RE: should a resume have a "Reason for Leaving" line? general resume assessment request

Adrian,

1. Please note my "rules" about the first page and last five years.

2. I am referring to long experience resumes. 

3. Generally 11 pt font is used to bring a resume to 3 or 2 pages.  10
point is used to get resume to one or two pages. 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Howard [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:51 AM
To: L-Perl-Jobs-Discuss
Subject: Re: should a resume have a "Reason for Leaving" line? general
resume assessment request

On 6 Feb 2006, at 16:29, Larson Rider wrote:

> Adrian,
>
> You make some good points, but some of your absolutes aren't.

As I said "my personal biases" :-)

That said, my doleful rants down the pub on the occasions when I've had
to wade through CVs usually get grumbles of agreement from fellow
sufferers.

> Font, I agree with a 12 point for this resume due to a lot of white 
> space, however 11 point is now common, even 10 point if there are 
> large blocks of text.

If it's common I've not seen it. Somebody sends me several pages of 10pt
text then it's going to go straight in the bin :-)

It's not just the legibility issue. If somebody gives me four pages of
10pt text then I /know/ they are giving me far too much information and
don't know how to communicate succinctly.

Adrian