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Resumes for New Grads?

Posted by Cliff on from the curriculum-vitae dept.

CastrTroy asks: "I recently graduated from the software engineering program at the University of Ottawa. With 4 terms of experience, and good marks, I am still unable to even get interviews for jobs. What makes a good resume? I've gotten some good pointers from people I know, but it just doesn't seem to be working. Is there something that works really well for technically related jobs? What is a good way to include skills that I don't have on-the-job experience with? Some people say 3 pages is too much, while others say their resume is 25 pages. Are there any actual proven methods for writing good resumes, or is it all just hit and miss"

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  1. Put Carleton on it! by nado · · Score: 0, Troll

    I put "graduated from Carleton University" on mine and the phone won't stop ringing! ;-)

    (for those who don't know, Carleton and Ottawa U are "competing" universities in Ottawa)