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Context: I employ people. I have 22 employees, and the last three hires were because I saw someone that impressed me and put them on, even though neither of us
by RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
Context: I employ people. I have 22 employees, and the last three hires were because I saw someone that impressed me and put them on, even though neither of us knew what they would do. I knew they would be of value.
I'm not hiring at the moment, but here are some thoughts about your resume:
When I read a resume I want to know what value you will bring to my company. I want to know what you can do, and then I want to see the evidence to support your claims. I want to know why you are going to bring in more money than you cost. Your CV on your web site has to be generic, I know, but I can't easily see from it what you can do.
There are some impressive things there (teaching in Ghana, running your company, etc.) and they will lend support to your claims, but first, what will you do for me?
Secondly, I know it's unusual for a senior director of two companies (yes, I run another company as well) but I don't use Word. Yes, most people who will read your CV will, but it would be nice to have a plain text version, and a PDF version, and an HTML version. Make some effort to make it easy for people to see what you have to offer.
Finally, one of my colleagues just read this and my other comment and said - "Harsh." Yes, agreed. But still, these are things I believe to be true, and I offer them in the hope that they are of value. They might not be, feel free to ignore them, but perhaps they will help. They are offered in that spirit.
And I wish you good luck.
- espadagroup 17y agoThank you for the advice and constructive criticism, and I do take what you say as that. Most of my counterpoints you addressed already (I guess that's a sign of a good leader :); yes my web site CV is more generic, and yes it is unusual for you to be without Word. The truth is I really respect the leadership at the company that gave me an offer and I WANT that job. My lack of attention to detail to this could be a reflection of that. Thank you again.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoGood reply. > The truth is I really respect the leadership at the > company that gave me an offer and I WANT that job. > My lack of attention to detail to this could be a > reflection of that. Quite possible. Let me offer this thought though - if you tried really hard, maybe you could find an offer that's even more attractive. If you don't try really hard, you'll never know if you simply took the first thing that you liked the look of. Maybe there are things that are even better. But whatever you decide, I do wish you the best.