[CLUE-Talk] Marketing Your Linux Skills (things I look for in reviewing resumes)

[Jeff Cann]

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On Saturday 08 May 2004 9:58 am, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> On Sat, 08 May 2004 03:30:58 -0600
>> A very wise friend of mine once told me that page layout is the highest
> level of punctuation. Think about that. 

As a guy who reads resumes of technical people and interviews and hires them, 
I have to agree that layout is crucial for readability.  Resumes that 
visually look like a single (huge) block of text on the page(s) are 
irritating -- even if the person is highly qualified.

The facts are that for any given position, I must inspect dozens of resumes.   
Some are so badly written (either in grammar or in forumlation) it's 
impossible to give such a person a second look, simply on principle.  

**** Your resume is a snapshot of how you approach your work ****

If you applied for a job working for me, three things get you from resume to 
interview :  1) a clear an concise statement of what you want  2) examples to 
prove you can do what you want and 3) that what you want matches (generally) 
what our company needs.  

Don't give me every detail of every project and your High School and College 
GPAs (no one cares what your GPA was - only whether you had the gumption to 
finish...).  Do give me a reason to pick you from the other guys who are 
probably skilled, but do not understand how to sell themselves.

IMHO, summarizing / selling yourself seems to be the hardest concept for 
detail-oriented / technical people.  Make your point quickly and succinctly.  
You'll be surprised how this will separate you from 80% of the ID10Ts out 
there.

Later,
Jeff

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