Re: Tips on Getting Hired

[John Garison <john -at- garisons -dot- com>]

You can add me to the list of former hiring managers ... but I never 
cared too much about long v. short resumes. In fact, I sort of prefer 
the long ones.

When I'm looking to fill a position, I look for all the information I 
can get. I want to see an overview of someone's career. How many jobs 
have they had? How long were they in each job? Has there been an 
uninterrupted upward trend in their level of responsibility? Are there 
any lengthy unexplained gaps? What sorts of application areas have they 
worked in? What trends can I detect in what they've done and where 
they've worked? Have they got large and/or small company experience? I 
like to see the whole thing laid out for me.

Granted, I don't go through this analysis for every resume. I go a 
Possible/Fuhgeddaboutit sort at the beginning, but making the first cut 
doesn't have anything to do with length of resume.

My 2¢,


John G




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