Hey what's your resume look like?

[JonnyAngle]

Another tid bit that scott’s Resume reminded me of:

He has a masters degree with a 3.97 gpa.

Nobody gives a shit where he went to high school. He obviously graduated.

[multi_s]

Ah, and don't bullshit about anything in a resume, people can smell that and if it only comes out during an interview you'll just have wasted everybody's time .

yes so much this.

i actually interviewed someone once who had made stuff up on their resume (which was not even required for the job) but it caught my eye so I asked them about it and they eventually admitted they had made it up, but was also obvious by their lack of ability to even have some commentary on it.

needless to say we took on someone else but it was just bizarre to me because what they had put on was not even a skill we were asking for in the posting, but did make them seem overqualified, so i was interested to know more.

[weebles]

Thanks for all the input!

I think this thread has helped me see that the “boring” format of my old resume is probably the best format to go with.

I’ve got a masters and about 12 years experience at a place people I’d send my resume to would know and respect. Maybe this is just nervous excitement about a new opportunity?

[multi_s]

Thanks for all the input!

I think this thread has helped me see that the “boring” format of my old resume is probably the best format to go with.

I’ve got a masters and about 12 years experience at a place people I’d send my resume to would know and respect. Maybe this is just nervous excitement about a new opportunity?

yes best of luck! job searching is quite nerve racking.

[oscillateur]

Thanks for all the input!

I think this thread has helped me see that the “boring” format of my old resume is probably the best format to go with.

I’ve got a masters and about 12 years experience at a place people I’d send my resume to would know and respect. Maybe this is just nervous excitement about a new opportunity?

Yeah, for basically senior positions the main things people typically want to check is that you actually have the expertise that your experience entails and whether you're an asshole or not (because nobody wants to work with an asshole) .

[dunbine]

Sometimes pre-screening of resumes is performed by software prior to being reviewed by carbon-based lifeforms. It may help to modify your resume based on the job description. It's a lot of extra work if you're filling out many applications, but a customized resume for each potential job is worth considering. My field is biomedical engineering.

https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/gaming-a ... g-systems/

TL;DR: Skynet bots give extra points for successful completion of six-sigma assimilation training and having "we'll make great pets" in your summary statement.

[Strange Tales]

eugh, I have to finish updating mine and get it out to people.

I feel so underprepared for any job I find though.

[Invisible Man]

Big fan of one page docs. Chunking related information together is big--education in a column on one side of the page, for example. I prefer to (and prefer when applying somewhere) document the biggest stuff rather than every single thing. Some things can be assumed beyond the general scope of a job, and noting interesting/superior/enterprising work is better than 'responsible for x,' which sounds like you don't give a shit and just have to do it.

There's so much info out there on how to write a good resume...Just look at tons of them and make notes about what works for you. That's a better use of time than reading all these articles about how and why.

Mine is three pages right now, which is some dumb shit. I gotta be less amazing.

[aedes]

Big fan of one page docs. Chunking related information together is big--education in a column on one side of the page, for example. I prefer to (and prefer when applying somewhere) document the biggest stuff rather than every single thing. Some things can be assumed beyond the general scope of a job, and noting interesting/superior/enterprising work is better than 'responsible for x,' which sounds like you don't give a shit and just have to do it.

There's so much info out there on how to write a good resume...Just look at tons of them and make notes about what works for you. That's a better use of time than reading all these articles about how and why.

Mine is three pages right now, which is some dumb shit. I gotta be less amazing.

Yeah but you higher learning types have CVs, not resumes, yes?

[Invisible Man]

Yes. But I have both. I've seen 50 page CVs before...insane. Mine's only like...six.

If you do anything other than faculty, you use a resume. I made the leap away from faculty almost three years ago.

[oscillateur]

eugh, I have to finish updating mine and get it out to people.

I feel so underprepared for any job I find though.

That's sort of normal, if you don't have a lot of experience. Everyone feels that way for work-related things at one point or another. It goes away once you grow more confident with whatever you're doing . I used to be somehow terrified that code I wrote could end up in things that people pay money for, for example. Now it just seems normal (my code's far better than it used to be, though ).

Also, CV and resume are the same thing, but in different languages...
We only say CV in French, for example (because we love ourselves some Latin, I guess).

[nogodsnobedtimes]

I read a lot of resumes. I much prefer one page of industry relevant experience and qualifications or certifications, two pages is fine if you're a serious pro having been in the game for a long time. Tell me what you've done, how you improved things at your previous companies, and what you can bring to our table.

And include a linkedin link somewhere so I can professionally creep on you.

[aedes]

Yes. But I have both. I've seen 50 page CVs before...insane. Mine's only like...six.

If you do anything other than faculty, you use a resume. I made the leap away from faculty almost three years ago.

Ah.

I was on some search committees in grad school. Those CVs were nuts. Every poster. Every paper. Every presentation. Cmon.

[BetterOffShred]

Another tid bit that scott’s Resume reminded me of:

He has a masters degree with a 3.97 gpa.

Nobody gives a shit where he went to high school. He obviously graduated.

I didn't have my GPA on my resume until the first place I interviewed at for a project engineer position asked me.. And then when I said 3.9 they about shit and said I was a retard not to have it in there. So I put in my greatest hits bar at the top "B.S. Mechanical engineering, graduated Magna Cum Laude 3.87 GPA" ... not a 3.97 but hey..

I also feel like it's more important the less removed from schooling you are. So me fresh out of college with only a year of intern expience as an engineer, it's pretty important. 12 years of experience.. not as big of a deal.

[Strange Tales]

i was told just to take my GPA off now that i'm ~5 years removed from college. My GPA was only slightly above 3.00 though (I was more concerned with other... experiences in college.)