Reducing the clutter
Since 1997 when I first became Chairman of The FENG, I have probably reviewed well over 200,000 resumes. (Gosh, I’m exhausted just thinking about it.) I would tell you that the biggest problem I see in resumes is the incredible clutter. Although some of the resumes I get are 3 or 4 pages, most of the time the author has squeezed all they would like to say on 2 pages. The “tricks” they generally use are narrow margins and VERY tiny fonts. (I would swear some of them are less than 8 point type.) While I am a big fan of writing to your heart’s content to create enough material to edit, your best friend is a sharp pencil. The [ Read more… ]
