Over the last couple of weeks I have been putting together my resume, which should be easy considering I last used in October last year but it is proving a slightly complex task.
Firstly, the time in my current role has been very limited (3 months as of yesterday) and now with the takeover in full swing many long term projects have been delayed for obvious reasons.
Secondly, each time you add something you need to remove something else otherwise the document will end up being 100’s of pages, again adding to the complexity what do you remove.
Finally I have decided to add a new section at the top as a short profile/biography of who I am and why someone would want to hire me. I have written bio’s before for speaking engagements but it is not the same as these are never read in total by the chair of the session. I am also trying to determine how much of my online activities to include.
I am looking at maybe throwing it up onto ResumeWiki for a bit of advice as well.
Time for a break, off the to park to kick the footy with Ben and one of his friends, maybe I will be inspired!
Michael Specht 
Not only does it change depending on where you are and the industry you are applying to but over time. Many years ago I had the whole profile thing and dropped it. I had an appointment with a recruiter on Friday and she suggested that due to the depth of my resume it might work better to bring the profile back.
My issue with cover letters is the whole computer thing and I really don’t trust the whole process, which is ironic.
Michael,
Are you using blogs to find a job? I had a journalist ask me whether there were any job blogs for HR pros and I put her on to yours but if she doesn’t get in touch let me know. All the best in your search.
No Steven I am not using my blog to find a job, however I might need to in the next few months. The company I work for is being taken over and as such some of us might lose our jobs.
A secondary aspect is I have been trying to track down a web site that allows resumes to be stored in HR-XML, so I have been posting about this process a bit as well.
Thanks for reading Steven.