I have struggled with that myself. As a consultant I have worked on dozens of projects that range in the thousands to millions of dollars. Each of them have offered their own unique challengs. My resume is 6-7 pages long ... BUT I have designed it in such a way that only the firt 2 pages are of any importance. The rest is a laundry list of projects. Here is my structure...
PAGE ONE
Value Proposition
This is my mission statement, if you will.
Profile
2 column tabular that outlines who I am at a glance
PMP, Consultant and the like
Languages Methodologies and Tools
RUP, OOD, UML2.0 stuff like that
Project Areas
2 column tabular that outlines the project areas I tend to focus on. I do a lot of multi-year business transformation projects that touch all sorts of areas. I have only listed things at the highest level.
Core Competencies
What are my core competencies? You contract me and you get ...
Areas of Expertise
Deeper detail I have listed a dozen more specific 'this is what you get'
Preferred Project Environment
At the end oif the day I'll go where the adventure is .. but I do have a preference for things like iterative SDLC, use case based planning, strong traceability model. stuff like that.
PAGE TWO
Professional Approach
2 columns with a dozen bullet points. What is my process? If you contract me I will attack your problem like this. All the time every time. it's a paradigm. Does not matter what industry ... get me and you get my process and my technique.
Associations and Certifications
all listed there.
Certificates Training and Education
This grows every few months. I reinvest back into myself. so I want employers to see that I am current.
Volunteer Work
I work closely with MA.com and the IIBA so I want employers to know that this my profession and that I extend what I learn back in to community.
THAT's it Pages 3 to ... list out my Professional Accomplishments in the old style chronological order.
If someone wants to read past that, they are welcome to ... but the first 2 pages tell you if I am the professional for you.
thoughts?