While I am NOT advocating that you turn into John Michener
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:00 am
You have been in the workforce for as long as the person interviewing you has been alive? Good for you. First, if you are like me, and started your career in the 70s, don’t start your resume in 2000. The interviewer will figure out something in missing the moment you walk in the door. Two issues here; one, do you want the first impression you the give her to be, “what else is she hiding?” and two, if the company your are interviewing with would really disqualify you upfront because of your experience, is that a culture you would be comfortable (much less successful) working for?
Which leads directly to Myth 4: You need to keep your resume to no more than 2 pages.
Fact: Write a tome of 8 or 9 pages, if you are showing a hiring manager what you do ukraine phone number library best, and you are a more “seasoned” job seeker, a 3 or 4 page resume is not out of the question. Remember, a resume that is nothing but a cut and paste from your job description will get you no where no matter how short it is. However, if your resume is providing real information about what you do best and what is in it for the hiring manager, 4 pages are fine. Just like any other good brochure, if you can show the reader there is benefit to them, they will read it no matter the length.
There are many more Myths regarding resumes but in our next post we will move on to the area we call; The Job Search.
Full disclosure note: I do have a coaching offering assisting Seekers with their resume called, “Getting YOUR Voice Out”, however that is NOT why I am trying to explode these Myths. I believe that Job Seekers are being steered in the wrong direction and end up wasting way too much time, effort and money on areas of their resume that rarely, if ever get looked at. Further, some of the advice out there is just plain dangerous to their search.
Job Change is one of the top six stressors we can go through, right up there with birth, death ,divorce, marriage and relocation. We need to make sure the first step in the process (our resume) places us on the path to success.
Which leads directly to Myth 4: You need to keep your resume to no more than 2 pages.
Fact: Write a tome of 8 or 9 pages, if you are showing a hiring manager what you do ukraine phone number library best, and you are a more “seasoned” job seeker, a 3 or 4 page resume is not out of the question. Remember, a resume that is nothing but a cut and paste from your job description will get you no where no matter how short it is. However, if your resume is providing real information about what you do best and what is in it for the hiring manager, 4 pages are fine. Just like any other good brochure, if you can show the reader there is benefit to them, they will read it no matter the length.
There are many more Myths regarding resumes but in our next post we will move on to the area we call; The Job Search.
Full disclosure note: I do have a coaching offering assisting Seekers with their resume called, “Getting YOUR Voice Out”, however that is NOT why I am trying to explode these Myths. I believe that Job Seekers are being steered in the wrong direction and end up wasting way too much time, effort and money on areas of their resume that rarely, if ever get looked at. Further, some of the advice out there is just plain dangerous to their search.
Job Change is one of the top six stressors we can go through, right up there with birth, death ,divorce, marriage and relocation. We need to make sure the first step in the process (our resume) places us on the path to success.