My suggestion would be to look at as many resumes as you can get your hands on (REAL resumes, not templates) and pick a style you like, then mold it to your own experiences. A copy and paste from Monster.com (which is what the original poster's essentially was) is a dead giveaway that you haven't put any time in at all when creating it. Try to keep it down to two pages, one if at all possible. Hiring manager like brief but descriptive. They don't have time to flip through 3-4 pages of fluff.
As Nick said, use a lot of words that describe what you did in previous jobs. "Created X". "Built X using Y". What made these projects unique? For a development position, words like reliable, scalable, secure, robust, etc. can be good when describing your code and projects. Another thing that employers (at least in my experience) look for is passion. Do you code for a living, or do you code because you love coding? What side/personal projects have you done lately to advance your skills? Bonus points if you've taken your personal projects and turned them into money makers. Hope that helps... -Justin Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: resumes... > > 1. make your resume a more professional thing. > > first thing i hit when i hit your site is what looks like > buds, no wait > they are mushrooms. i HATE mushrooms personally (so, bad thing > for a mgr. who might not like mushrooms) > > make the whole YOU part of the site, different from the WORK > YOU part of > the site. > > make sense? > > tw > > On 10/17/05, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey guys. > > i have now been asked by two separate head hunters for a more > > comprehensive resume. > > right now i have the old ones up at http://paulihrig.com - > click resume > > > > i have no idea how to put in more detail. > > i mean i know i have done a ton of crud at different employers. > > but other then saying i did a site in cf, php or jsp i just > dont know > > how to sell my self... > > > > any ideas or suggestions? > > thanks > > -paul > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177256 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
