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With the removal of the "inappropriate links", the remaining aspects of the edit to Federal Resume's went as well. That added informationis accurate, and needed. A two page resume is not the standard for applying to a Federal position. Some resume's are up to 17 pages long, and are necessary. It may seem odd to have a 17 page resume, but that is the method by which the Federal government applies weight to an applicant's skills, experience, and background. The "heaviest" resume wins.

Sincerely,

Dr. Kenneth Crowell Isaacson, Sr.

USA centric

Added USA centric tag because the scope of the article at present does not stem beyond the USA. 99.224.9.198 (talk) 23:45, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why not just rename the article Federal Resume (USA)? The American federal resume has enough of unique properties and peculiarities to justify its own page.--Brokev03 (talk) 05:16, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--Brokev03 (talk) 22:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling error???

I was almost embarrassed when I found this page. I was making this same spelling correction on another page (KSA) and ended up here, finding not only the title, but also throughout the article, the word "résumé" misspelled as "resume". I see that a minute after the creation of this article, the creator removed a rather important paragraph, part of which I quote:

Proper spelling, according to the Professional Association of Resume Writers is résumé. Resumé and resume are incorrect ^{[citation needed]}.

Does anyone want to start a discussion on this, or should I take it on myself to make the changes and see what happens? WesT (talk) 23:06, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resume format

Actually I disagree with the statement that federal resume must be no less than 3 or 5 pages. Lately I found a blog with the quite useful article on the matter: https://federalresumeguide.com/how-to-write-a-federal-resume/. It overthrows the myth of resume meant to be 5 pages long. Official USAJOBS source also gives the following explanation: “A federal resume requires more information than a civilian resume; therefore, it is typically longer than two pages.” Here’s the link for checking: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/myths/resumes-should-not-exceed-two-pages/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.191.178.84 (talk) 10:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]