Re: Lenght of resumes

[email protected] (Ask Bjørn Hansen) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:18:20 -0800
Newsgroups perl.jobs.discuss
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:00, "Mr. Shawn H. Corey" <[email protected]> =20=

wrote:

> Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>>> "Jos=C3=A9" =3D=3D Jos=C3=A9 Alves de Castro =
<[email protected]> writes:
>> Jos=C3=A9> A quick question: what's the standard size for resumes in =
yo=20
>> ur  countries?
>> Mine's about a paragraph long, but it's in the back of thousands of =20=

>> Perl
>> books in the world, so I don't even have to send it along. :)
>
> Not very useful.  How about if someone was applying to you for a =20
> job, what size r=C3=A9sum=C3=A9 would you like to see?

Usually 1-2 pages.  If you are very experienced then 2-3 pages.

Everything in the resume should be interesting and relevant though.  =20
As lont as it is, the length isn't so important.

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