主题：Big Don'ts on Resume... -- 煮酒正熟

A. Keep your resume to one page - for the same reason that each resume will be skimmed for less than 10 seconds, resumes longer than one page will be read even less thoroughly. In addition a long resume shows a lack of ability to prioritize and focus on the important items, and/or a lack of effort on the applicant's part to learn about the open position and tailor his/her resume accordingly.

In business school I have had classmates who have held CxO positions (mostly of small companies or startups, obviously) who had to limit their resumes to one page despite their vast amount of experiences. I know of only one exception to this rule: it's okay for PhD's to have multi-page resumes, mostly because of the need for space to list their publications.

B. Begin each bullet with action verbs. "managed", "led", "analyzed", etc. are (in most cases) better than "participated" or "held (a position)"

C. Be results-oriented, quantify results whenever possible. If you managed a project, list size of the team, budget, duration, scope and outcome. Statement such as "Led a XX-person team with $YY budget to implement ZZ, resulted in savings of $AA/efficiency improvement of BB%/leadtime reduction of CC days" make the recruiters' job easier by providing quantifiable information which they can use to evaluate whether the applicant's experience is comparable with what the open position requires.

Will update if more thoughts pop up...