Writing a CV
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In the US, most people have 1-2 page CVs. In India, 5-6 pages are not uncommon. I personally think 2 pages is the max you should have.
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkthanks that's useful to know. I'm pretty much there now, just putting in the final touches cheers,
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It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here? Strictly 2 pages? Do I need a 'Key Skills' summary section or can I drop in key technologies here and there? thx james
Yes and yes.
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Yes and yes.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Yes and yes.
There were 3 questions :rolleyes: Your answers are :
It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here?Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link -
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Yes and yes.
There were 3 questions :rolleyes: Your answers are :
It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here?Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkYou're thwapping the wrong person. :doh: "It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here?" isn't properly a question and should have been punctuated with a colon. PIEBALDconsult corrected for James' error and answered the two real questions.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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You're thwapping the wrong person. :doh: "It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here?" isn't properly a question and should have been punctuated with a colon. PIEBALDconsult corrected for James' error and answered the two real questions.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
You are correct sir. :-D
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You're thwapping the wrong person. :doh: "It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here?" isn't properly a question and should have been punctuated with a colon. PIEBALDconsult corrected for James' error and answered the two real questions.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
dan neely wrote:
PIEBALDconsult corrected for James' error and answered the two real questions.
Yeah but he should then have replied with : NULL, yes, and yes. :-D
Regards, Nish
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dan neely wrote:
PIEBALDconsult corrected for James' error and answered the two real questions.
Yeah but he should then have replied with : NULL, yes, and yes. :-D
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkDicky Smothers: It was a rhetorical question. Tommy Smothers: It was a rhetorical answer.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Yes and yes.
There were 3 questions :rolleyes: Your answers are :
It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here?Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkI'm sorry, I think Nish is right, you may not have the skills we are looking for Pieballdconsult, but we'll happliy Hold onto your resume. :laugh: As to the original poster; Up over here, we "try" to keep it no longer then two pages (Generial thought is that "a Hring HR/Manager/etc time is important, that they check for the key information ( what your achivements are), and then decide from there if you stand out enough for the next stage. useually applications from said company handle the part about "skills", and interviews are left to further allow to show what benefit or addition you would be for the company). However every area is different. I'd suggest to check with people in your local area of what is common. I know in some areas people send (tasteful) photos of themselves, other places it's frowned upon. Hope for the best and Raise the roof.:cool:
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
PIEBALDconsult wrote: Yes and yes. There were 3 questions Your answers are : It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here? YesStrictly 2 pages? Yes.Do I need a 'Key Skills' summary section or can I drop in key technologies here and there?[unanswered] Regards, Nish
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It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here? Strictly 2 pages? Do I need a 'Key Skills' summary section or can I drop in key technologies here and there? thx james
Well, I made an online version of mine (see sig), and made sure to put key skills at the top in bullet form. As I am hugely multitalented, it was hard to keep it down... This is my first job / contract hunt for one and a half decades, but I have been on the receiving end of quite a few - and not wasting the readers' time counts for a lot. I did put in a bit more essay form stuff, but that came later - once the reader has already decided if I'm a waste of space or not. (Hopefully not!) Hope that helps, Iain.
In the process of moving to Sweden for love (awwww). If you're in Scandinavia and want an MVP on the payroll (or happy with a remote worker), give me a job! http://cv.imcsoft.co.uk/[^]
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I'm sorry, I think Nish is right, you may not have the skills we are looking for Pieballdconsult, but we'll happliy Hold onto your resume. :laugh: As to the original poster; Up over here, we "try" to keep it no longer then two pages (Generial thought is that "a Hring HR/Manager/etc time is important, that they check for the key information ( what your achivements are), and then decide from there if you stand out enough for the next stage. useually applications from said company handle the part about "skills", and interviews are left to further allow to show what benefit or addition you would be for the company). However every area is different. I'd suggest to check with people in your local area of what is common. I know in some areas people send (tasteful) photos of themselves, other places it's frowned upon. Hope for the best and Raise the roof.:cool:
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
PIEBALDconsult wrote: Yes and yes. There were 3 questions Your answers are : It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here? YesStrictly 2 pages? Yes.Do I need a 'Key Skills' summary section or can I drop in key technologies here and there?[unanswered] Regards, Nish
///////////////// Thus spake the master programmer: ``A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.''
I wouldn't want to work for a company that wouldn't hire me anyway. :~ (Or is that backward? Paging Groucho!)
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I wouldn't want to work for a company that wouldn't hire me anyway. :~ (Or is that backward? Paging Groucho!)
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx Of course there is the all time favourite; A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. -Groucho Marx I think that maybe my new sig for now on...
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
I wouldn't want to work for a company that wouldn't hire me anyway. (Or is that backward? Paging Groucho!)
///////////////// Thus spake the master programmer: ``A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.''
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I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx Of course there is the all time favourite; A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. -Groucho Marx I think that maybe my new sig for now on...
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
I wouldn't want to work for a company that wouldn't hire me anyway. (Or is that backward? Paging Groucho!)
///////////////// Thus spake the master programmer: ``A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.''
"What America needs today is an eight-cent nickel. With an eight-cent nickel you can buy a three-cent newspaper and get the same nickel back." -- Groucho
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Well, I made an online version of mine (see sig), and made sure to put key skills at the top in bullet form. As I am hugely multitalented, it was hard to keep it down... This is my first job / contract hunt for one and a half decades, but I have been on the receiving end of quite a few - and not wasting the readers' time counts for a lot. I did put in a bit more essay form stuff, but that came later - once the reader has already decided if I'm a waste of space or not. (Hopefully not!) Hope that helps, Iain.
In the process of moving to Sweden for love (awwww). If you're in Scandinavia and want an MVP on the payroll (or happy with a remote worker), give me a job! http://cv.imcsoft.co.uk/[^]
Considering that quite a few HR/ headhunters are checking prospective clients out on places such as facebook and myspace.. , That CV is nicely done. Makes a nice "About the Developer " page for a blog :)
Iain Clarke wrote:
Well, I made an online version of mine (see sig), and made sure to put key skills at the top in bullet form. As I am hugely multitalented, it was hard to keep it down... This is my first job / contract hunt for one and a half decades, but I have been on the receiving end of quite a few - and not wasting the readers' time counts for a lot.
///////////////// Thus spake the master programmer: ``A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.''
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It's been years since I wrote a CV, what's the common consensus among people here? Strictly 2 pages? Do I need a 'Key Skills' summary section or can I drop in key technologies here and there? thx james
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Well, I made an online version of mine (see sig), and made sure to put key skills at the top in bullet form. As I am hugely multitalented, it was hard to keep it down... This is my first job / contract hunt for one and a half decades, but I have been on the receiving end of quite a few - and not wasting the readers' time counts for a lot. I did put in a bit more essay form stuff, but that came later - once the reader has already decided if I'm a waste of space or not. (Hopefully not!) Hope that helps, Iain.
In the process of moving to Sweden for love (awwww). If you're in Scandinavia and want an MVP on the payroll (or happy with a remote worker), give me a job! http://cv.imcsoft.co.uk/[^]
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Am I the only one who had to look up what CV was? :rolleyes: (Curriculum Vitae) Don't think I've ever heard the term before. Resume? Sure I've got one of those. CV? huh?
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Well, I made an online version of mine (see sig), and made sure to put key skills at the top in bullet form. As I am hugely multitalented, it was hard to keep it down... This is my first job / contract hunt for one and a half decades, but I have been on the receiving end of quite a few - and not wasting the readers' time counts for a lot. I did put in a bit more essay form stuff, but that came later - once the reader has already decided if I'm a waste of space or not. (Hopefully not!) Hope that helps, Iain.
In the process of moving to Sweden for love (awwww). If you're in Scandinavia and want an MVP on the payroll (or happy with a remote worker), give me a job! http://cv.imcsoft.co.uk/[^]
cool Resume... Just a bit different then how Resumes are "normally" written "I was born in the AAA, lived in the BBB for my early years" - would never write personal information like that ... could be used against you
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Well, I made an online version of mine (see sig), and made sure to put key skills at the top in bullet form. As I am hugely multitalented, it was hard to keep it down... This is my first job / contract hunt for one and a half decades, but I have been on the receiving end of quite a few - and not wasting the readers' time counts for a lot. I did put in a bit more essay form stuff, but that came later - once the reader has already decided if I'm a waste of space or not. (Hopefully not!) Hope that helps, Iain.
In the process of moving to Sweden for love (awwww). If you're in Scandinavia and want an MVP on the payroll (or happy with a remote worker), give me a job! http://cv.imcsoft.co.uk/[^]
Thanks Iain, that's very helpful cheers,
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cool Resume... Just a bit different then how Resumes are "normally" written "I was born in the AAA, lived in the BBB for my early years" - would never write personal information like that ... could be used against you
Bassam Saoud wrote:
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I kinda thought it was a plus... "Ah, he can cope with multiple cultures!". Sadly, it could be "Oh, he'll be wrong-skinned. Burn him!". I presume the 2nd thought is what you meant? Sad world, but you might be right... Given your name, is this from personal experience? Any suggestions on rephrasing? Iain.
In the process of moving to Sweden for love (awwww). If you're in Scandinavia and want an MVP on the payroll (or happy with a remote worker), give me a job! http://cv.imcsoft.co.uk/[^]
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I have referees in three countries, available upon request.Aren't you the referee, and they the referer? Or is this for a club sport?
Eep, fixed. Overcomplicated myself! Iain.
In the process of moving to Sweden for love (awwww). If you're in Scandinavia and want an MVP on the payroll (or happy with a remote worker), give me a job! http://cv.imcsoft.co.uk/[^]