Re[2]: Resume fonts

[Eric Ray <ejray -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>]

     Karen,
     I wouldn't want to consider you flame bait either, but
     a functional resume isn't ALWAYS (I don't know about
     usually) intended to obscure the work history.

     I use a functional resume because my experience (as
     measured in tasks, responsibilities, and assignments)
     is far more important than my job history (OSU Computer
     Center, self-employed hither and yon, and my 3 month
     writing stint for a company which folded rather
     abruptly).

     I include a traditional list of worked at XXXXX from
     MMYY to MMYY, job title ZZZZZ, but the meat of my
     experience goes under Traditional Writing and Editing,
     Computer Skills, Online Information, etc.

     Do any of the rest of you screen based on resume types?
     How do you react to "non-traditional" resumes, and how
     unconventional is OK? I consider readable and clear, if
     unusual to be unconventional. Unreadable or bizarre
     resumes (purple wingDings on pink paper written in Pig
     Latin) are obviously out.

     Eric
     ejray -at- okway -dot- okstate -dot- edu



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Subject: Re: Resume fonts
Author:  Karen Steele <karen -at- bilbo -dot- suite -dot- com> at SMTP
Date:    6/10/94 12:34 PM



>  I have
> heard of other criteria for making the "first cut."  When Bonnie described
> the environment she was working in at the time, you can understand why she
> dropped a resume as soon as she saw a negative.  If she still came out with
> six people to interview, I guess that method's as good as any.

At the risk of becoming flame bait, I must admit that as a hiring manager I
generally cut resumes that were not ordered chronologically.  The reason: I
attended a resume workshop that stressed the best way to handle "problems" in
your resume is to do a "functional" resume.  My feeling was/is that the cover
letter is the place for functional highlights -- the resume is where I was
 looking
for job experience.

Of course, I also cut resumes w/ bad grammar, spelling & typos -- because I
thought that meant the writer didn't proof their own work.  (I always try to get
multiple writers to proof any new version of my resume.)  I didn't count off for
fonts, production values or typewritten resumes -- I just assumed these folks
were preparing their resumes at home & didn't have the equipment.  (Some
people have equipment -- others have children -- or so I'm told.)

What do others look for?

Karen Steele
(no children, lots of toys...)