Jennifer Palmer at archaeologyfieldwork.com made this comment about CVs/Resumes.
My own cv is fairly long (I think 13 pages), and I’ve struggled with chopping it down into a condensed resume through the years. I’ve been playing around with one interesting variation which really chops it down to the bone. As an example, many years of employment as a shovelbum at multiple firms might be listed as something along these lines:
1994-2007: Employed as an Archaeological Field Technician, Crew Chief and Field Supervisor at ABC Archaeology Company, Dirty Trowel Associates, Another STP, Inc., Where’s My Per Diem Co., Deep As Satan’s Hellhole Strata, Something in the Water Engineering, Mom and Pop Archaeology, Inc., and Hope I Get Paid On Time Assoc.
The argument could be made that in the short form resume no one cares how many months you worked at a particular company, and at a certain level of experience it’s not necessary to explain all of your skills (unless it’s something more technical or specialized). If you’ve worked for 10 years as a field tech, you should be expected to know how to use a compass, walk a transect and dig holes.
It actually reminds my of how Chris Webster, from Random Acts of Science, does his CV. He has a quick summary of all of his work experience broken down by months.
Chris Webster CV Example
As Jennifer says, people probably don’t care to much about how many companies you have worked for. Especially, in CRM were you could be working the same job for 2-3 companies over a week or two. I also like the easy to read visual of Websters’ CV along with the highlighting the most important certificates he has. In the west of the US being BLM permitted is more important then any other single asset that a archaeologists could have for getting a job in CRM. It is a lot like having a drivers license in the UK.
On a side note, address in a CV/resume- I think it is a waste of space. One, most employers call or email but almost no sends a letter, except a few government agencies letting you know you didn’t get the interview. By then the interview date has already passed and you know you did not get the interview. So do not waste the space on a address instead use it for a personal website where they can find out more about you, but not Facebook. Linkedin or academia.org are good profile sites. If a employer really wants a address they will also want a cover letter which has your address on it and makes it redundant anyways. Just my 2 cents. Anyone else have thoughts on CVs/Resumes?
Doug's Archaeology 
archaeofieldtech
April 13, 2012
Hey- I realize this was posted a long time ago, but I’m writing my own post about CVs/resumes and have been surfing the wide interwebs for additional information. So- I disagree with your comment about the address. I agree that almost no one sends letters anymore (although I did get a job rejection notice in the mail in 2009), that’s not the point. It’s my impression that many employers look for local employees in the hiring process. Obviously this isn’t feasible in a lot of cases (when the project is way out in the desert, no one is local), but it can cut down costs for the company. Per diem rates are a lot lower when your employee lives within 50 miles of the office! I think that companies have to be careful in this scenario due to discrimination laws, but where two job candidates are more or less equal, the one who lives closer has the advantage.
Doug Rocks-Macqueen
April 13, 2012
Didn’t think of that. I would add then- add address if local, if not don’t. As you say that is a pretty big advantage.