[TriLUG] Local Resume pros?

[Carl Crider]

Everyone. I appreciate all of the input, and I'm sure someone will
learn a great deal
from these posts. I want to revamp my resume, and I want a pro to help
me do it this
time. My self-written, and modified-per-job resume has come through
for me in the
past, but feel I need help on this version in order to get the right balance of
tech/corp speak.

Thanks



On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:58 AM, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
> There are almost as many schools of thought on resumes as their are people
> who review them.  Most people seem to agree that a resume should be concise,
> with enough detail to cover recent relevant experience, but not so much that
> it overwhelms the reviewer.  Of course, one person's "enough" is another
> person's "too much".
>
> When I review, I want to see just the facts, with enough technologies that
> you're comfortable with to support the point.  I also prefer short bulleted
> descriptions to long narratives.  If I see:
>
> * Implemented Foo using Bar and Baz with a Frobnicator
>
> I'm more likely to quickly parse it and make a note that
> $PROSPECTIVE_EMPLOYEE can cut through to the essential data without wasting
> my time.  If, on the other hand, I see something on the lines of:
>
> --
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
> tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
> quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
> consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
> cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
> non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
> --
>
> I'm going to circular file it.  If I have a stack of resumes, I'm not going
> to spend 10 minutes reading and digesting all that verbiage.  My time is
> precious, and I have other things to do than sit around reading resumes all
> day.
>
> As a consequence, my own personal resume is structured as follows:
>
> 1. header indicating name, email address, cell, landline (NOT WORK; nobody
> with any sense uses their work accounts for job hunting, even if their
> manager has told them they're on the short list and will get a reference)
> 2. brief description of the type of work I'm looking for (Experienced
> software engineer looking for Foo)
> 3. brief listing of overall skills, grouped by type; e.g., all the UNIXes I
> know on one line, the programming languages I use on another, major software
> packages on another
> 4. work experience, most recent first, with company name, date(s) employed,
> job title, and a short bulleted list of major accomplishments and the
> technologies used
> 5. significant off-the-job accomplishments, either as they relate
> professionally, or as an indicator of character (Eagle Scout, officer for my
> university ACM chapter, etc)
> 6. separate page containing refernces
>
> For each job, you will want a meaningful cover letter tailored to the
> description, and may wish to tweak the resume to address it as well.
>
> Best of luck out there.
>
> William Sutton
>
>
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, Carl Crider wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for a local resume pro with a decent (3-5 days) turnaround
>>> time. All leads are appreciated.
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure that a general purpose resume gets you far (I don't know, but
>> I think it doesn't, IANAHM - hiring manager)
>>
>> I've put a lot of effort into figuring out about resumes. Not having got a
>> job yet (but having managed to avoid taking a whole lot that I don't want) I
>> don't know whether my vote should have much weight. The only things that
>> everyone agrees on is that it be 2 pages or less and that the resume is to
>> get an interview, not to get a job.
>>
>> Resumes will be _first_ read by read by two different types of people
>>
>> o HR/recruiters. For these, you are scored by matching words. You have to
>> have all the words required in the job spec (in the right tense) or not make
>> it. In this case you are applying to a company who contracts out their
>> search for their most important resource, the human capital, to idiots.
>> These are the same people who when looking for a wife say "get me a wife;
>> she must meet requirements x,y,z and be as cheap as possible". The workers
>> being sought are fungible (at least in the minds of the people involved in
>> hiring), eg unix admins, programmers... When you arrive on the job, you will
>> be working for the people who accept that idiots do the most important job
>> in the house.
>>
>> o Hiring managers. I think I've seen 1 or 2 of these in the last year.
>> These people want to know what projects you've originated or pushed through
>> to completion, how you've shown initiative and how you've contributed to
>> your work place. These people don't care about details of your works skills
>> a whole lot. They want to know projects.
>>
>> Either way, your resume will have to be modified for each job.
>>
>> Joe
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