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For someone mid career I'd expect a resume to cover the last 10 years of employment, which of you've done lots of contracting might take upwards of three pages
by Aloha 7y ago
For someone mid career I'd expect a resume to cover the last 10 years of employment, which of you've done lots of contracting might take upwards of three pages to cover.
Is this unreasonable?
- whatshisface 7y agoYou could adjust the level of detail, maybe covering many clients in a sentence like "developed software systems for Drexler (1956-1957) NASA (1957-1958), Scranton Paper Products (1958-1959)..."
- Aloha 7y agoNormally I'd want to include some level of detail about what I worked on at each position, technologies, technical accomplishments, etc
- seattle_spring 7y agoYou may want to include it, but most employers won't want to read it. A brief summary should be more than sufficient.
- avip 7y agoYes.
- pseingatl 7y agoInitially, yes. If you grant the candidate an interview, require a follow-up c.v. with this information.
- cbanek 7y agoYes. I have 10+ years of employment with so many projects it would take forever to list them. I have a 1 page resume. (I've also given up on .pdf and .doc, and just give it out as plain .txt) Figure out what experience is useful for the job and write a cover letter. Most of the experience a seasoned employee has probably isn't relevant on the surface level to a hiring manager. Something like: "It sounds like from the job description you're looking to do <X>. I've done <Y> which is very similar to <X> in most respects." </C3PO>
- astura 7y agoI have more than 10 years experience with a LOT of different projects under my belt. My resume is just barely 1 page - obviously it's only the highlights. I also don't even list my first tech job anymore, it was a summer internship and I didn't do anything of any challenge there.