Krista Nightengale and I spent much of today up to our ears in applications for spring internships. A few things we noticed: No one wants to be a journalist anymore—a good 80 percent of applications were for the marketing department, which means journalism professors may finally be getting through to kids about the lack of jobs in the field. The one-page résumé is apparently a thing of the past. (It baffled us, but some professors are telling students it is OK to send potential employers three-page résumés. Don’t listen to those teachers, kids, because it isn’t a good idea. Unless you’ve had 50 years of experience, keep it to one page.) And proper AP Style is a rare thing in aspiring journalists’ CVs.
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While we’re on the subject of AP, do you prefer Web site or website. I believe AP says Web site (two words and capitalized), but it seems more and more I see website being used frequently. Not that I want an internship, but it seemed like time to chime in.
The one-page resume has been dead for years, in many industries. In fact, for a lot of mid-level technical positions, you don’t even get a read if it isn’t a couple of pages’ worth of valid experience…
Can’t speak for the journalists, though…
The one page resume is only dead among I.T. people, louis. I make all of my candidates consolidate their resumes to no more than two pages. If they can’t summarize their responsibilities and successes in 1-2 pages, it usually indicates they cannot execute and they have a small johnson, professionally speaking.
@Jef Web site
@Jef
Unlike the AP, our style is “web site,” two words, both lowercase.