A different kind of Resume question...

AlphaFrog · #1 07-25-2006, 01:32 PM

I ended up including a second page with Employment Experience. I've been told not to go over 1 page, but I think that's sort of outdated. Plus, it was a council that met together to discuss, and I don't know of anyone else that turned in an actual resume, so I doubt they discarded it as they might have if they had a huge stack to go through and it simply didn't catch their eye.

I can seriously see why the current director needs to take a step back, as 1am Monday morning, he was emailing a bunch of us music for a flute choir that he composed, and wants to get together for an ordination service of one of our members.

I haven't heard anything yet, except that the guy I emailed my resume to said my name had already come up in discussion. There was another announcement about the postion in the church bulletin, so I think they are making sure no one else wants to be considered first, before they make any decisions. Choir doesn't start again until Sept, so I expect they'll start making decisions mid-August.

Thanks for asking!!

Drolefille · #2 07-25-2006, 01:34 PM

1 is good, but if you have relevant experience and information to include 2 is the absolute max...

Good luck!

f8nacn · #3 07-25-2006, 01:42 PM

Good luck to you! I'm sure you are going to get it! Let us know the progress!

RU OX Alum · #4 07-25-2006, 03:16 PM

Good Luck Alphafroggy Frog

tunatartare · #5 07-25-2006, 03:17 PM

Alphafroggy Frog

I'm gonna start calling you that from now on

Munchkin03 · #6 07-29-2006, 08:59 AM

The one-page rule really isn't that outdated. Most people under 25 don't have enough relevant employment experience to fill more than one page.

I do keep a resume that's different from my professional one, that includes volunteer organizations, boards I serve on, alumnae Greek life involvement, and other things I've done. I list my current employment and educational background, but that's pretty much it. The way I see it is that architecture firms don't care about the fact that I serve on any boards that aren't related to architecture, and the Junior League doesn't care that I worked as a draftsman five years ago.

valkyrie · #7 07-29-2006, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

The one-page rule really isn't that outdated. Most people under 25 don't have enough relevant employment experience to fill more than one page.

I think the one-page rule is not outdated at all, unless you have a CV listing your extensive and impressive education, work experience, and publications.