Resume Writing Tips from Dave
While you may be looking for my resume, you're not going to find it
here. I'm now self employed after a successful career in Software
Development. During my career, I intervied many developers, so I
also know what it's like to be on the other side of the interview
desk.
My tips for writing your resume:
- Start off with your basic contact info. Don't over do it listing your pager number.
- Next, write out your Highlights of your entire resume. This is the only section of your
resume that many people will read. It saves them time by letting them know what type of job you are looking
for. Summarize all your experience
In a few (3-5) bullet points on what you do and what you want to do.
For example: "5 Years of Java and Object oriented development experience"
"Experience with E-Commerce and Banking software development"
"Managed full life cycle of large software development projects"
"Training with Oracle, Sybase, Java, C++, Perl and E-Commerce Security"
- List out your Experience, with your newest work first. Besides normal
company, position, dates and responsiblities, it is important to list
specific projects and tasks that you have completed. This serves as good
talking points during the interview and may relate directly to problems / projects
that they have. If you are one of those people that changed jobs a lot, try
to combine similar positions into one job, and just list the accomplishments.
Initially, on my resume, I listed all the positions I held at each company.
Many interviewers mis-understood this as different jobs. I got promoted all
the time, and they though that I was changing jobs! Quite a misunderstanding.
- List Education, activities and other information at the bottom. Unless this
is your first job, try not to embellish too much.
It's also important to keep your resume to one page, or two pages if you have a lot of
experience.
That's it for resume advice. If you are unemployed and looking for a job, Let me know!
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