Saturday, March 26, 2011

LinkedIn Survey About Resumes

Yesterday I participated in a LinkedIn survey about the length, style and of course, content of a resume.  The results and comments are here.  Take a look.

The comments are very interesting.  The creator of the survey summarized them and a couple of themes emerged:
1. Length is also very important with 2 pages being ideal -
2. Accomplishments are the key to demonstrating whether or not a candidate "can" do the job or has actually "done" it previously - this is a huge difference -
3. If a candidate is unable to articulate their experience in a concise, compelling & memorable manner, how well will they communicate to others in the organization?

What do you think? What is the most important part of a resume?

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