consist of? You should list this information in chronological order. Start with your most recent professional experience.
Education: which schools and universities did you attend? What were your final grades? What subjects did you study? Have you completed a vocational training course? Or, have you done any continuing education courses? You should list this section chronologically too, with the most recent qualification first and your school education at the end.
Language skills: what languages do you speak? How well do you speak them?
Special aptitudes and interests: For example, do you have any special computer skills that are important for your work? And what are your hobbies. The latter are interesting for the job, too. If for example you are supposed to do some work that needs lots of patience, assembling 10,000 part jigsaw puzzles for a hobby will actually be considered a recommendation. Playing a musical instrument hints at finely honed motorical skills.
That's likely a spammer, but I'm waiting on a ruling from the higher ups instead of banning the account myself just in case. Closing this seven year old thread in the meantime. If they're not a spammer, they can participate in other threads and prove themselves.
(for academia).
