CV Advice
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Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written. Looks like I'm going to lose my job and I want to have the best chance of getting another :(
The best people to ask are those who have to read them. Ask whoever recruited you to your current post, or your HR people if tis a big firm, what was good and what was bad about your current CV then tweak it. You of course need a totally different document for giving to IT recruitment agents than to people who actually know anything about computing. One should essentially be a list of acronyms, the other a list of achievements. Good luck :)
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Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written. Looks like I'm going to lose my job and I want to have the best chance of getting another :(
Local Adult Education Centers, Job Agencies, Retraining Colleges that kind of thing, usually do them/advise upon them for free. Check your local press or google for your area. :)
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Local Adult Education Centers, Job Agencies, Retraining Colleges that kind of thing, usually do them/advise upon them for free. Check your local press or google for your area. :)
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Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written. Looks like I'm going to lose my job and I want to have the best chance of getting another :(
I found lots of guides just by googling for it. Of course, I searched for the Swedish variety, but I'm sure English speaking folks are just as eager to share their CV writing knowledge as Swedes...
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Try Monster.co.uk BTW Welcome! I see this is your first day! :)
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I found lots of guides just by googling for it. Of course, I searched for the Swedish variety, but I'm sure English speaking folks are just as eager to share their CV writing knowledge as Swedes...
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
Last time a Swede gave a CV in English we employed him to run our national football team! ha ha ha :-D
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Last time a Swede gave a CV in English we employed him to run our national football team! ha ha ha :-D
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Yeah, and they (the press, and other pissed off characters) gave him hell for it. When he left, it turns out that the problem didn't lie so much at in his corner, but in the players' corner. England, football and the press. That sure is an interesting unholy triple. :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written. Looks like I'm going to lose my job and I want to have the best chance of getting another :(
Sure, go read my article on CV writing (part of my 'Contracting for Dummies' series. The CV/Resume[^] Hope that helps.
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Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written. Looks like I'm going to lose my job and I want to have the best chance of getting another :(
PaulC wrote:
Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written.
Any company doing work you want to get a job in that you have a friend at. Even if this is not local where you could apply to. Sending your CV to them and asking, "would you hire this person for xx job? why? why not?" take the feedback turn it back into direct changes to your CV. The best CV is one writen for a specific job, but the best CV is also written by you with some learned tips. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written. Looks like I'm going to lose my job and I want to have the best chance of getting another :(
After you've read all the standard articles from Google on how to write a nice, neat, professional looking resume, go back and take a second whack at it. This time, ask yourself, "who am I?" (If you're unsure, there's probably a mirror in the bathroom.) More specifically, you need to market yourself as a brand. Programmers have become a commodity, and any hiring manager dreads going through a stack of 100 cookie cutter resumes that all look and sound alike. If you can find ways to let your personality come through, you show them who they'll be spending those all-nighters with and what kind of guy you'll be like to have on the team. Particularly, you want them to remember you. I forget what all I put in Career Programmer on this stuff, but at the time I remember that I had a line at the bottom of my resume bragging about the fact that I had no college and had been well versed in the art of short sleep and espresso machines. I may have also mentioned somewhere under design methodologies that though I occasionally used cocktail napkins, all of them were object oriented. And yes, it's true that I used to have a cartoon at the bottom of my resume about two cavemen interviewing. Recruiters used to twitch at that, but I insisted they keep it. I promise you, at the end of that 100 resumes, they'll remember me, even if it's only when they get home. "Hey, honey, you're never going to believe the resume this guy sent me - look at this..." Your personal style will differ from mine, of course, but the point is that I stood out from the herd right off the bat, and they noticed me. I had the techie skills to back it up, but if I didn't make it out of that pile of 100, it wouldn't matter. And most importantly, this was the guy they'd be getting if they hired me, so if my humor and irreverence made them nervous, I would have scared the hell out of them if they'd actually met me. Most importantly, these techniques worked. I can't tell you how many gigs I got (I worked as a contractor so I changed jobs frequently) where they started by telling me how my resume really stood out and they just had to meet me in person. Be prepared for any conservative "professional" resume writing service to tell you that you should avoid these techniques at all cost. You won't look like all the other resumes. But then, that's rather the point, isn't it? You have to walk the line between a professional presentation and showing some personality, but the rewards are worth the risks. Don't be a commodity. Don't fit in with the herd. Be yo
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PaulC wrote:
Does anyone know any good CV/Resume writing advice. Or can advise a good place to go to get one written.
Any company doing work you want to get a job in that you have a friend at. Even if this is not local where you could apply to. Sending your CV to them and asking, "would you hire this person for xx job? why? why not?" take the feedback turn it back into direct changes to your CV. The best CV is one writen for a specific job, but the best CV is also written by you with some learned tips. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I'm surprised that you would overlook the obvious. Having found a friend working in the field of your choosing, simply bribe him to get you on there. I mean, really, isn't that the easiest way? :-D
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
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I'm surprised that you would overlook the obvious. Having found a friend working in the field of your choosing, simply bribe him to get you on there. I mean, really, isn't that the easiest way? :-D
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
I'm surprised that you would overlook the obvious. Having found a friend working in the field of your choosing, simply bribe him to get you on there. I mean, really, isn't that the easiest way?
True but this assumes: A) One has enough money to bribe a person B) Your friend is bribable C) The company accepts this friend's word unfaillingly You could easily find yourself back out on the street, now short the bribe. :-D but you are right, if it works out, it is easier.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
I'm surprised that you would overlook the obvious. Having found a friend working in the field of your choosing, simply bribe him to get you on there. I mean, really, isn't that the easiest way?
True but this assumes: A) One has enough money to bribe a person B) Your friend is bribable C) The company accepts this friend's word unfaillingly You could easily find yourself back out on the street, now short the bribe. :-D but you are right, if it works out, it is easier.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com