Re: Resume issues - (Not posting my resume)

One page?!?!!? My one page resume would have to just say "Call me for details"! Two would be cutting to the bone!

-Don Granaman
[OraSaurus]

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:56 PM

> Kimberly - From my admittedly meager experience of job-hunting for
both
> permanent and contract work, here is my impression:
> 1. If the resume is for permanent work, keep the resume brief and to
the
> point. The objective is to keep HR from tossing your resume. Keep it
to a
> single page and hit the major points that you are selling yourself
on.
> 2. If the resume is for contract work, throw in the kitchen sink.
Consulting
> companies are always receiving that oddball request for that Forth
> programming position and maybe you worked on Forth for one week ten
years
> ago, but it may turn out that you are the most qualified contractor
that can
> be located quickly.
>
> I really found the book "What Color is Your Parachute?" to be really
good
> training. Most of us don't think of job-hunting as a skill to be
learned.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:26 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> My resume that gets passed around EDS accounts is 5 pages. That is
a little
> long for applying for jobs outside of EDS. I was wondering how
other folks
> who work for the same type of companies shorting this (companies
like CGI,
> XWave, etc) where you get billed out to various contracts. If my
> responsibilities on those contracts were always the same I guess it
would be
> easier but sometimes I get billed out to provide one on one
training,
> sometimes I am there for development, sometimes DBA stuff. You get
the
> idea. Do you just list all the key things you have done for the
company as
> a whole and leave out the individual contract stuff? I guess
contractors
> would have the same issue.
>
>
>
> ___________________________
> Kimberly Smith
> Portland, OR
> ksmith2_at_myfirstlink.net
>
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