pronouns in resumes

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

 This is old news, Milan, but still relevant, IMHO. I think those who still
lean on the resume as the screening tool of choice go by the ancient
guidelines, so compliance is a good thing. I've done my best to knock out as
many pronouns as possible
 in my resume. There are some instances, however, where usage cannot be
avoided; you'll know the exception as you stumble across it in yours.

And no, the sporadic pronoun isn't sufficient enough for me to place the
resume in the B, C, or File 13 pile....unless every entry starts off with a
pronoun or there is overuse thereof. Sorry, but this does tend to "speak
volumes" when there are so many resumes in the A pile.

> Chris


On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:

> I just learned this morning that resume writers are advised not to use
> personal pronouns:
>
> http://bit.ly/3Lhnsz
>
> How about your resume? Do you leave pronouns out? And if you are
> responsible for hiring, does the appearance of pronouns (even just a
> few) put you off the candidate?
>
> Looking at my current, I see that I have one "I" for each job listed.
>
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