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Thank you in advance.:).
The 3 pages rule can’t be said strongly enough! I would add that it’s important to always keep the CV up-to-date even when happily employed, I’ve worked for two companies where I’ve got into work in the morning, to get called into a surprise all employees company meeting only to find out we didn’t have a job after that.
So it’s well worth having that CV ready to go with only a little top up needed, it also means that you can update your achievements for your current position whilst they are in your mind, not 12 months later when you’ve forgotten the details and are stressing to get your CV out to prospective employers as quickly as you can. Not to mention that your dream job might just appear out of nowhere when you are least expecting it, so having an almost perfect CV ready at that point can make the world of difference. I should also add, and I experienced this first hand, ensure your key skills you’ve listed are still appropriate. I had SQL as a key still because I was doing lots of it, but 5 years after adding I found out that I’d forgotten most of it except the basics, sadly one of the products for the company I was interviewing at was very SQL Server orientated, needless to say that was a little embarrassing when they asked me some reasonably simple SQL questions and my brain froze.
My key skills section gets a regular review after that! Remove stuff from your CV as well as adding – esp. If you are in the IT/Software field. I do have to disagree with point 7. Agencies will do their up most to hide your details to ensure they get they get paid.
I worked with someone who sent his very nicely presented pdf CV off to an agency only to find out in the interview that the agency had mangled it beyond belief. It looked like they had printed it out, scanned it in and OCR’d it to make a word document, added their logo to the top and sent it out, without even reviewing it. The agency version of the CV contained a lot of wrong words, spelling mistakes, random characters and lack of formatting. He only got the interview because every other candidates had been unsuitable and was the last on the list and the interviewer didn’t believe that it was actually how the CV looked before the agency got their hands on it. He actually got a job offer from the interview, which he nearly missed out on because of what the agency had done to the CV. Send a Word document to the agency, or both Word and pdf, because they will try to hide your details, help them keep your CV looking as good as you can.
When I have an interview via an agency, I always take a couple of copies of my CV and leave one with the interviewer so they can see what it should have looked like before the agency got their hands on it, that way they also have my phone number and email address should they have any questions after the interview, or you never know, maybe some interest 6 months down the line for a different position. I would also suggest a little caution if you use the newer format for Word documents, such as the.docx template file.
Not every company has upgraded their version of Word and so it’s likely that some won’t be able to open it, if you send a Word document send a.doc version. Although you might want to think twice about working for a company that isn’t able to open a.docx file! @cp While I don’t particularly like your attitude (seems to indicate you’re an asshole), you make some good points so I’ll leave your comment around. Yes, if you can build that app that you think matters, then go ahead and do so, ship it and fuck that CV as you say. If you’re a stellar coder and can send just one link to something awesome you’ve built, then, if you read my post at all, that was my very very first recommendation. Personally, I’d be seriously impressed. Just to make some things clear though, I’m not saying this is the.only.
way of impressing in a job application. It’s simply a sure-fire way of not making a.bad. impression. You don’t.have. to PDF it, design it, include links or references or stick to 3 pages. My point is simply that if you do the opposite of all the 10 points above – which a lot of people do – then you will definitely.fail. to impress.
Finally: – It.is. a covering letter: – I’ve not looked at CVs in 3 years because I wasn’t working in a position where I was recruiting people myself – Only coding monkeys are narrow minded enough to think that the only other people who deserve CV tips are coders. – And, if you are ever in need of a job, I would seriously suggest deleting these kinds of comments from around the web as no self respecting business would employ people with such an attitude problem. Honestly dude, this blog post is fucking retarded. Fuck cover letters. They say nothing about the individual other than how well the applicant is able to kiss ass and bullshit.
Fuck you, Richard, for perpetuating an obvious flaw in the employment process. I WILL continue to submit resumes without cover letters. Because I fucking can. Fuck are you gonna do about it, loser? And don’t even get me started with your obsession with PDF files and font.
Pfffwhat a cunt! You should try judging your applicants by their experience rather than by how pretty their resumes look. Get a life, turd! And once again, fuck you! Really, dude. Nice blog, I’ve recently been through a load of CV’s to recruit a graduate position, the majority were awful.
In summary I’d go with – People who read CV’s are real people as well. If you can’t be arsed writing your CV properly, I can’t be arsed reading it (so you won’t even get an interview). – Take pride in what you send. As much as I loved reading covering letters with kisses on the end (yes someone actually did, and wrote the whole thing in text speak), if you can’t be arsed I wouldn’t care for a link (unless relevant for the job of course). The university actually asked me for feedback, I spent time detailing what I thought was wrong for each applicant. They probably thought I was a complete., but hopefully the graduates actually read it and it helped them improve. I think making a PDF is essential, it takes seconds and ensures the person reading it sees it how you’ve designed it.
The person the other end might own a mac, PC, or Linux. Every format can read a PDF. Steps I take to employ people:- 1. Check they can do the job (basically read the skills & experience in the CV) 2. See which people sound the best (read the covering letter) – 3.
Work out who will fit in the company (meet them at interview). You don’t effectively distinguish the differences between a resume and a curricula vitae, which is often over three pages and outlines one’s academic and relevant professional life in great detail. A CV includes committee assignments, courses developed and taught, and students mentored (by name,degree and year). I have reviewed CVs for dean and president level positions as a member of search committees and would be horrified to see one follow your rules. A resume CAN be over three pages and the general rule is one page for every five years of work experience, which can be less if the candidate has had very few jobs or if they’ve “job hopped” (and use a functional resume).
Steve Jobs, in your example, would NEVER have been applying for a job outside of Apple: His “resume” could have been printed on the back of a business card. Resumes for CEOs (which I have reviewed) are also often heafty and include significant accomplishments and “wins,” which are reviewed by Board selection committees. The idea to remember is that most HR people who are screening your resume need to see key words and phrases for jobs they, themselves, do not do. Another fun fact, is that most HR people have little training and NO relevant degrees (I have an HR master’s from a b-school and am finishing a biz doctorate).
Also, these people may get dozens or even hundreds of resumes for a single position and have to read them.