--- On Tue, 7/7/09, HRStrategy@... <HRStrategy@...> wrote:

> AsktheHeadhunter recently did a very
> similar story, although a longer 
> resume even.  Though personally I doubt most folks can
> justify going beyond  the
> standard 2 pages max unless they are quite unusual. 
>
> And, of course, that is US standard and still far different
> in other countries.
>

Patricia

Resumes in western civilizations run along the same lines as in the U.S.

For executives, the firms that cater often conduct actual robbery. I came
across one National Executive Director of a fund-raising organization and an
Executive Chef who paid exorbitant charges to have a "portfolio" created by such
firms. One paid $15,000 and the other, quite recently, paid $30,000 though this
last amount was supposed to include their helping the candidate find a job
(i.e.. only advice and direction on how to land a job).

Executives do Bios and they have to explain their essence and accomplishments.

I remember that I did help a young Swiss couple who had newly immigrated to get
good interviews through a better resume. They were both graduates of the
Lausanne Hotel School, had their Masters' Degree, and very good positions before
immigrating.

The resumes they had written consisted only of the positions they held by
different employers in chronological order.

I interviewed them and explained to them what has to stand out even from the
very first lines and what actually interests potential employers. So we changed
the resume explaining what they had managed and how many staff were involved, in
which areas specifically, etc.

Well, it got the wife an immediate job in her area of expertise: marketing for a
hotel chain, and it did get the husband a job in a hotel - not the ideal one for
him but good. He got to manage the restaurant and bar of a hotel. He was worth
much more than that. Then he and someone else just opened a consulting practice
(not like mine, but dealing with physical layout of hospitality concern and
staffing)..

Their resume, when I changed it, was not so long. Maybe 2 or 2 1/2 pages but it
really described who they actually were and what they had achieved and their
potential.

Claire


Claire Belilos
CHIC Hospitality Consulting Services
Management Consulting, Training, Problem-Solving
http://www.easytraining.com
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Vancouver, B.C.. V6E1T8 Canada
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