From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: f43e6,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 103376,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 10f5bc,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,gid103376,gid10f5bc,gid1108a1,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!roadrunner.com!not-for-mail From: Phlip Subject: Re: Am I "Overqualified"? Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.software.testing,comp.object References: <7b06b8e5-7930-43b6-bc87-abac96de0cb3@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: Pan/0.129 (Benson & Hedges Moscow Gold) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 04 Feb 2008 12:33:31 GMT Message-ID: <47a7061b$0$30713$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.176.90.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.software-eng:9144 comp.lang.ada:19704 comp.software.testing:7544 comp.object:21969 Date: 2008-02-04T12:33:31+00:00 List-Id: apm35 wrote: > I have just started to have a look. If I had rcvd this CV for a IT > position I was advertising I would reject your CV simply because it is > too long. No CV should be more than 4 pages and in general I would > advise 3 or less. For someone with alot of experience I think it is > better to get it down to 1 page if you can. A candidate must survive two phases - the initial resume triage, and the subsequent review and interview process. Hence, after one graduates from the 1 page resume, one should send out one-pagers edited to fit the opening's requirements, and should provide the real, long resume during any subsequent communication. > No career objective or summary - IMHO this should be at the top of page > 1. That's for the short version. -- Phlip