I can't speak for everyone, but I personally dislike the brief, bulleted resumes. I like specifics about what you did at you last job(s). Don't tell me that you: conducted educational programs and tours cataloged artifacts review and updated policies installed exhibits worked on brochures trained volunteers To me every bullet point list looks the same and I find it hard to distinguish one candidate from another. You can provide me with a bulleted list but provide some specifics and highlight some accomplishments that set you apart from other candidates (e.g., in two years researched, designed and installed eight exhibits including "Toys & Games of Early 20th Century Farm Kids"; trained four volunteers on artifact cataloging and in the past year we catalogued 1000 items and entered the info and pics into PastPerfect; conducted 24 school tours [5 stations, 2 1/2 hour program] and 15 school classroom pre-visits servicing 3000 children; developed new walking tour brochure). Personally, resume length does not matter to me. Granted I don't want a thesis, but 2-4 pages (depending on the number of previous positions) can provide me with the detail I need to distinguish and select candidates for interviews. I would rather have too much information than not enough. Just my 2 cents. -----Original Message----- From: Amy Smith <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 4:47 pm Subject: Museum resumes I am preparing my resume to send out to?museum announcements and I have been given two different opinions.? One opinion is to do a CV another is a more formal one page resume.? I have been in the museum world for a while but I don't think a CV is really necessary.? What do all you hiring people want and look for in a resume? ? Thanks, Zoe ========================================================= 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). ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ========================================================= 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).