Three pages too much for a 1yr IT experienced admin?

[big_tiger]

I've been working on updating my resume. Since I have just over one year experience in IT, I think it is needed to show what technical skills I have (minus burning freeBSD .img files). Everyone I ask says three pages is too much for one year of IT experience, but I would like to see what you all think.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_IAkZbkIWDCbmdzTnNabWl6cGc/edit?usp=sharing

[Strychnine]

Two pages too many.

[Craizie]

Nobody's going to read all that shit.

[mstng86]

1 to a little of over one page is enough.

[big_tiger]

lol ok then. What shit should I remove?
I am thinking: High School stuff, Working at Fry's Ele., Technical skills, and Extra Curricular Activity.

Check it out.
Revised resume

[GeorgeG.]

Definitely too long and with 1 year of IT experience, you could probably get it to one page. I'll give you my suggestions. Take them with a grain of salt but it has worked well for me when I've been in the market for a new IT gig.

1) remove your address from your resume. It doesn't matter where you live and, imo, I never like the idea of a hiring manager thinking it might be a problem getting to work on time.

2) Move the education section to the bottom. It should NOT be the highlight of your resume. And, I'd also remove the graduation year from HS...it doesn't matter when you graduated and you don't want to indicate your age.

3) For your work history, I would leave the non-related jobs, but you can remove the details. Everyone knows what a Service Advisor does and it's not essential to your current field. Also, if you left as a service advisor, then I'd combine the total months worked at Vandergriff into one entry. The only thing HR is going to verify from former employers(most of the time) is tenure and if you're eligible for rehire. so for example:

April 2006 - January 2011 Vandergriff Honda Service Advisor

That would include about 8 years of work experience, show your stability and if they want more history, you can include Fry's on their application...so I would also leave Fry's off.

4) I would remove the extra curricular activities. Again, not relevant and it'll probably come up in small talk during the interview.

5) References available upon request. -Their application will have a section for this so as long as you have them.

Hope this helps.

[lowthreeohz]

I've heard managers say they'll toss anything over 1 page into their round file cabinet.

[GeorgeG.]

I've heard managers say they'll toss anything over 1 page into their round file cabinet.

I'm sure those managers are out there, which is why it's important to put the relevant info at the beginning, so they're more likely to keep reading.

Either way, my resume is 2 pages. I wouldn't cut myself short on relevant information just to try and appease the small group of managers that do that.

[BERNIE MOSFET]

I'm sure those managers are out there, which is why it's important to put the relevant info at the beginning, so they're more likely to keep reading.

Either way, my resume is 2 pages. I wouldn't cut myself short on relevant information just to try and appease the small group of managers that do that.

Long resumes are not the problem. It's all the irrelevant clutter and poor formatting that makes the majority of long resumes crap.

Mine is also two pages. I simply could not convey the breadth of my background in one page. Instead, I summarize myself on the first page and then distinguish myself on the second.

I think the big mistake with conventional resume formats is that work experience is presented in disparate chunks that don't necessarily translate directly to what someone might be looking for. It's unnecessarily redundant to state an accomplishment three times under three employers to show that the accumulated experience meets a job prerequisite.



OP, summarize your relevant IT experience because that's what needs to be shown for an IT job. Put that at the top so someone reading your resume gets to the meat of what you know, and why you're a candidate for the position they're trying to fill. You are telling the reader what you can do, not just what you've done (if that makes sense). Be prepared to tailor this to job postings if you are targeting a specific job.

Use the time spent at whichever employer to highlight where you've excelled, not just your daily grind. Bullet point every facet you want to draw attention to, not just the paragraphs. You can tighten your formatting to get rid of some of the wasted white space. (you don't need 1" indents, for instance)
You've got "Recognized for maintaining a Customer Satisfaction Index Rating higher than the district average." buried at the end of long paragraph. Put that shit at the top so people see why you rock.

[SonicblueGT03]

I've been doing it for 15 years, and mine's only 2 pages. Well, technically a page and a half. List your skills, grouped by discipline, with time relevant to each, on the first page, and then show your work history in chrono order. That's all we look at here.