The Purpose of a Resume
Awk says "Care to give me a format or secret that I can put 24+ years of experence (14 different jobs) into one page that fits all?"
I think the point is that you needn't list all your jobs! A resume is not an autobiography. It's more like a baited hook. The purpose of a resume is to get an interview, not to tell your life story.
Any work experience beyond about ten years is less pertinent...it can either be summarized without the same level of description, or dispensed with entirely. The focus should be on your accomplishments in the last 5 to 10 years, and each of those accomplishments should briefly state what you did, how you did it, and what the benefit to the company was, using a quantifiable measurement. For example:
"Instituted Exchange email mailbox size limits, shepherding and training users to better manage their email, reducing mail server data 67%."
Obviously, you can't cover a 24-year career in level of detail, but that's not the point of a resume anyway. Again, a resume's only purpose is to land you an interview!
Cheers,
-Michael
