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by fecak 6y ago
What you are referring to aren't what we'd traditionally call gaps. Resume gaps are usually periods of unemployment. What you're referring to seems to be some career inconsistency. I write resumes all the time for people who
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by fecak 6y ago
Resume writer here. Don't overdo the resume customization thing - I've had clients who wanted to spend lots of time tailoring each line of a resume to the job, and the time invested really isn't worth it. Especially if it bec
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by fecak 6y ago
I've written for clients in probably 50+ countries, and many do commonly include photos and birthday. I would hope people are 'against' discrimination.
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by fecak 6y ago
Something like a functional resume can do a good job in masking age a bit, but typically we still need to list employers, titles, and years.
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by fecak 6y ago
I feel job hopping in tech has gone from a negative to a positive in the eyes of many who are hiring, as long as the hops are for good reasons (better opportunity, company shut down, finished what you were hired to do, etc.). Jumping around
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by fecak 6y ago
Who said anything about failure? If you're happy doing the same stuff day in and day out, that's great and I hope it works out for you. In my experience, people doing the same thing for a long time tend to struggle to find jobs wh
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by fecak 6y ago
If you didn't graduate, omitting dates is not at all suspicious. I rarely see someone writing "Earned 80 credits at UCLA (2011-2013)".
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by fecak 6y ago
Maybe what you do IS cool, but you expect others don't think it is, or you don't make it sound cool when you talk about it. I've made some pretty mundane work sound cool, but it's not always easy.
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by fecak 6y ago
Not necessarily. If you list say 15 years of experience and a degree with no date, the reader will assume you are "at least 37". We're just trying to get an interview here - when you show up they'll have a better underst
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by fecak 6y ago
I'm a former tech recruiter for startups and now a resume writer and career consultant, and I've written for software engineers from 18 through their late 60's. - Older software engineers (40+) won't be discriminated aga
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by fecak 6y ago
Or they were impressed by you, but feel your market value is below the maximum they are willing to pay. When companies hire, they have a model of an ideal candidate and an acceptable candidate. We want x, y, and z, but we'd be willing
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by fecak 6y ago
That's certainly a possibility, and in those situations an offer usually isn't given at all. If we (a) know a candidate will only accept the top end of the range and (b) the candidate doesn't qualify or interview at that leve
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by fecak 6y ago
In theory it's a large range, but in practice it really isn't. Candidates regularly negotiate starting salary to 10-20% above an initial offer, so a range like this is pretty common. You also need to keep in mind that job ads can
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by fecak 6y ago
I was a recruiter for 20 years. In my experience, when a range was listed, every applicant expected to get offered at the top of the range. So if the range was 80-100K and you had a candidate at the lower end of the experience/skills r
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by fecak 7y ago
It depends on the user's settings.
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by fecak 7y ago
That's interesting. I know I'm well over 20 a month on searches like that. I'd wonder if they base it on other things (like connections). I did have a paid account in the past, but it's been a few years since I opted for
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by fecak 7y ago
I believe you, but I have a standard account and run lots of searches (maybe a couple hundred a month?) without running into this issue. I expect by 'several' you must be doing several hundred searches a month to get that issue, o
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by fecak 7y ago
I write resumes for a living and coach many of my clients on job search strategy, which often relates to strategies to get people to actually read the resume that I've written for them. I've never heard of someone doing this, and
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by fecak 7y ago
Poor resumes don't list any tangible accomplishments or lack the proper context to let the reader even figure out if the accomplishment was useful. If you read a job advertisement, that's a list of responsibilities - a resume shou
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by fecak 7y ago
I'm a resume writer and former recruiter. As a recruiter I was required to 'judge' candidates based on their resume, and didn't spend much time with candidates who had resumes that didn't show what I was looking for
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Australian woman jailed for lying on resume(edition.cnn.com)
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Yes, You Can Land a Software Engineering Job Without a College Degree(themuse.com)
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by fecak 7y ago
I'm a resume writer that also provides career consultation and job search strategy sessions, LinkedIn and cover letter writing, executive bios, etc. I work from home, am able to set my own schedule and spend time with my kids, and do q
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by fecak 7y ago
A "visualized resume" and "my resume is on a PDF" are very different concepts. Most of my clients use my resumes in PDF formats, and I do adjust margins, fonts, headers, etc. to make sure I'm making the best use of
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by fecak 7y ago
There are probably several resume writers that offer review services, and I am one of them. My profile has details on how to find me.
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by fecak 7y ago
As others have said, it depends on the country. For my US clients I never add a photo, but I will offer to add a LinkedIn URL at the top. The ability for the reader to view your profile (and photo) can help them to understand that this is a
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by fecak 7y ago
As a professional resume writer I'm seeing a lot of clients now asking for more design on their resumes (including many senior clients with solid accomplishments) and it's a disturbing trend. I think part of the blame can go to th
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by fecak 7y ago
Those labeled as "severe" aren't remotely likely to have their autism "resolve itself". Those labeled severe have the types of behaviors that tend to remain through the years. Children who are prone to self-injuriou
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by fecak 8y ago
A few years ago I briefly had some business interactions with iRoko in New York, and when I saw the title of this article I immediately thought what you did. I think the biggest challenge they discussed with me at the time was a mobile firs
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by fecak 8y ago
"Freelancing" is a bit of a catch-all term so it's tough to give you a simple answer, and your success working independently will probably rely on several factors. 1 - Is your skillset relatively rare or in demand in a freela

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