RESUME(with accent marks on the Es)/CV STRUT
high_c
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Holy Cock Holes this is the most boring shit to ever be posted here. But... Gimme advice. Anything. My Resume is 3+ years old. What are the trends. I hear now the in thing is to keep it as breif as possible; like all bullet points. So you list your professional experience but do you put a semi-lengthy description of duties after each one?Really any tips are welcome.Graphic designers feel free to email yours (but make sure the PDF is editable so I can just sub out your name and contact for mine).Tnaks! hc
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aim of resume: get a job which shows my skills
summary of quals:
??? Solid basic computer skills: Knowledge of Windows (98, NT, 2000 and XP), Microsoft Office package, Microsoft Outlook, Macintosh OS X, Linux.
??? Specialist computer skills: Knowledge of main network protocols (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, FTP, SMB), Perl scripting experience, C scripting experience, HTML writing experience.
??? Good multi-tasking, organizational and time-management skills; resourceful.
??? Great attitude with a positive, proactive outlook, commitment to doing the right thing, and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done.
??? Dependable, organized and adaptable with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
??? Ability to work independently with very little supervision, and,
??? Ability to work as part of a team in a resourceful and successful manner.
??? 90+ WPM typing ability, confident data entry skills
that sort of shit
then education
then job descriptions
4/5 bullet points each.
ha!
nah I wish... being proactive for the first time in my life raer.
initech is good but wanna see what else is outdare.wow whoa!
I JUST FROZE THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BRAIN!!!
but any eductaion/teaching/esl resume tips would be helpful as well
justr updated my resume, and it looks like a novel
I've been looking for about a month and a half. I feel as though I still don't know as much as I should about the process, but here is what I have gleaned.
Cater your resume to the position and use interesting pitches and presentations to get noticed.
There is a big difference between a CV, resume for perm work, and resume for freelance work. CV has my academic work highlighted (such as it is), freelance has just the skills highlighted (Flash, PHP, etc.) with professional experience first, and perm has a brief statement of purpose and is kind of a mix of CV and freelance.
Each professional entry is concise, taking maybe 4 lines. Clearly state position, time worked, duties, and any outstanding recognition you received or projects you worked on.
Freelance recruiters are looking for a ridiculous amount of RECENT freelance experience. I mean I had an entry on my resume that said "freelance multimedia development" with a description, and after a few passes I broke that down into individual projects. It added literally 3 paragraphs but I got a much better response.
The more concise, informative entries, the better. I've always heard over 2 pages is too much, but nowadays I'd send them a few pages. Nay, a bible. With portfolio screen shots. On glossy paper. Fluff that puppy up with eye candy. Because unless you wow them and they immediately see where they can place you in a job almost immediately you will be put in the way back of their file.
Speaking of which, one annoying side of the job hunt is recruiters will boil your resume down to a set of numbers. For instance, I am probably in their database as "project manager 1 year, PHP/HTML 4 years, Flash/Director 3 years" or some such, despite the fact there's more to me than that. The more quickly they can boil you down to a marketable commodity the better.