Hiring managers can probably guess what you did by reading your job title, so don't waste
precious page space explaining the many ways that you filed paperwork.
Not exact matches
Fitting everything into one
page or less in a query letter isn't easy, so don't waste
precious space telling literary agents things they already know.
Instead, she reminds us of the
precious yet controlled
space of the archive, of brittle strips of tape and handwritten marginalia, of epigraphic
pages torn from their original sources.
Save that
precious one -
page space for a brag.
Instead of taking up
precious space repeating obvious lists of responsibilities under each position you've held, consolidate them in the form of relevant key word phrases in the top part of the first
page.
You really don't need to use up the
precious free text
space in your profile to provide information which can easily be provided by the LinkedIn profile
page sections.
Listing it is redundant and a waste of your
precious single
page of
space.
Instead of taking up
precious space repeating obvious lists of responsibilities under each position, consolidate them in the form of relevant key word phrases at the top of the first
page.
You only have a certain amount of
space to communicate your message (1 - 2
pages) so consider that
space precious real estate and use it wisely.
They tend to be pedantic, largely meaningless, and they take up
precious real estate on your single
page of
space that you need to use to fill with all of your relevant skills and qualifications.