acquirefinance

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by acquirefinance 13y ago
Here's my CV if anyone wants to critique it. Photoshop is terrible at exporting pdf's that aren't 999mb so excuse the fuzziness. http://d.pr/f/6bIc
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by acquirefinance 13y ago
Sorry I said that wrong, they both do hiring for companies rather than working at a recruitment agency. Both of them said that you should put more emphasis on your cover letter and initial email as they won't even open your CV if your cover
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by acquirefinance 13y ago
Yea I get you, but honestly I have no desire to get into enterprise stuff and work for a large firm. I would much rather prefer working for a startup or a smaller more creative company. I really just want to get some cash flowing in so I ca
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by acquirefinance 13y ago
In my country as well, it's the same deal. However we are still behind the times as most employers somehow think asp is the shit when it comes to web development. 99% of the jobs here are for .net/java/c# and most them require you to be 'Mi
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by acquirefinance 13y ago
I mentioned in another comment but I ran out of space in the original post. I've reworked my CV and had 2 people who do recruiting for a living help me refine it. I've also made it look nice with a bit of colour and some nice fonts so it do
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by acquirefinance 13y ago
That's true, I do try to follow up every potential job, but even if I email them multiple times, I still never hear back. There's been a few jobs that I've rung up to ask if they have received my application, and I still never hear back. Th
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by acquirefinance 13y ago
I tried to mention my CV but I only had 2000 characters of text. I've reworked it at least 5 times. I've shown it to 2 people who do recruiting for a living who have helped me tweak it to the best I can. To the jobs I got interviews with, m
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Ask HN: 6 months of trying to get a job with no luck, should I go get a degree?
8 points by acquirefinance 13y ago|30 comments