Usually I rely on my network & haven’t needed this kind of document in ages, but I’ve been tasked with creating a résumé for myself. I’ve grown more privacy-conscious every year & I think it’s weird that we are expected to give out so much information about ourselves to companies that lie about their culture & don’t want you sharing salary information with your coworkers. I have read stories about how these documents & information can sometimes get leaked & shared on the web which is pretty sketch.
TIL about “functional résumés” which it appears are usually meant to cover up your lack of work experience, but I like the idea of covering up a lot of my specific history as it is the skills that should matter more, no? Do you give out all of your info?
I don’t think you need to post your address like the old days, I would never notice nor care about such an omission.
I do always look at job history, and I don’t out a lot of stock in the skills section because most of the time people lie or exaggerate there.
Nope. Just a name, email, and phone (could be optional). Most recruiters reach out by email first.
If you’re working in any kind of technology space, do yourself a favor and get your own domain for your email and homepage, and reference both in said resume. On your homepage, show link out to any relevant work, and maybe think about doing some writeups somewhere related to your specific work or specializations. Get hit tracking going as well so you can gauge interest and see who is visiting after you submit your resume. All this should only take a few hours of your time, and will make you stand out.
Very sound advice.
It’s good advice, but it depends on how you do it.
Since I wanted to show off my strengths in web dev and design, I’ve been working on my website for over two months hahaha.
Avoid my mistake and just pick some wordpress template if you want to do it in “a few hours”.
Yeah but does a WordPress template build to an 800kB distributable? Checkmate B)
Thats really funny though, Ive been doing about the same thing. Did you by chance also get yourself through one of those bootcamps? I feel burned by it honestly
:D
I went to a startup bootcamp years ago and I quite liked it - I’ve learned a lot about my strenghts and weaknesses and thought about what I actually want to do in my life.
The startup methodology part was really boring though and didn’t align with my values at all, so I just ignored the instructions and did my own thing.
Ah that sounds interesting, I took a full stack web development one. We just blazed through the fundamentals of JS before landing on MERN architecture the last couple weeks of class, my class of 28 was reduced to 15 by the halfway point, then 10 by the end.
I certainly dont feel ready for the field by any means but I’m still yet to send it. I would honestly consider a class over managing a freelance business, but I’d be afraid it would pan out how yours did
Or they actually think they’re good at something when they’re not 😕
Yeah, always had fun in the job skills section for people. I worked IT for about 15 years doing what I was hiring for. I was just looking for basics a lot of the time, for what they put down on their resume. If it’s on there I am gonna ask about it.
Have git on your resume I am gonna ask about pulling, pushing and branching. Have Linux I am gonna ask how to grow a disk in it and basic shit you will run into as a sysadmin. Networking I am gonna ask someone in networking because that’s black magic lol. I had a CCNA at one point but never used it but I know when to pull people in
How do you grow a disk in linux? I am tempted to make a joke about planting hard drive seeds but I do genuinely want to know what you mean.