Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980
by j33zusjuice on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:59AM
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In my experience looking at résumés (mostly for entry-level tech roles), fancy formatting is 100% an attempt to cover for a lack of skill. I haven’t seen one that had good content. Intuitively, this makes sense to me, and seems to fit with the old adage, “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” Imo, your experience should speak for itself.
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Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980
by conductr on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:35AM
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> your experience should speak for itself.
When it does, you have trouble fitting it all on 1-2 page. You quickly go to text only, and organize things accordingly. When you lack experience, you try to make things look like an infographic so as to fill space with trivial information.
Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980
by Ultimatt on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:22AM
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Then there are the people who dazzle you with both their brilliance and the shiny stuff. They get the job over just the brilliant person...
Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980
by 2ICofafireteam on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:15AM
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>Imo, your experience should speak for itself.
What's wrong with saying, "May I draw your attention to my experience? They have something to say."
Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980
by robertlagrant on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:08AM
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I would do your best to fully ignore anything like this. It's bound to be incorrect sometimes.
Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980
by j33zusjuice on Saturday October 29, 2022 @07:36PM
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Oh, for sure, I read all of them top to bottom when I’m part of the hiring team. I just haven’t actually seen one that was fancy that had good content. The layout doesn’t matter to me, as long as it’s consistently formatted.