Personnel Administrators' Preferences for Resume Content: Ten Years After.

Hutchinson, Kevin L.; Brefka, Diane S.

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ERIC Number: EJ553631

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Personnel Administrators' Preferences for Resume Content: Ten Years After.

Hutchinson, Kevin L.; Brefka, Diane S.

Business Communication Quarterly, v60 n2 p67-75 Jun 1997

Notes that instructors teaching resume design have access to limited empirical research on resume content. Finds much consistency among Fortune 500 personnel administrators' preferences for resume content compared to a 1984 study. Suggests that name, address, telephone number, job objective, educational qualifications, employment history, prior salary history, willingness to relocate, and reason for leaving prior position ranked high. (SR)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Communication, Educational Research, Higher Education, Job Search Methods, National Surveys, Personnel Directors, Resumes (Personal)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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