On 17 Nov 98, at 23:20, Andreas Ramos wrote:
> She should decide what she wants to do and then focus the resume on that.
> Either she does Windows C++ developement or she does PDA development, but
> she should choose a specific industry. If she sends in a resume that is
> scattered over several industries, managers may think that she's not too
> skilled in any of them.
This certainly seems to make sense. I keep falling through holes
because every job seems to want Java and C++ and Perl (and when they
want to know if I know CGI then I really wonder). I do 98% of my
work in Perl. I really just don't have any need to go to Java or C++
or even C. I also find it hard to believe that many people are as
good at one as all three of those languages. Yet rarely, rarely do
you ever find a job which only wants someone who is good at Perl.
Prior to my awareness of mod_perl I could understand the use of C or
C++ for cgi programming; I have many scripts which I have really
tweaked to the point that there is no need to change them anymore
(move them to C or C++ and improve performance). Anyhow, just
ranting I guess.
> Your friend's friend should clean up her resume and make sure it matches
> Silicon Valley style: list the skills and tools at the top, list the last
> three years of positions (title, month/year, description of projects, and
> list of tools used) and education at the end. Include her name, telephone
> number, and email address (I've gotten resumes with no contact
> information.) Have several people read it and make corrections. She should
> then register her skills (or post her resume) to www.dice.com ,
> www.vjf.com , and www.headhunter.net . The Dice site alone will propagate
> her resume to some 700 recruiters and HR people.
Sounds like good advice. Why not include monsterboard in there? I
visited their site recently and discovered that they (resume sites in
general) are finally getting a little smart about the whole process.
You can put your resume on file, then search for jobs, mark all
interesting jobs and your resume is then sent to all.
I was wondering... what are considered tools? I guess software
programs? Are your own private little scripts considered tools? I
use all sorts of short scripts to help get things done ( I have a
feeling this is normal for unix programmers). Is Cold Fusion a tool?
Peter
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