I think my resume and cover letter are too short. But I dont want to "fluff" it with meaningless crap. I'm a very direct and to the point kinda gal and I dont want to use big words I cant spell without a dictionary.
On the other hand, would anyone be impressed by a short, small worded resume?
How short is your resume? As long as it has all the necessities in it (personal details, education details, work history, references) than that is all you need. Employers don't want to read through 4 or 5 pages of crap, they want to get to the point, what can you offer them, what are your experiences.
Same goes for cover letters. Intro, Body and Conclusion. Intro to introduce yourself, the job you're applying for. The body to explain what you can offer the employer and why you believe you can do the job. Concluded with your contact details.
Keep it simple and to the point.
And good luck with job hunting.
As someone who recruits staff as part of my job, the best resumes are the ones that have describing in them. ie: when you put 'Retail Assistant' - you also put 'Duties included: money handling, housekeeping, customer service, banking, stocktake,...' etc, etc. This way we know exactly to what extent you did that job.
Does that help? That always makes your resume more pages!
My experience has been that they like short and sweet. I am like you, get straight to the point and I have always been complimented on my resumes. I do have to force myself a bit to pad out the cover letter though, if I had my way it would only state what job I am applying for, but I they seem to like a brief paragraph highlighting what skills you have that suit the job.
Okay my resume is is maybe 1 page at most and cover letter is like 3 paragraphs. The problem is I've had alot of work experience but its all the same. So I just put 3 jobs that are completely different to each other (that I've done) to show variety. And I was home schooled so there's nothing really exciting in that. No awards or graduations of any sig.
Maybe I should draw some nice pics....
Nettie: I've done that. Its still not very long.
Last edited by Reborn; June 27th, 2009 at 10:35 PM.
: I was typing too fast and forgot to think.
I've worked for nearly 20 years and my resume is 3 pages.
As someone who's recruited people - believe me, short is good.
Think of your resume as a list of achievements - you don't need to list ALL your duties, just the ones that are pertinent and you don't have to write the same ones over and over again. For instance, I work in communications so in virtually every job, I've written newsletters. But I don't need to mention that for every job.
I havent written a resume in about 4 years... but when I used to write them when I was applying for heaos of jobs, I would always keep them short and sweet. I would actually write a new one for each job I applied for so I could tailor it to that job and their criteria. Dont put meaningless crap in it, it will just be annoying for the person reading it and they could ignore your resume altogether. I have always just put a short coversheet at the front, then a list of my previous jobs (including what I actually did in that job) and any relevent courses I have done.
How far back in job history would you go? I've had 3 or 4 jobs in the past 2 years. I cant remember dates or anything. Should I go back as far as I can remember? Or just keep to the 3 I've already put down? One is retail, one is mining and one is child care.
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I just dont know
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