Solved Fixing My Resume
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Look at the bolded portion that I removed, read that and think about how bad it looks. Unless your goal is sales work, which is fine, you don't want to be talking about selling printers and bluetooth devices when you want a job in IT.
I wouldn't mind a job in Sales in IT....I'd actually be really good at that!
Nothing wrong with that, but make two resumes. What looks good for one looks bad for the other.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Look at the bolded portion that I removed, read that and think about how bad it looks. Unless your goal is sales work, which is fine, you don't want to be talking about selling printers and bluetooth devices when you want a job in IT.
I wouldn't mind a job in Sales in IT....I'd actually be really good at that!
Nothing wrong with that, but make two resumes. What looks good for one looks bad for the other.
Ok, that makes sense...
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In one case you want it looking like you were designing systems and fixing bugs all day. In the other you want it looking like you were schmoozing and making sales all day
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So with good compression, I think you can turn this into a solid one pager. Doing that alone should make it seem a lot less like there was a lot of hoping around.
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@scottalanmiller , I've made the changes you recommended so far. My other question is about putting those shorter jobs back on...
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller , I've made the changes you recommended so far. My other question is about putting those shorter jobs back on...
Are you wondering if you should skip them entirely?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller , I've made the changes you recommended so far. My other question is about putting those shorter jobs back on...
Are you wondering if you should skip them entirely?
Yes. I'm not talking about some of those short jobs but these are other jobs I had that overlapped with other positions.
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Ah yes, if it is a full overlap and does not add specific value - nuke them completely.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Ah yes, if it is a full overlap and does not add specific value - nuke them completely.
I know at least one that doesn't...but some do, such as experience with HIPAA compliance and Cisco experience.
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It's a judgement call. Pull out those that definitely don't. Consider carefully those that have something big to offer. 99% of jobs won't care about HIPAA in the least, so chances are that can go or could be added as a quick word elsewhere.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It's a judgement call. Pull out those that definitely don't. Consider carefully those that have something big to offer. 99% of jobs won't care about HIPAA in the least, so chances are that can go or could be added as a quick word elsewhere.
Ok, the other one is the Cisco experience. It's basic stuff but so many companies use it.
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HIPPA compliance is required in many (most) places, but it's not specific experience anyone is looking for. Audits and compliance laws change so much it doesn't really matter.
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@Jason said:
HIPPA compliance is required in many (most) places, but it's not specific experience anyone is looking for. Audits and compliance laws change so much it doesn't really matter.
Fair enough.
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When it doubt, throw it out. Short and to the point. Hiring managers are generally only going to skim your resume.
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How goes the rewrite? How tight is it now? Approaching one page?
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@scottalanmiller said:
How goes the rewrite? How tight is it now? Approaching one page?
Still working on it. It's down to about two pages now...
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I really think that you can get down to one. It will be tight, but I think that you can.
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Also, getting down to one page will also make it very easy for you to justify why some things that you wish to busy are missing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Also, getting down to one page will also make it very easy for you to justify why some things that you wish to busy are missing.
That's actually a pretty clever way to handle it...
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Yup, it makes gaps seem more logical too.
