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    • Bill Kindle
      Bill Kindle last edited by Bill Kindle

      I'm always trying to keep mine polished up, but I get the feeling that it's crap.

      Suggestions?

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      • Bill Kindle
        Bill Kindle last edited by

        Not everything is on here (missing an IT internship that was there + misc side work I was doing for people regularly outside of my WalMart sales clerk days from 2002 - 2005.

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        • alexntg
          alexntg last edited by

          Is it possible to attach a sanitized version? I don't think pasting it in did you any justice.

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          • Bill Kindle
            Bill Kindle @alexntg last edited by

            @alexntg I was going to do that but I don't see how to attach a document to this thread. I'm going to share it out from my google drive.

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            • Dashrender
              Dashrender last edited by

              it vanished while I was reading it..

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              • Bill Kindle
                Bill Kindle @Dashrender last edited by

                @Dashrender Redacted something. It's back up.

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                • IRJ
                  IRJ last edited by

                  I dont really know what you did at any of your jobs. I know you have all your skills listed on the right side, but which jobs used which skills?

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                  • Bill Kindle
                    Bill Kindle @IRJ last edited by

                    @IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.

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                    • david.wiese
                      david.wiese @Bill Kindle last edited by david.wiese

                      @Bill-Kindle i don't believe the 1 page rule applies anymore. Mine is 2 pages and had positive feedback with that length from recruiters and hr people.

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                      • IRJ
                        IRJ @Bill Kindle last edited by

                        @Bill-Kindle said:

                        @IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.

                        When I had mine professionally done, He made it three pages. I got 4 interviews and 3 job offers in one week

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                        • Bill Kindle
                          Bill Kindle last edited by

                          I will say that there's more here:

                          www.linkedin.com/in/billkindle/

                          and I'm also using my projects page on SW pretty heavily too.

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                          • Bill Kindle
                            Bill Kindle @IRJ last edited by Bill Kindle

                            @IRJ said:

                            @Bill-Kindle said:

                            @IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.

                            When I had mine professionally done, He made it three pages. I got 4 interviews and 3 job offers in one week

                            Who did you go through? And actually I saw you say something about that, and that's what prompted me to start this thread.

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                            • IRJ
                              IRJ @Bill Kindle last edited by

                              @Bill-Kindle said:

                              @IRJ said:

                              @Bill-Kindle said:

                              @IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.

                              When I had mine professionally done, He made it three pages. I got 4 interviews and 3 job offers in one week

                              Who did you go through? And actually I saw you say something about that, and that's what prompted me to start this thread.

                              https://www.odesk.com/o/profiles/users/_~012a72017d123ed418/

                              can you PM me your email address? I can send you my resume to look at

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle last edited by

                                @Bill-Kindle not aware of an attachment facility.

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle last edited by

                                  @Bill-Kindle said:

                                  @IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.

                                  That's something for high school students and college students looking for entry level, non-tech jobs. Has no place in IT.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @david.wiese last edited by

                                    @david.wiese said:

                                    @Bill-Kindle i don't believe the 1 page rule applies anymore. Mine is 2 pages and had positive feedback with that length from recruiters and hr people.

                                    Even in the early 90s it was one page per year of experience which for a student, which is who is normally told the rule, is one.

                                    This is one of those job hunting rules that came from people who aren't in the industry and have no information on what is really needed.

                                    Mine was eight pages and used by top consulting firms as they reference standard.

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle last edited by

                                      @Bill-Kindle said:

                                      I will say that there's more here:

                                      www.linkedin.com/in/billkindle/

                                      and I'm also using my projects page on SW pretty heavily too.

                                      As a hiring manager linked to that weird SW stuff will send you straight to the dust bin. Avoid that.

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                                      • IRJ
                                        IRJ @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        @Bill-Kindle said:

                                        @IRJ If I put everything down, it would be more than 1 page. Long ago I was told that multipage resumes were not really a good thing, (was told this by HR types). So I keep it as short as possible, and leave the rest up for conversation.

                                        That's something for high school students and college students looking for entry level, non-tech jobs. Has no place in IT.

                                        Can I send you my resume real quick?

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                                        • Bill Kindle
                                          Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @Bill-Kindle said:

                                          I will say that there's more here:

                                          www.linkedin.com/in/billkindle/

                                          and I'm also using my projects page on SW pretty heavily too.

                                          As a hiring manager linked to that weird SW stuff will send you straight to the dust bin. Avoid that.

                                          So don't even reference them and instead turn them into bullet point lists?

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller @IRJ last edited by

                                            @IRJ sure

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