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Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
As a matter of fact, it is more beneficial to have longer resumes when you've been out in the work force for a while and targetting more senior roles.
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Interesting comment. We've recently been doing some interviewing for a senior role and we had someone apply who had a dozen page resume. Yep, 12. This was way too much detail and way too much stuff to even read. It was sort of like the one Girly linked to, but way longer and way more densely packed. In my view this was a huge negative because I would want to hire someone in a senior role who was sucsinct and should know what to highlight that would be important. The guy interviewed very much like his resume, his answers were long winded and didn't really tell me anything of value.
I think for a recent grad you get away with some more lattitude. In the last company I had we hired younger people and I looked at their resume less critically. That said, have as many people as you can proof it. Also good advice to get the career centre to have a look at it.
Key things I'd look for in a new grad are areas where you took a challenge. I did some interviews on the weekend and one of the guys worked at Starbucks. He started off as a Barista and in somethign like 6 months moved up to a shift supervisor. This shows progression and shows he went out of his comfort zone. Also make sure you indicate as many tangible things as you can. If you had a student painter business over the summer make sure you highlight the size of crew, the amount of work you did, the amount of revenue, if you were in the top 10% in the city, that sort of thing.
I have liked the format of:
200x-200x company
position held
description of your role
accomplishments:
<accomplishment 1>
<accomplishment 2>
<accomplishment 3>
I suppose if it was obvious you served coffee or delivered pizza you don't need a description.
I'm sure some of us "old guys" would be happy to take a look at your resume and give you feedback.