Imagine you are the hiring manager for a small to mid-sized (up to 15 staff people) museum. Knowing that you will receive scores of applications for that collections or education position you are hiring, what do you want the resumes to look like? I'm not asking what skills you're looking for, but about resume format. This relates to the advice our students receive from our placement office. Are two pages okay if the information is all relevant (our students must adhere slavishly to one)? Would you like to see specific sections listing hard and soft skills separate from the employment history (which can then be greatly abbreviated)? Do you care about the objective statement? How important really is a GPA if the student has the degree? Students fresh out of college (undergrad or grad) often have little or no "relevant work experience" (a required section according to our placement folks) but often have many applicable hard and soft skills derived from "related activities" like volunteer activities and coursework (an optional section). Personally I think this is backwards. What format is going to catch your attention and help you assess the applicant fastest? Again, I'm not talking about specific skills, but the types and arrangement of information on the page(s). Our placement office pushes a very corporate model for resumes that I'm not sure serves our museum and non-profit students well. One page, really stereotypical. While "accounts receivable clerk" has a broad meaning in the business world, the responsibilities of a "visitor services associate" can be very different in museums across the street from each other. I look forward to hearing the group's collective wisdom. db -- Dan Bartlett Curator of Exhibits and Education Instructor of Museum Studies Logan Museum of Anthropology Beloit College ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).