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The first tip was to hire someone to create your resume. Who still cares about resumes? When I am screening resumes, the only things I care about, in order of
by mjibson 14y ago
The first tip was to hire someone to create your resume. Who still cares about resumes?
When I am screening resumes, the only things I care about, in order of importance, are: github repos, well-answered stackoverflow questions, a technical blog. I barely even read over the education and experience sections. If a candidate doesn't have documented, public proof of quality, I have no way of assessing their quality and always say no hire in this case.
- head-chef 14y agoAnd you likely miss out on a ton of great talent. Not everybody can put up code publicly or speak technically on sites.
- anon987 14y ago> Who still cares about resumes? and the next sentence... > When I am screening resumes... Ok. > If a candidate doesn't have documented, public proof of quality, I have no way of assessing their quality and always say no hire in this case. You could do it the good old fashioned way and talk to them but if you want to let Google do the interview for you then that's your choice.
- mjibson 14y agoI'm arguing that except for what I listed, the information on resumes is not useful to me. If I got an email with links to repos, stackoverflow answers and blog posts and nothing else, that would be much better than a professionally written resume without such links. There is not enough time to talk to the hundreds that apply - this is impractical.