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Let this be the maximum of what you do. I've seen CVs that have job titles that make the person sound like Daenerys Targaryen... Queen of the Andals and the Fi

by buro9 9y ago

Let this be the maximum of what you do. I've seen CVs that have job titles that make the person sound like Daenerys Targaryen... Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, Lady of Dragonstone, Queen of Meereen. The point made in this article is good, but as someone who reads a lot of CVs and does a lot of phone screening and interviewing... be very wary of over-claiming anywhere. It's a huge red flag.

dalbasal 9y ago
Once upon a time, I re-wrote my ex’s sisters CV. Fudging some, rounding up, deleting caveats, using ambiguous terms… Nothing onerous. She was barely out of college anyway. They had been brought up on strict honesty, bordering on puritanical. They were both shocked at what I did. Dunno… When it comes to CVs, interviews and such… It just feels ridiculous applying your highest standards of integrity. The process is disingenuous anyway. Employers, and the ecosystem around hiring isn’t applying those standards. Are they being honest about how good the job/company/team is? Are they using dirty tricks like finding out your salary before making an offer? Do candidates ask what other team members are making? It’s asymmetric and tends to dishonesty anyway. So yep, certainly do this if it applies to you. I would call this well within the lines, not even close.
- cafard 9y ago
  Once, working for a government contractor, I had to write up the qualifications of some people we intended to place on the contract. Now, all of these people already worked on the predecessor, so there was not mystery about who they were or what they did. But people who were OK to plug in cables or clear printer jams were written up as if they had taught Bjarne Stroustrup to code and left Bell Labs because they didn't like New Jersey. For what it's worth, a) we got the contract, and b) the contractor screwed over the employees who stuck around.
thisisit 9y ago
> I've seen CVs that have job titles that make the person sound like Daenerys Targaryen... Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, Lady of Dragonstone, Queen of Meereen. Are you sure it was job titles and not the job descriptions, which tend to portray real heroic figures? If it was job titles, really interested in some of those. Maybe can add some of those to spice up my resume ;)
- buro9 9y ago
  Definitely job titles. The job descriptions on the most recent example was 3 columns of bullet points. I like lists as much as the next person, but this was next level.

by buro9 9y ago

dalbasal 9y ago

Once upon a time, I re-wrote my ex’s sisters CV. Fudging some, rounding up, deleting caveats, using ambiguous terms… Nothing onerous. She was barely out of college anyway. They had been brought up on strict honesty, bordering on puritanical. They were both shocked at what I did. Dunno… When it comes to CVs, interviews and such… It just feels ridiculous applying your highest standards of integrity. The process is disingenuous anyway. Employers, and the ecosystem around hiring isn’t applying those standards. Are they being honest about how good the job/company/team is? Are they using dirty tricks like finding out your salary before making an offer? Do candidates ask what other team members are making? It’s asymmetric and tends to dishonesty anyway. So yep, certainly do this if it applies to you. I would call this well within the lines, not even close.

cafard 9y ago
Once, working for a government contractor, I had to write up the qualifications of some people we intended to place on the contract. Now, all of these people already worked on the predecessor, so there was not mystery about who they were or what they did. But people who were OK to plug in cables or clear printer jams were written up as if they had taught Bjarne Stroustrup to code and left Bell Labs because they didn't like New Jersey. For what it's worth, a) we got the contract, and b) the contractor screwed over the employees who stuck around.

thisisit 9y ago

> I've seen CVs that have job titles that make the person sound like Daenerys Targaryen... Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, Lady of Dragonstone, Queen of Meereen. Are you sure it was job titles and not the job descriptions, which tend to portray real heroic figures? If it was job titles, really interested in some of those. Maybe can add some of those to spice up my resume ;)

buro9 9y ago
Definitely job titles. The job descriptions on the most recent example was 3 columns of bullet points. I like lists as much as the next person, but this was next level.