[TriLUG] recommendations for professional resume help

Phillip Rhodes mindcrime at cpphacker.co.uk
Thu Aug 26 18:58:03 EDT 2004


Michael Hrivnak wrote:


> Find some examples online.  Particularly look for resumes of people who are 
> responsible for hiring!  I'll post mine later if I can dig it up.  Post back 
> here when you have something or if you have questions.


If you decide to do your own, a couple of good references are:

"Resumes that Knock 'Em Dead" by Martin Yate
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580627943

"Designing the Perfect Resume", by Pat Criscito
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764112686

and

"Expert Resumes for Computer and Web Jobs", by Wendy S. Enelow and Louse 
M. Kursmark
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563707985


One thing that you might find an interesting exercise, is go find
a boatload of resumes on the 'Net, and go through them and sort
out the ones that cause you to think "I'd like to hire this person."
That is, put yourself in the position of the hiring manager,
and see what influences you to put one in the "interview" or "no
interview" pile, respectively.

I make no claim that my own resume is particularly impressive, or an 
especially stunning example, and I'm actually planning to rewrite it 
sometime in the next few weeks, and actually *apply* the advice from the 
books I mention... :-) But if you want to look at it as an example, it's 
online at:

http://www.cpphacker.co.uk/resume.html


TTYL,

Phil
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