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I review a lot of resumes. Age is never a factor. It's all about experience; basically, trying to figure out what value you bring. If your resume is difficult

by kabdib 12y ago

I review a lot of resumes. Age is never a factor. It's all about experience; basically, trying to figure out what value you bring. If your resume is difficult to read, then that's a problem. I still try, but I lean pretty heavily towards a "no". If your resume doesn't contain any detail and I can't figure out what you've actually done, then I stop. I'm done. Learn how to write a better resume. If I still can't tell what you've done because your resume is littered with phrases like "empowered the team..." and "synergized the product..." then it's a pretty much total plonk. Feel free to rewrite. A good resume tells me what you've done and doesn't contain unsupported stuff. I can skip over obvious verbiage ("... team player ... fast learner..."), but in the end it's what you've done and how you did it that matters. How old are you? I don't care, I don't even want to know.

seivan 12y ago
Could you an example of what you'd like to see?
- kabdib 12y ago
  It's invariant for any company I've been at. Pretty much what I said: Be clear and be factual about what you've done, including how you did it and what happened as a result. I'm looking for evidence that you've done things that are interesting.
  - walru 12y ago
    You realize this is most often hampered by the team the individual is working on? Not every company puts their employers in an opportunity to claim great successes.
    - seivan 12y ago
      Or give time nor opportunity to do great success. This is why I appreciate it when a potential employee wants to see tools or code as well.
    - aNotherGuy123 12y ago
      That's when the weekend projects become necessary.
lostcolony 12y ago
That's nice. Are you the only one involved in the hiring process? You receive resumes directly, and make the call yourself without consulting and relying upon the opinions of others who might be biased? If so, great! Too bad you're working for such a small company that is hiring so comparatively few.
- Roboprog 12y ago
  Indeed. The times here and there I've looked over resumes, they were the ones that H/R and The Management saw fit to send to me.

by kabdib 12y ago

seivan 12y ago

Could you an example of what you'd like to see?

kabdib 12y ago
It's invariant for any company I've been at. Pretty much what I said: Be clear and be factual about what you've done, including how you did it and what happened as a result. I'm looking for evidence that you've done things that are interesting.
- walru 12y ago
  You realize this is most often hampered by the team the individual is working on? Not every company puts their employers in an opportunity to claim great successes.
  - seivan 12y ago
    Or give time nor opportunity to do great success. This is why I appreciate it when a potential employee wants to see tools or code as well.
  - aNotherGuy123 12y ago
    That's when the weekend projects become necessary.

lostcolony 12y ago

That's nice. Are you the only one involved in the hiring process? You receive resumes directly, and make the call yourself without consulting and relying upon the opinions of others who might be biased? If so, great! Too bad you're working for such a small company that is hiring so comparatively few.

Roboprog 12y ago
Indeed. The times here and there I've looked over resumes, they were the ones that H/R and The Management saw fit to send to me.