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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @alex.olynyk
      last edited by

      @alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:

      So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:

      Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
      Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
      Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.

      I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?

      Sounds like filler to me. When I see that stuff I think "this guy copied stuff from a college class where the professor has no idea how resumes work - this is obvious boilerplate". I know lots of people are told to put this stuff on, but I use this as an example of why collleges aren't useful for professionals.

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      • IRJI
        IRJ @alex.olynyk
        last edited by IRJ

        @alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:

        So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:

        Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
        Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
        Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.

        I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?

        I agree with @scottalanmiller . It is fluff, but having the 17+ years experience statement on top of the resume helps. I do something similiar with my resume. All the other stuff is just fluff though. @alex-olynyk let me know if you would like to see my resume via pm.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @IRJ
          last edited by

          @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

          @alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:

          So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:

          Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
          Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
          Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.

          I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?

          I agree with @scottalanmiller . It is fluff, but having the 17+ years experience statement on top of the resume helps. I do something similiar with my resume. All the other stuff is just fluff though. @alex-olynyk let me know if you would like to see my resume via pm.

          You can have that and keep it very lean. Something like...

          17 year IT Pro focused on scalable web hosting and SQL Server databases.

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          • IRJI
            IRJ @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:

            @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

            @alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:

            So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:

            Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
            Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
            Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.

            I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?

            I agree with @scottalanmiller . It is fluff, but having the 17+ years experience statement on top of the resume helps. I do something similiar with my resume. All the other stuff is just fluff though. @alex-olynyk let me know if you would like to see my resume via pm.

            You can have that and keep it very lean. Something like...

            17 year IT Pro focused on scalable web hosting and SQL Server databases.

            That is how mine is setup. One small sentence.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @IRJ
              last edited by

              @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

              @scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:

              @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

              @alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:

              So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:

              Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
              Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
              Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.

              I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?

              I agree with @scottalanmiller . It is fluff, but having the 17+ years experience statement on top of the resume helps. I do something similiar with my resume. All the other stuff is just fluff though. @alex-olynyk let me know if you would like to see my resume via pm.

              You can have that and keep it very lean. Something like...

              17 year IT Pro focused on scalable web hosting and SQL Server databases.

              That is how mine is setup. One small sentence.

              I'm okay with that. Just enough to be like "this is who I am." Definitely don't say "what you are looking for" though, that's the worst.

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              • IRJI
                IRJ @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:

                @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

                @scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:

                @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

                @alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:

                So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:

                Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
                Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
                Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.

                I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?

                I agree with @scottalanmiller . It is fluff, but having the 17+ years experience statement on top of the resume helps. I do something similiar with my resume. All the other stuff is just fluff though. @alex-olynyk let me know if you would like to see my resume via pm.

                You can have that and keep it very lean. Something like...

                17 year IT Pro focused on scalable web hosting and SQL Server databases.

                That is how mine is setup. One small sentence.

                I'm okay with that. Just enough to be like "this is who I am." Definitely don't say "what you are looking for" though, that's the worst.

                The main purpose is to calculate the years so whoever is reviewing the resume doesn't have to do the math.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @IRJ
                  last edited by

                  @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:

                  @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:

                  @IRJ said in Help With Resume:

                  @alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:

                  So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:

                  Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
                  Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
                  Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.

                  I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?

                  I agree with @scottalanmiller . It is fluff, but having the 17+ years experience statement on top of the resume helps. I do something similiar with my resume. All the other stuff is just fluff though. @alex-olynyk let me know if you would like to see my resume via pm.

                  You can have that and keep it very lean. Something like...

                  17 year IT Pro focused on scalable web hosting and SQL Server databases.

                  That is how mine is setup. One small sentence.

                  I'm okay with that. Just enough to be like "this is who I am." Definitely don't say "what you are looking for" though, that's the worst.

                  The main purpose is to calculate the years so whoever is reviewing the resume doesn't have to do the math.

                  Yeah, that makes sense.

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                  • H
                    Harry Lui
                    last edited by

                    HIPPA compliant? Put it in if you are.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Harry Lui
                      last edited by

                      @Harry-Lui said in Help With Resume:

                      HIPPA compliant? Put it in if you are.

                      How is a person HIPAA compliant?

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                      • GreyG
                        Grey
                        last edited by

                        If you want to focus on experience, you can try some tools like http://vizualize.me/grey and integrate some of the graphics to your resume. As you can see, I've done this and included social links, too. All of the recruiters and HR people want to see that since it saves them the effort of tracking your social/facebook profiles down.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @Grey
                          last edited by

                          @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                          If you want to focus on experience, you can try some tools like http://vizualize.me/grey and integrate some of the graphics to your resume. As you can see, I've done this and included social links, too. All of the recruiters and HR people want to see that since it saves them the effort of tracking your social/facebook profiles down.

                          I have my FB profile locked down fairly well, I could lock it down even more I suppose. I really don't think my private time is really any of their business.

                          Do you maintain specific things for them to find?

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                            Harry Lui @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:

                            @Harry-Lui said in Help With Resume:

                            HIPPA compliant? Put it in if you are.

                            How is a person HIPAA compliant?

                            Excuse me, English is my third language.
                            I meant to say whatever status he would be after taking HIPAA test, assuming OP took a HIPAA test at Rose Radiology.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Harry Lui
                              last edited by

                              @Harry-Lui said in Help With Resume:

                              I meant to say whatever status he would be after taking HIPAA test, assuming OP took a HIPAA test at Rose Radiology.

                              I've worked in HIPAA since the day it was introduced and I've never heard of a "HIPAA test". That's new to me.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Harry Lui
                                last edited by

                                @Harry-Lui said in Help With Resume:

                                Excuse me, English is my third language.

                                What are your first two?

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                                • GreyG
                                  Grey @Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said in Help With Resume:

                                  @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                  If you want to focus on experience, you can try some tools like http://vizualize.me/grey and integrate some of the graphics to your resume. As you can see, I've done this and included social links, too. All of the recruiters and HR people want to see that since it saves them the effort of tracking your social/facebook profiles down.

                                  I have my FB profile locked down fairly well, I could lock it down even more I suppose. I really don't think my private time is really any of their business.

                                  Do you maintain specific things for them to find?

                                  Yes. I ABSOLUTELY don't use facebook and so my profiles are well-maintained. I don't publish anything that's easily searched, though I'm sure some savvy Google searching could locate non-professional stuff if they wanted to. Overall, though, my LinkedIn is the only thing people look at from a hiring perspective.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @Grey
                                    last edited by

                                    @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                    @Dashrender said in Help With Resume:

                                    @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                    If you want to focus on experience, you can try some tools like http://vizualize.me/grey and integrate some of the graphics to your resume. As you can see, I've done this and included social links, too. All of the recruiters and HR people want to see that since it saves them the effort of tracking your social/facebook profiles down.

                                    I have my FB profile locked down fairly well, I could lock it down even more I suppose. I really don't think my private time is really any of their business.

                                    Do you maintain specific things for them to find?

                                    Yes. I ABSOLUTELY don't use facebook and so my profiles are well-maintained. I don't publish anything that's easily searched, though I'm sure some savvy Google searching could locate non-professional stuff if they wanted to. Overall, though, my LinkedIn is the only thing people look at from a hiring perspective.

                                    I'm quite a bit more findable than you, but not direct postings...

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                                    • GreyG
                                      Grey @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said in Help With Resume:

                                      @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                      @Dashrender said in Help With Resume:

                                      @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                      If you want to focus on experience, you can try some tools like http://vizualize.me/grey and integrate some of the graphics to your resume. As you can see, I've done this and included social links, too. All of the recruiters and HR people want to see that since it saves them the effort of tracking your social/facebook profiles down.

                                      I have my FB profile locked down fairly well, I could lock it down even more I suppose. I really don't think my private time is really any of their business.

                                      Do you maintain specific things for them to find?

                                      Yes. I ABSOLUTELY don't use facebook and so my profiles are well-maintained. I don't publish anything that's easily searched, though I'm sure some savvy Google searching could locate non-professional stuff if they wanted to. Overall, though, my LinkedIn is the only thing people look at from a hiring perspective.

                                      I'm quite a bit more findable than you, but not direct postings...

                                      I like to think I'd give this show a run for their money: http://ew.com/article/2016/11/28/hunted-cbs/

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @Grey
                                        last edited by

                                        @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                        @Dashrender said in Help With Resume:

                                        @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                        @Dashrender said in Help With Resume:

                                        @Grey said in Help With Resume:

                                        If you want to focus on experience, you can try some tools like http://vizualize.me/grey and integrate some of the graphics to your resume. As you can see, I've done this and included social links, too. All of the recruiters and HR people want to see that since it saves them the effort of tracking your social/facebook profiles down.

                                        I have my FB profile locked down fairly well, I could lock it down even more I suppose. I really don't think my private time is really any of their business.

                                        Do you maintain specific things for them to find?

                                        Yes. I ABSOLUTELY don't use facebook and so my profiles are well-maintained. I don't publish anything that's easily searched, though I'm sure some savvy Google searching could locate non-professional stuff if they wanted to. Overall, though, my LinkedIn is the only thing people look at from a hiring perspective.

                                        I'm quite a bit more findable than you, but not direct postings...

                                        I like to think I'd give this show a run for their money: http://ew.com/article/2016/11/28/hunted-cbs/

                                        LOL - Yeah I'd definitely like to give it a go... assuming my job would let me off for the time.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender
                                          last edited by

                                          did you watch the first episode? It was crazy some of the things those people did - kept phones? left behind a written plan (ok the under page) for their entire time frame - really? It just seems like the show was setup to show people failing - i.e. director telling them how to behave.

                                          Going to ground for 30 days, living off scraps, begging, etc.. pretty easy if you ask me. Will I be cold and hungry at the end - yeah probably, but avoiding the cops.. really not that hard for a game show.

                                          The hardest part to hide would be the camera crew following you.

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @Dashrender
                                            last edited by JaredBusch

                                            @Dashrender said in Help With Resume:

                                            did you watch the first episode? It was crazy some of the things those people did - kept phones? left behind a written plan (ok the under page) for their entire time frame - really? It just seems like the show was setup to show people failing - i.e. director telling them how to behave.

                                            Going to ground for 30 days, living off scraps, begging, etc.. pretty easy if you ask me. Will I be cold and hungry at the end - yeah probably, but avoiding the cops.. really not that hard for a game show.

                                            The hardest part to hide would be the camera crew following you.

                                            If they did something like History channel's Alone did and just give them a camera and force them to record that would be better. They could even give them a connected one that they cannot shutdown or something, as long as they restrict the records from that device from the hunters.

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