I would say leave off any "I am great because" statements they take up a lot of space and everyone says the same things. Employers are used to seeing these and I feel like they never really help you out. Separate your CV into sections with Relevant Experience, Skills & Technologies used, Education & maybe some extra supplementary info. Keep everything clear & easy to read, bullet point lists are best, employers & recruitment agencies have a stack of CV's in front of them and don't have time to read entire paragraphs to find out what they need to know, a section that has something like this will help you out a lot.
Skills & Technologies: Actionscript 1, 2 & 3. 3 years Advanced Experience. Java. 1 year intermediate experience. Keep it to 1-2 sides of A4 paper, mine has spilled over into 4 now but there is a lot to be said about keeping it simple. Most importantly, your CV is just to get your foot in the door. Prove you are good enough on paper by listing skills, then you prove you are the right personality in the interview. I hope this helps you. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 August 2006 09:09 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] [ot] urgent: please help with cv/resume sample Hi to all the community. I have in plan to leave Italy, and go to search a job in UK/ireland. As most of you I'm a RIA developer, my skills starts from flash passing for phpmysql/amfphp arriving to flashcom and video editing. I need urgently to see some english CVs (or resumes? it's not yet clear the difference) of people with various and different skills like me. Doing a lot of things it's a question of survival here in italy, but I'm afraid that this "lot of things" if presented in the bad way would make me to appear "amateur" instead that professional. Any help would be really really appreciated, I'm into a difficult situation and I'm tired to be humiliated by the typical phrase that say to me all the italian job recruiters: - "Wery well, but we are searching for a less skilled people, sorry" translation: "we should pay a guy like you, and we want juniors, that work really bad but don't ask for money!!!" thanks again Alfonso Florio _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
