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Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980 by kypro on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:33AM (#33331987)
Something I was surprised by was the amount of white space and the straight to the point job descriptions. Whenever I send my CV to recruiter I'm always asked to add a little more about some language or skill.

Over the years my CV has become super dense with text, not because I have more experience to list but because I've been told repeatedly to list all the languages I've used and details of the projects I've worked on.

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Re:My dad's resume and skills from 1980 by conductr on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:38AM (#33332059)
I think that's correct method. Being a software engineer at Google could mean anything, so job titles alone don't communicate enough by today's standard. In 1980, this guy's job titles alone told you enough to know if you wanted to meet him for your job opening. There's probably a volume aspect too. The hiring manager in 1980 wasn't getting 1,000 resumes that looked like this where project information would help differentiate.
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