Re: Lenght of resumes by Anthony Ettinger- November 12, 2007 On Nov 12, 2007 6:42 AM, José Alves de Castro <jose.castrolog.pt> wrote:> Hi, folks.>> A quick question: what&39;s the standard size for resumes in your> countries>> I hear that in some countries a resume can only have 1 page, while in> others it has 4... I&39;d like to put some country names to the numbers> O:-)>> FWIW, there really isn&39;t a rule here in Portugal, but 1-2 pages is> generally considered short, and 5 pages is usually considered...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/11/msg1674.html Re: Lenght of resumes by Adrian Howard- November 12, 2007 On 12 Nov 2007, at 15:19, José Alves de Castro wrote:>> On Nov 12, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Adrian Howard wrote:>>>>> On 12 Nov 2007, at 14:42, José Alves de Castro wrote:>>>>> Hi, folks.>>>>>> A quick question: what&39;s the standard size for resumes in your >>> countries>> snip>>>> For the UK. I would say 12 page good.>> Er... Is that "1 or 2 pages" or "half a page" O:-)The...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/11/msg1673.html Re: Lenght of resumes by Jos Alves de Castro- November 12, 2007 On Nov 12, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Adrian Howard wrote:>> On 12 Nov 2007, at 14:42, José Alves de Castro wrote:>>> Hi, folks.>>>> A quick question: what&39;s the standard size for resumes in your >> countries> snip>> For the UK. I would say 12 page good.Er... Is that "1 or 2 pages" or "half a page" O:-)> Three pages okay. More than three pages go in the bin.>> But that&39;s just me :-)>>...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/11/msg1672.html Re: Lenght of resumes by Adrian Howard- November 12, 2007 On 12 Nov 2007, at 14:42, José Alves de Castro wrote:> Hi, folks.>> A quick question: what&39;s the standard size for resumes in your > countriessnipFor the UK. I would say 12 page good. Three pages okay. More than three pages go in the bin.But that&39;s just me :-)Adrianhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/11/msg1671.html Lenght of resumes by Jos Alves de Castro- November 12, 2007 Hi, folks.A quick question: what&39;s the standard size for resumes in your countriesI hear that in some countries a resume can only have 1 page, while in others it has 4... I&39;d like to put some country names to the numbers O:-)FWIW, there really isn&39;t a rule here in Portugal, but 1-2 pages is generally considered short, and 5 pages is usually considered long.What about your countriesTIAjac-------------------------------------------José Castro...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/11/msg1670.html Re: question to recruiters - how successful are contacts made from old resumes by Anthony Ettinger- November 1, 2007 I&39;m not a recruiter, but I think its a matter of demand. I&39;ve beengetting a lot of this lately too -- they claim monster, but they havea 3-year old resume (which is the last time I posted on monster).I usually get 1-2 calls a week regarding my resume...this has beengoing on for years. I have in 14 years, yet to be referred by arecruiter. I think many don&39;t bother reading my resume (especially thepart about rate, telecommute, and location).If I were a recruiter, and I got hit on...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/11/msg1669.html question to recruiters - how successful are contacts made from old resumes by Terrence Brannon- November 1, 2007 I&39;ve been getting lots of emails from recruiters who have my resume intheir company database.If i were a recruiter, my primary source of candidates would be a jobservice like Dice or Monster.I cant imagine the hit ratio being very high for old resumes, but thenagain, candidate placement is not my job.-- http:www.aliveandwell.org http:www.SlowChess.com http:mostholy.wholefoodfarmacy.comhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.jobs.discuss/2007/11/msg1668.html |