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To be fair, if you are applying to a HR contact, then traditional is the way to go. I'd only ever recommend the use of 'nano' CV's if you can directly contact t

by Peroni 15y ago

To be fair, if you are applying to a HR contact, then traditional is the way to go. I'd only ever recommend the use of 'nano' CV's if you can directly contact the person who makes the final decision.

zalew 15y ago
Let's be honest: that only can work for small startups ran by young technical people or very small software houses where the 3-5 employees are in one room next to each other. In any company where there's even a slight hint of a corporate structure, you have to provide just what they are asking for or you'll be that dude who sent us a cv with no cv on it. //edit: Actually, now I remember I was that guy many years ago. I was applying for a programmer at the tech dept of a publisher. Sent a very short cv with some basic data and a link to portfolio. The head of IT (actually a clueless older dude on sweatshop wage) came with a print, took a look at it very disappointed and said "that's the shortest cv I've received". And there wasn't even a laptop around to check my portfolio while speaking. From what I saw there I didn't want to work for them anyway, but it still proves my point.
kstenerud 15y ago
Do a CV even if you're not applying to a HR contact. The CV has one purpose: To give the salient points of why you are the right person for the job. A good startup is absolutely swamped by resumes. The less I have to hunt around for info about you, the better (remember: I don't know you from crappy-developer-x. Make it easy for me to differentiate!). I want to know what skills you consider relevant to the job, and how proficient you are in them. I want to know where you've worked before, what you did, and for how long. I don't want a bunch of URLS I have to click through, then navigate a bunch of sites, only to discover that you're a web developer with no Objective-C experience applying for an iOS position. Once I have the essential info to decide that you at least have the basic skills for the job, THEN I want to see blogs, github accounts, etc.

by Peroni 15y ago

To be fair, if you are applying to a HR contact, then traditional is the way to go. I'd only ever recommend the use of 'nano' CV's if you can directly contact the person who makes the final decision.

zalew 15y ago

Let's be honest: that only can work for small startups ran by young technical people or very small software houses where the 3-5 employees are in one room next to each other. In any company where there's even a slight hint of a corporate structure, you have to provide just what they are asking for or you'll be that dude who sent us a cv with no cv on it. //edit: Actually, now I remember I was that guy many years ago. I was applying for a programmer at the tech dept of a publisher. Sent a very short cv with some basic data and a link to portfolio. The head of IT (actually a clueless older dude on sweatshop wage) came with a print, took a look at it very disappointed and said "that's the shortest cv I've received". And there wasn't even a laptop around to check my portfolio while speaking. From what I saw there I didn't want to work for them anyway, but it still proves my point.

kstenerud 15y ago

Do a CV even if you're not applying to a HR contact. The CV has one purpose: To give the salient points of why you are the right person for the job. A good startup is absolutely swamped by resumes. The less I have to hunt around for info about you, the better (remember: I don't know you from crappy-developer-x. Make it easy for me to differentiate!). I want to know what skills you consider relevant to the job, and how proficient you are in them. I want to know where you've worked before, what you did, and for how long. I don't want a bunch of URLS I have to click through, then navigate a bunch of sites, only to discover that you're a web developer with no Objective-C experience applying for an iOS position. Once I have the essential info to decide that you at least have the basic skills for the job, THEN I want to see blogs, github accounts, etc.