NBR-Resume

fabk · February 2014

I just found out that there is a job fair next week and I am planning on attending. I am not looking for work today but will be in the next few months and figure this is a good time to see who is out there in my new community.

I haven't had to do a resume in a few years, and honestly can't find a digital copy of my old one right now anyways. Does anyone want to share a format that they like or see often or hear good things about?

I am not looking in a particular field, just something generic and simple. I understand that there will be 50 employers at this fair so I plan to bring at least that many.

Anything anyone wants to suggest would be greatly appreciated.

RevJen · February 2014

Chronological is the best for me to read. Start with your most recent and work your way back.

Company, Location Dates

TItle

Bullet several responsibilities

More responsibilities

Repeat.

sonore32 · February 2014

Another piece of advice I learned recently in a seminar on how to get a job is if your resume is slightly longer (really more CV length) at the top after listing education try having a "career highlights" category. That way people don't have to try and pick out what from your past experience is most impressive/relevant.

RevJen · February 2014

And for the love of little green apples, SPELLCHECK it!

sfgiantsjo · February 2014

At least in my field (education), a simple design is best. Applicants often turn in highly stylized resumes, complete with pull out quotes and random flourishes. Honestly, I read HUNDREDS of resumes. I don't want to sort through the fluff to get to the good stuff. Tell me what you do, and what you want to do and what you are good at.

Granted, it depends on the type of job you are looking for, but readability is always important. And, for goodness sake, don't ever turn in a wrinkled coffee stained resume. Not that you ever would, but boy, you'd be surprised at what people do.

fabk · February 2014

If you were collecting resumes at a job fair are you looking for 1 pg, 2 pgs or more?
I know I am overthinking this. The last resume I put together was mh's and it was 30 pgs long (standard for his profession). So I am don't want to include too much.

lab7979 · February 2014

My resume is four pages long. Part of the reason is because I have a professional development section that lists a lot of the courses and training I've gone through. I've worked at the same place for the last seven years so over time my resume has become more and more specialized towards the university health system I work for. I've also added an achievements category for each job. I list the job, then responsibilities, then acheivements.

ThisModernLove · February 2014

Mine is two pages long and I've been at the same place for a while. I do like seeing the accomplishments section because it says a lot about what that person may take pride in. I agree with @RevJen though, PLEASE spell check and just because it spell check doesn't catch it, doesn't mean it's accurate. I received a resume once where someone said they were an "Financial Analyst" but they did not spell analyst completely.

GOOD LUCK!

RiverPlate · February 2014

Mine's usually 1 page. I have a lot of info on my current job and what I do for different clients, a paragraph summarizing what I did at my previous job (I was there for 6 years), and a sentence for each applicable position before that. I say applicable, because while I had super cool jobs in and after college where I worked for pickles, I had part-time jobs to actually pay rent that I don't include. When I make a specialized resume for a particular job, it's typically 2-3 pages because I go into detail about how I'm qualified for whatever they want.

I have a little table at the top of my resume with personal info, specialties, education, clearance info, certifications, etc. The table takes up maybe the top 3 inches of space, and is honestly where the real information is. You don't need to read the text to figure out what I'm all about.

I essentially combined the aspects that I liked the best of the resume templates that my current company and my previous company uses for marketing and proposals.

GreenBride624 · February 2014

Length depends on how much experience you have. My resume was 2 full pages (printed on one sheet, front & back). However, after being out of college for 10 years, I dropped a lot of the education highlights since my work experience is more important. Now it is a little over 1 page so there are a few line on the back side of the paper.

Personally, I like clean, simple resumes with bullet points instead of paragraphs.

But honestly, the "look" all depends on your profession.

RevJen · February 2014

Personally, I don't think it should be more than 2 pages. CVs are different. Those should be longer.

Make sure it's easy for me to read, understand, and get your story. It's just the tool that you use to enter into conversation with the company. You've got about 5 seconds to catch my attention before I move on to the next opening.

Last year, my company hired nearly 10K people. We screened through about 300K to whittle it down to those 10K hired. When I say I don't have the time to read everything, I mean it.

fabk · February 2014

I am trained in health care admin, but am just looking for something part time. While I would prefer to go back in my field, it may not happen. I really don't know what the employers will be at this fair, so I want to keep it open to anything.

Thanks ladies! I really appreciate all the input!

pinkybooklover09 · February 2014

I totally read the title of this post as resume as in "to begin again" instead of as Resume or CV. I'm so lame.

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