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Re:Rip Your Resume in Half and Other Things You Won't Hear f... by gdfer on Friday December 08, 2017 @11:04AM (#15879603)
Are people intentionally crafting their resume in such a way that the first page(ish?) could essentially be read as a standalone thing -noting the highlights and main points. Then the remaining pages would, in a sense re-state some of what the initial page has but drill down and provide more detail. Is that a good approach to take?
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Re:Rip Your Resume in Half and Other Things You Won't Hear f... by hasbot on Friday December 08, 2017 @11:06AM (#15879623)
That's pretty much what I did. Top half of first page: summary of skills. Remaining half covered most recent employment. 25 years ago that was the suggested format and I never saw any need for change.
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Re:Rip Your Resume in Half and Other Things You Won't Hear f... by noitsnot on Friday December 08, 2017 @11:44AM (#15879970)
I tried to leave out the tech stack acronyms except for listing 3 or 4 on the bottom of the resume which I had experience and wanted to continue with. I was asked for an updated resume so HR or recruiter could tell what I actually worked on and the technology.
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Re:Rip Your Resume in Half and Other Things You Won't Hear f... by chadgeidel on Friday December 08, 2017 @11:27AM (#15879813)
That's essentially what I do. First page is all I expect the interviewer to read. My resume is 2 pages for >10 years of experience.

I agressively delete unrelated skills and promote related skills based on the job description.

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Re:Rip Your Resume in Half and Other Things You Won't Hear f... by gdfer on Friday December 08, 2017 @12:36PM (#15880352)
If you're writing your first page as a standalone thing though that matches what the posting is looking for, do you think you need to eliminate unrelated things on the remaining pages?
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Re:Rip Your Resume in Half and Other Things You Won't Hear f... by chadgeidel on Friday December 08, 2017 @02:30PM (#15881269)
Yeah, I wasn't super clear about my scenario. I have a "all skills" resume and I pare that down for each job.
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