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| So what should your CV/resumé look like? |
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| Kjelt:
Had to go and was given an entire cv and get hired pto course three years ago. In short what changed the last ten years: - max 2 pages, first page must be an eyecatcher with contact and personal info , icons styled layout nice colours and should contain all the HR BS keywords that are requested on the job advertisement if you have knowledge. You can even do a nice + to +++ of experience indicator with each keyword or filled scale. Be creative don't copy paste. The reason is that the EE or his boss are not the first persons to see your CV. You have a high chance that 27 yr young HR woman will do the firstvscan and sort. BTW I did do all the above and from the five companies I got five very positive feedback on the cv, one HR person said finally an engineer that understands that a cv should be a representation of your person, so are you a dull paper shoving person or a creatively interesting person ? ;) |
| hugo:
--- Quote ---I have also never put a photo of me on one, this is a European thing I think. --- End quote --- You will put a photo on your resume only if you're good looking and you don't want the job ... ;) |
| fourfathom:
Sorry for the diversion, but this brings back some memories... --- Quote from: Domagoj T on November 25, 2020, 09:38:23 pm ---This is me talking from the hiring side, but anyway... what immediately landed this guy an invitation for an interview were his claims, in no particular order: that his IQ is 160, as measured by an internet quiz, that he regularly comes to new workplace and explains to the boss how he's been doing stuff wrong and how to improve them, that he always takes the lead role in new work teams and leads them to successes beyond the most optimistic projections, that he often feels like he's working with mentally inferior people who struggle to keep up with his advanced ideas... --- End quote --- We hired a guy like this -- even worse. His resume was OK, and he interviewed well enough, but after a few weeks his true personality broke through with some extremely disruptive and unethical behavior. We waited a couple of months before firing him, because we wanted to put together an air-tight legal case. It turns out that some creative reference-checking might have warned us off, as he had done this type of thing before. For liability reasons people don't usually give a *bad* reference, but they usually can drop some hints. Amazingly, within a year this guy had talked some Venture Capitalist into giving him a few million $$$ to start a company. It quickly went down in flames, with him being led off in handcuffs (no joke). So I guess my recommendation is to make sure that any references given actually have a good opinion of you. And don't be a psycho. |
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