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Looking at your resume, in a market that is slightly tightening. I see the following items: 1) your technical skills look great, and imply you want a technica

Looking at your resume, in a market that is slightly tightening. I see the following items: 1) your technical skills look great, and imply you want a technical job 2) I would separate your freelance work from you employment at Punters, to show you have experience as a contractor, not someone who just got laid off (made redundant), cannot find a job and now is trying to go contracting. 3) Punters Lounge - job title - oh so you are management type? Are you looking for a management contract job? 4) add a job title to GreatSway 5) So you are starting your own company, 'Combo Tech'. Good for you. So when you are working for me, and I am paying you, you will spend half your time on your pet project. 6) So you are starting your own company, 'Combo Tech'. Good for you. So when you strike it rich you will leave us. 7) Job titles are all great, but to not be tied to the title they gave you. Use a descriptive title.

sph 4y ago
My problem is #2: I have been freelancing since 2012, and it's hard to list 20+ different projects I have worked on since, and being clear it was a contract, not full time employment. I have to choose between just underselling myself, or listing so much stuff no one will take me seriously. Do you have an example of a good CV that clearly separates employment from freelance work? I have yet to see one. To answer #3: I have management experience but I want a technical role, or to provide actual high-level consulting services if needed (improving processes, architecture review, etc.) That said, thank you for the advice. My problem is that I never tried to fit into a single role, so it's hard to create a targeted CV when my foremost talent is learning on the job and wearing many hats. Recruiters tend to look for specialists on a specific piece of tech, while I have first hand knowledge that the more flexible you are, the more value you can provide your client, if you are able to get through the arbitrary restrictions the recruiter has placed on the job spec.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  write contract or full time and list everything

sph 4y ago

My problem is #2: I have been freelancing since 2012, and it's hard to list 20+ different projects I have worked on since, and being clear it was a contract, not full time employment. I have to choose between just underselling myself, or listing so much stuff no one will take me seriously. Do you have an example of a good CV that clearly separates employment from freelance work? I have yet to see one. To answer #3: I have management experience but I want a technical role, or to provide actual high-level consulting services if needed (improving processes, architecture review, etc.) That said, thank you for the advice. My problem is that I never tried to fit into a single role, so it's hard to create a targeted CV when my foremost talent is learning on the job and wearing many hats. Recruiters tend to look for specialists on a specific piece of tech, while I have first hand knowledge that the more flexible you are, the more value you can provide your client, if you are able to get through the arbitrary restrictions the recruiter has placed on the job spec.

ipaddr 4y ago
write contract or full time and list everything