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Resume Tips For Jobs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-yer-job-on dept.

JerseyTom writes "SAGEWire reports that with the economy speeding up, more and more people are freshening up their resumés. They've printed an article by Tom Limoncelli, co-author of TPoSaNA, that offers specific advice for geeks writing resumes." 'Course, I'm not sure how much I believe the economy speeding up - but still good information.,

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  1. Very Helpfull Article by youngerpants · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last time I had to update my CV, it took about a week in order to get all my skills in an easy to read, yet eye-catching format.

    I never realised all I had to write was

    404 Error; Page not found.

    Right then, lets send this baby off :)

  2. Speeding up? by goldspider · · Score: 5, Funny
    "SAGEWire reports that with the economy speeding up..."

    What economy are they referring to? Certainly not the American economy...

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    1. Re:Speeding up? by mdemeny · · Score: 5, Funny
      "SAGEWire reports that with the economy speeding up..."

      What economy are they referring to? Certainly not the American economy...

      I believe that speed he referred to is akin that that 'slight' acceleration you feel just after jumping out of an airplane. We're really heating up now!

  3. If you have no experience by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can always add "did volunteer work rating messages submitted to a public web site. Work involved reading posted comments, deciding quality and relevance of posting, and moderating accordingly. Also did oversight work rating moderators performance."

    or

    "managed a wide area information distribution network involving the exchange of compressed aural and adult entertainment products. Work involved maintenance of clandistine anti-detection systems and frequent network reconfigurations for various Internet service providers".

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  4. Re:Spell Checker & Presentation by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't tell you how many resume's [sic] we see that have *gross* spelling errors or serious grammar issues.

    Plus, we get a ton of resume's [sic] without cover letters.

    People aren't handing jobs out anymore and there's alot [sic] of competition for them now, even for really qualified and experienced people, so that means you have to compete for the job, which also means you have to actually put effort in to [sic] getting it.

    Is this supposed to be humorous, or are you just a manager?

  5. rpg by Frymaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    everybody hates job-hunting, so my advice is to make it like a role playing game. you "roll up" a resume and send it off to do battle with various hr creeps. if you "win" (get the job) you gain some experience and skills that you add to your character.

    right now my resume looks like this:

    name: frymaster
    class: paladin (web)
    level: 6
    alignment: /dev/urandom
    str: 12
    int: 16
    wis: 15
    dex: 17
    char: 9
    hp: 45

    bonuses:
    +9 vs. enterprise applications
    +4 vs. venture capitalists

    spells:
    exercise stock options
    exorcise stock options
    dispell windows
    summon libraries
    banish end user
    read documentation
    evangelize

    skills:
    hide in office (+20)
    comment code (+10 elvish)

    languages:
    java, php, elvish

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    2 1337 4 u!