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Radar · 08-29-2009, 10:21 PM

A recruiter just gave me a couple of tips for my IT consulting resume. I've been finding it a bit tough to find work in Florida. I'd have found a job months ago in Los Angeles.

He told me to change my job title at my last job from IT Director, to Senior Network Administrator because the title scares some people and makes them think you're after their job.

My resume also has all of the software, hardware, operating systems, protocols, etc. that I've worked on over the years in one section so I don't have to repeat it over and over with each job. I did this so I could cut down the number of pages on my resume.

They want me to go back and add each technology I used at each job even if it increases the number of pages on my resume by 2 or more pages. I was always under the impression that an employer is looking at dozens if not hundreds of resumes and doesn't have all day to read a book. They want to know what you know and where you've worked.

I guess times change.

08-29-2009, 10:21 PM	#60
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	A recruiter just gave me a couple of tips for my IT consulting resume. I've been finding it a bit tough to find work in Florida. I'd have found a job months ago in Los Angeles. He told me to change my job title at my last job from IT Director, to Senior Network Administrator because the title scares some people and makes them think you're after their job. My resume also has all of the software, hardware, operating systems, protocols, etc. that I've worked on over the years in one section so I don't have to repeat it over and over with each job. I did this so I could cut down the number of pages on my resume. They want me to go back and add each technology I used at each job even if it increases the number of pages on my resume by 2 or more pages. I was always under the impression that an employer is looking at dozens if not hundreds of resumes and doesn't have all day to read a book. They want to know what you know and where you've worked. I guess times change. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin