[pm-h] OT: Resume Advice

[Jeremy Fluhmann]

I went to Andy Lester's 'Pragmatic Job Hunting' talk at YAPC this year.
It was pretty interesting.  He mentioned some stuff that I hadn't
thought about.  Here are his slides. The resume portion starts on page
21: http://www.petdance.com/perl/advice-for-job-seekers.pdf

I was surprised that he said NOT to put an objective.  The gist of it
was that 'objectives' are generic and pretty much the same everywhere.

His resume is at http://www.petdance.com/resume/

You might e-mail him for advice, too.

Jeremy


-----Original Message-----
From: houston-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org
[mailto:houston-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of Will
Willis
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:14 AM
To: Houston.pm located in Houston, TX.
Subject: [pm-h] OT: Resume Advice

<topic type="off">This isn't exactly a Perl related post or
question</topic>

I'm in the process of revamping my resume. I've received advice from
online sources, school professors, and head hunters, but everyone has
a different idea as to what is most important to a resume and how it
should be presented.

So I ask of you techies and those that hire for technical positions,
in your opinion, what makes a good resume, also what common or big
mistakes should one avoid when composing a resume?

Also, I've got a few specific questions I'd like to get people's
opinions on.

What order do you organize your  resume in? (Profile, Career
Objectives, Skills, Employment History, etc...) Specifically, is my
skill set (Perl, XML, Apache, etc..) more important, thus come before
employment history?

How should I summarize past jobs/functions/roles at my previous
employers under the 'employment history' section? (Bulleted lists of
functions/responsibilities, paragraph style explaining what I do/did,
a hybrid of bulleted lists and paragraph style detailing my successes
and accomplishments, something else)

Should I include a cover sheet? What should it contain?

I realize that I'm already asking for you to divulge all of your
resume secretes, but I'd be interested too in seeing any resumes that
your particularly proud of, and don't mind sharing of course. I'd post
mine now, but it's not quite ready for public consumption, hence this
lengthy email :)

Thanks in advance! I really appreciate any (good) advice yall may have
to offer!

-Will
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