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Posted by: rookie1010

Hey
I was wondering if there were any resume forums on the net.
if there are, can you guys provide me with the links.

i was wondering if one should go for a one page format, a two page format, my first resume was a one page format, but lately i have seen peoplegoing for a 3,4 and even a 5 page format.

Posted by: Larry

keep your "hiring manager" or recruiter in mind.

Pretend your the recruiter and you have a big stack of resumes on your desk.

a) do you read through ALL of them
b) do you read the ones that take up 5 pages
c) do you like the ones that have small font size
d) do you read the ones that have SOOOO much text on them

the answer is e) none of the above

1) make yours different, YET professional
2) short, simple, to the point, YET effective
3) each line should help convince the reader to read the next line

the first time you lost their interest... they stop reading
:)

good luck

Posted by: rookie1010

thanks larry
what is the most effective font though, i heard the standard is 12.
should i go for times new roman, font 12 and a 2 page format then?

are there any resume discussion forums out there

Posted by: Hotwheelz

Im curious about how the resume should look? Should you go the old boring route, or somehow make the look of the resume stand out. Im not talking colored paper, different fonts....but do something that catches the eye?

Or should you go the boring, professional route, and just catch them with the content early?

Posted by: rookie1010

catch them with the content early.
your resume shuold be like a interesting story. rivertting
at least that is what some one told me

Posted by: tina_p

Have you found any forums for resumes? Or anything close?

Posted by: RevTekniques

I am a placment agent and I work with a lot of the big companies out there like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Nvidia, Motorola, etc...

It doesnt really matter what your resumes look like now-a-days because they usually all just get dumped into a database like resumix and they do search queries for what they are looking for.

Remember now, they get tons of resumes and they can't possibly look at all of them. So make sure you have good key words in there.

For the ones that do get a chance to look at your resumes, like when I look at one, I don't actually read the whole entire resume. Most hiring managers just look for keywords and only skim through them.

The toughest thing about about applying for a technical job is that the person reviewing your resume is probably some HR person that isn't technical at all. And there is definitely A LOT of red-tape to try to break.

I actually work with topcoder and we are working with companies to resolve this issue, it is going to be a long uphill battle, but we are making progress. We deal directly with the main technical guys and it makes it so much easier, and hit rates go up a lot more.

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Posted by: rookie1010

thanks for the insight RevTekniques

so besides having good technical skills, the keywords need to be visible

should these keywords be on the first page or dispersed throughout the resume.

also is it a 2 page resume/ one page resume or a resume overflowing in to a third page which the HR guys like.

what about career objective, summary, is it good to have them, should the keywords be in these two sections?
is there a template that the HR guys like, which makes them say ah

i guess the best way to get through in such a difficult scenaio is through personal contacts.

i was thinking of demonstrating some of my skills through some sort of web app, perhaps if i could get something like that going then i could put a link on my resume, what do you think?

Posted by: SkeeterNash

I go through atleast 20 resumes/applications a day, and you wouldn't believe some of the stuff i see. never turn one in with any kinda of stain, or extra marking. make sure they are neat, the corners aren't folded, etc. if i see one that looks like it has been taken care of, i will actually look at it.

Posted by: sam t

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It worked well for me. :D