tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685608788672533401.post3211598255535070673..comments2022-04-05T03:02:08.815-06:00Comments on Intern 101: Lulu's Mailbag: Why don't more resumes use images?Lulu Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713133001416080918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685608788672533401.post-14039703283251393992010-04-24T17:07:50.469-06:002010-04-24T17:07:50.469-06:00Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry it was a little...Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry it was a little long question...I like to explain to much and hence the questions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685608788672533401.post-37708225954219024052010-04-23T21:56:17.322-06:002010-04-23T21:56:17.322-06:00Anon, your question deserves a thorough discussion...Anon, your question deserves a thorough discussion in a future post, but the short answer is to go for shorter, clearer sentences/bullet points and that acronyms are acceptable if they are of commonly-used/known industry phrases.Lulu Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713133001416080918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685608788672533401.post-5663421618488758852010-04-23T11:29:38.023-06:002010-04-23T11:29:38.023-06:00First, off I vote for the nicely presented text re...First, off I vote for the nicely presented text resume with a few graphical elements for "branding" and submitting a couple pages or work samples that are coordinated graphically to the resume.<br /><br />Here are a couple of questions -<br /><br />I'm trying to hone direct architectural experience, industry related experience, and broader professional experience into a coherent 1-2 pages. <br /><br />I've knocked out the misc, mostly unrelated early years. I'm left with what I consider very relevant professional experience that still pushes two pages by the time I list employers, school, etc on top of experience.<br /><br />I long ago stopped listing accomplishments by employer and shifted to general titles/roles with tasks below. I then list employers with those titles/roles at the end. Even that is getting repetitive now (i.e. creating SD-CD's as an intern, consultant, rep, etc) So, now I'm combining experiences across multiple related jobs. <br /><br />To me it's no non-sense approach and eliminates repetition to those who want to read a quick hit resume. The counter to that is that by listing some overlapping tasks it shows that I can do all of that in multiple roles and settings. Long winded way to get there but...thoughts?<br /><br />The resume guide books emphasize the action verb... designed, created, developed, coordinated,etc. They also love the dynamic adjective and quantitative result. All well and good, but somewhere along the line these start to feel forced and long... Responsible for creating SD-CD documentation for over 10 mixed use and multi-family projects. In short...space hogs.<br /><br />When can you just say "Created multiple SD-CD sets." or "Developed RFI/ASI document submittals."? Or, is saying "Developed creative solutions to RFI/ASI submittals that assured coordination with overall project and document intent and resulted in 10% project savings." be better? MBA's would love it, would a firm principal?<br /><br />Finally what about abbreviations. Is the industry comfortable just saying BIM at this point? What about SD, CD, CA? By the time you spell out each of those even once you're taking up a line.<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com