[Ansteorra] opinion

[Franchesca Bush]

I would say there is no guidelines for who gets to have a longer resume
than others.  No one looks at the length of a resume and goes oh that
person must be older.  It may also show they job hopped a lot.  Best
scenario is to take your relevent experience and distill it to some hard
hitting bullet points.  As Lady Augustina Elizabetta da San Germano said,
taking your skills and producing it to something that relates to the job at
hand, or your current job, as the case my be, provides an opportunity to
showcase your outside talents, show your ability to communicate
effectively, and able to meet the needs of the company, client, customer
(which I always want to type costumer).

Generally speaking, I wouldn't put "hobbies" down on a resume.  You are
part of a volunteer organization.  You are a member if you pay your dues.
Volunteer associations are more highly valued than activites that are
considered hobbies.  Highlight leadership roles, community service
activities, traning and development, or research functions related to your
time with the SCA is much more impactful for most career situations.  Now
if you work for Medieval Times, a year round Renn Faire group, or applying
to be a musketeer (or stunt double), you may want to refocus your delivery.

Francisca Sastre de Arellano
(Current Staffing/HRIS Contractor, former recruiter, employee relations, HR
generalist)

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Viviana Rowntree <tinygypsylady at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As a former HR person for a larger Tech company and someone who did
>> sourcing for a Financial institution, keep in mind it should be
>> specific to the position you are looking for.
>>
>> Resumes more than 3 pages are typically too long.  A resume with
>> more than 1/2 a page or less of hobbies would not be considered at
>> first glance either.
>>
>
> As an aside, there is a lot of good and free advice for job searchers
> at Workforce Solutions, a private, publicly-funded non-profit
> organization.  (Huh, I thought they were part of the Texas Workforce
> Commission.)  They have a couple of classes on resume construction.
> (Note: at the north location, there's more info than they can fit in
> one class, so they continue it in the negotiating class as well.)
> You can also find pointers to resume review sessions.  The one I went
> to, I sat down with peers to critique each others' resumes.
>
> There are a lot of tips and factors to consider.
>
> As I understand it, longer resumes should be reserved for older people
> who have more valuable experience to list.  Also, targeting for the
> company is indeed good.
>
> Dannet de Lincoln
> --
> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
>
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