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One thing that's not on here: Proofread your resume. Have a friend look over it for you. Spell things correctly. I don't care if you use "JavaScript" or "Javasc
by knute 6y ago
One thing that's not on here: Proofread your resume. Have a friend look over it for you. Spell things correctly. I don't care if you use "JavaScript" or "Javascript" but pick one and stick with it. If you're a software engineer, the ability to type and attention to detail are important so show it in your resume. The number of resumes I've seen with glaring mistakes is too damn high.
- rileyt 6y agoTotally. Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors are the easiest way to destroy an otherwise good resume.
- drglitch 6y ago+1 on spelling. Having gone through thousands of resumes, I've seen some hilarious things. I'd never take away points for a couple of errors, but blatant ones are definitely a turn off. Also, a public service announcement: if you were leading a project in the past, its "led", not "lead" :)
- pmiller2 6y agoAt the very least, make sure you get rid of all the red squigglies, and ask someone else to read it for you.
- derekp7 6y agoWhat is the easiest way to do that in Word, when it flags many technical terms as spelling errors? You can turn off spell check, but that setting doesn't stay with the document. Also, if you spell check and mark the item as correct, sometimes that action will stay with the document, however grammar items don't seem to stick with the document even after you mark it as correct. The only way I can think of is to turn it into a PDF, but many places still want a Word doc.
- pmiller2 6y agoYou should be able to add words to your dictionary. I have no idea what to do about the grammar items. Those are the green squigglies. :) Alternatively, maybe don't use Word? If you must submit a Word doc, maybe export to .DOCX format at the very end of the process?
- lemoncucumber 6y ago> Also, a public service announcement: if you were leading a project in the past, its "led", not "lead" :) I always wish there were verb form of "tech lead." You can say "led X" or "served as tech lead for X" but neither is quite ideal.
- colanderman 6y ago"Foobar project [tech lead]" Resume items do not need to be complete sentences or even fragments, if they communicate information clearly.
- JJMcJ 6y agoI have found errors in sections of my resume from ten years ago, looked at by me and many others dozens of times. They can lurk.
- pmiller2 6y agoI don't know if you meant to imply this, but if you think having "Javascript" in one place, and "JavaScript" in another is a "glaring mistake," I think you might just be too damn picky.
- jedberg 6y agoIt shows a lack of attention to detail, and is a big red flag.
- pmiller2 6y agoNo, it doesn't. It shows a human wrote the text. If this were the one and only inconsistency in the entire resume, it doesn't even rate as one of those tiny flags they sometimes put in mixed drinks.
- rsrx 6y agoI disagree here. I think this is a valid way to distinct 10x engineers vs other ones.
- jimmaswell 6y agoYeah, because the 10x will probably have a sloppier resume and still go where they want while the average people who need to take every advantage will be more likely to meticulously fret over their resume like this.
- pmiller2 6y agoI'm interested to see your data showing this is the case.
- prewett 6y agoIn a profession where void f(const std::vector<std::string>& arg); and void f(const std::vector<std::string> arg); do very different things, I'd say that you should at least sell yourself as paying attention to detail. You could say that this is a poor design of C++, but pick your language, there's usually something like this somewhere. At least in any of the commonly used languages. (Although, C++ is particularly bad about it.)