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You haven't listed any of your needs or wants that you wish to satisfy. Why isn't that just a short bullet point list somewhere? Why isn't all of this a collect
by pclark 15y ago
You haven't listed any of your needs or wants that you wish to satisfy. Why isn't that just a short bullet point list somewhere? Why isn't all of this a collection of short bullet point lists:
* Skill set
* Achievements at last company
* Education
Considering the whole point of this page is to generate leads to request your resume why is it so long? why not keep it vague?
Some of your opening sentences need a lot of work. In fact, just remove words. Keep removing words:
"My experience with ArcObjects is extensive. I have been using ArcObjects for well over 3 years and have been using the framework almost on a daily basis"
= * 3+ years developing on ArcObjects
And this? why?
Python is one of the worlds best interpreted languages. Even though it is more than 20 years old, it is just now coming to the world stage. I use it in most of my crone jobs that need to be completed on a set schedule.
or this
Silverlight and me are like a pea in a pod.
(thats actually quite hilarious - do you mean two peas in a pod?)
Hobbies = irrelevant.
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- smountcastle 15y agoNever publish your salary; you've just lost your negotiating power with anyone who's read this post. EDIT: Looks like the comment containing salary info was deleted.
- spoiledtechie 15y agoThanks and I did.
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- pclark 15y agoI don't find your site to do a very good job at articulating what you're looking for, and what your skill set is. The first thing you read is that your attributes are "Big Data" "Strong" and "Commenter" why don't you put actionable things? big data is debatably valuable, but the others are just noise
- spoiledtechie 15y agoI action on the things I've built. Maybe I should have pointed down to the links where "I do love data" etc... Utopiapimp.com, my job, and one of my current hobby projects are big data. I can't really talk about my job that much and my hobby project is in development. The only thing I have to show for "data" is utopiapimp.com.
- pclark 15y agoIf you're a developer, and that isn't entirely clear, "stuff I have built" is #1 thing to show off.
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- matwood 15y agoIn fact, just remove words. Keep removing words: This is great advice for all resumes because of the TL;DR problem. Professional resume builders, recruiters, and HR people have all told me the same thing - every single word should be there for a reason. Remember that the person reading your resume is likely reading 10s or 100s of them. If they see a wall of text they will just move on. You also hit on another point, be specific. For example, I would like to see your shortened version of ArcObjects in a quick points at the top of the resume and then very specific support in following descriptions. To the OP, so what if you used ArcObjects daily for 3 years, explain exactly what you did with that tech. If you can, use specific numbers (users and dollars tend to jump out).
- spoiledtechie 15y agoKeep it vague and remove words? I used to do that with all my resumes actually. Concise and to the point. Though as I went further along, I started hearing what HR reps looks for and what Recruiters want. They want people to explain more about what they have accomplished. I figured to separate things by knowledge of a certain subject then push it out to what I have built, instead of saying what I built then and what Tech Ive used. Sadly, Im in a bit of a classified environment. So its harder for me to explain my actual work and much easier to explain the tech used.
- pclark 15y agoKeep this site, the lead generator for your resume, vague.