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From: flak@mcgp1.UUCP (Dan Flak)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: experience vs. other things on resume
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Date: 26 Apr 91 13:56:15 GMT
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barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
> >				When you send resumes to hiring companies,
> >does one always also include reference letters? 
> 
> It's conventional to put "References furnished on request" on the resume.
> If a company is interested, they'll ask you for the names of your
> references, and contact them personally.  I don't think including
> reference letters can hurt, although I seem to recall recommendations that
> resumes be kept brief (at most two pages).

If you've caught my interest on the first page, I'll read the
rest of the resume regardless of length, otherwise I won't even
make it to page two. I don't count pages on resumes, although
almost all of the successful resumes are one or two pages long. I
don't "count" references or other enclosures "against"  the page
count. Personally, I'd say that references wouldn't hurt.
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