Questions relating to resumes and curriculae vitae.
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Should I include images / icons in my resume?
I recently updated my online profile to make it more "visually appealing" (as in not just huge blocks of text) by adding small images / icons that encompass what each part of it is talking about (such ...
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Will I be too old to be hired? Thesis? (Software Industry) [closed]
So I have a few disorders which have kind of made it hard to be consistent with my education/work endeavors. I am 26 and will be 27 soon.
1) I have a (2nd Honors)B.S. in Applied Math and 2 B.A.s in ...
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Including an academic reference for a job in the industry?
Would it be beneficial to include an academic reference for a job in the industry? What if that reference is a senior like the head of a department or a principal? When I talk about an academic ...
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Should I choose a new major? [closed]
I'm 16 years old and love to code, but struggle with it. I am taking cs101 on udacity.com and I'm halfway through and it's hard. I read an article on codinghorror.com saying that if you are not good ...
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Can I put accomplished projects on my CV that are in a hobby that I am not proud of?
I am currently applying to a job in the pharmaceutical industry where the focus of my work would be classification and recognition of videos. Analyze a video feed of someone and diagnose for certain ...
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Including independent projects before professional projects if independent projects are more relevant to the new company?
Lets say I am working on technology x in my current company.I want to work for a company working in technology y. I am really passionate about technology y.In order to get a job at this new company,I ...
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What projects can I write in my resume if all my company projects are confidential?
I am a software developer. I am a little worried about my future as my company doesn't allow its employees to reveal anything about their projects, even after they have left the company. Currently I ...
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Should I bother including a resume if the application covered everything on it?
I often find myself filling out some very detailed applications that ask for a lot of information about your previous jobs, education, and other things that are often outlined in much less detail on a ...
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Discontinued Master's Degree on resume
I've been working as a software engineer at a government organization for ten years since graduation. Now I am looking for a new job and i need to work on my resume. There is one minor detail i am not ...
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Planning for the future with least amount of headache in future to update new skill and achieve new skills [closed]
I am interested in mobile but have not worked on it.
Should I plan to change jobs in another field (other than PHP/HTML/SQL/JAVASCRIPT to JAVA or should I learn HTML5) as I want to keep myself ...
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“You're overqualified” - What does that really mean?
I recently had a phone interview for a subcontracting job at a small programming consulting firm. The interview was very short, and at the end, the interviewer told me that based on my resume, he ...
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Are Employers more likely to hire someone with “developer bootcamp” experience vs. Self-Learning? [closed]
Can attending developer bootcamps such as DevCamps, AppAcademy, be considered enough real-world experience for employment? How useful is attending these types of schools as preparation for employment?
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When does 'college attended' matter less?
I went to a relatively small college for undergrad. I graduated magna cum laude there and was one of the top students in my program.
The problem is that while the school is pretty well known in the ...
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CV: should I make my email a hyperlink? [closed]
I am composing a CV. This question is about the email address field.
Should I make my email address a hyperlink, pointing at mailto:my@email.address?
Note: My CV is to be in PDF format.
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Including name of personal reference on your resume but not his phone number?
When I am applying for jobs,I usually send out my resume to a lot of companies(About 10 or more). I always have personal references on my resume.That being said,I don't want each and every recruiter ...
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Should free online courses such as Udacity, Tutsplus, Codecademy and the like be listed along with relevant training? [duplicate]
Should free online courses such as Udacity, Tutsplus, Codecademy and the like be listed along with relevant training?
Specifically, because the job I am current applying to is within the Federal ...
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How can I say that I have X years of experience but I've never worked [duplicate]
I have more than ten years of experience in IT, but I've never worked.
This experience is about daily usage, troubleshooting, bachelor's, own learning, etc, and when I'm applying to a job I know that ...
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Is it worth redoing a very long resume after I've already gotten an interview?
I submitted my 9 page resume (I have 15 yrs exp) to Amazon.com, and have been scheduled for my 1st phone screen with them.
I've been wanting to convert my resume into 2 pages, however since I already ...
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Should I include a job on my resume that is indirectly relevant to my skill set?
I am a veteran in the technology realm looking to get closer to the customer (as opposed to behind the keyboard all the time). I have spent quite a bit of time refining my already lengthy resume to ...
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Is it ok to “make up ” your resume? [closed]
My friend is in a situation where he has spent the last few years working with obsolete programming languages, he feels his company does not have a lot of future and he wants to move on to a ...
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Use clichés when the job offer is requiring them [closed]
Clichés should be avoided always, that is one of the main tips around about how to write a correct resume. However, many job offers require to be a fast learner, organized, responsible, team-worker, ...
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How detailed should one's job title be in various formats?
I'm considering the various references to one's job title or position - paper or electronic resumes and CVs, online resume services such as LinkedIn and Stack Overflow Careers, and social media ...
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Is it frowned upon to mention specific clients in a CV?
Now, I've always thought (probably through misinformation) that it was bad practice to mention actual client names when writing your CV, is this true?
I am currently rewriting my CV and I'd like to ...
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Should I include poker on my resume?
In 2009 I graduated with a degree in compsci, 3.0 gpa from an average school. I worked for a few professors as a research assistant doing fairly simple programming in C/C++. After graduating I found a ...
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Is it a good idea to put Summary in place of Objective in your resume?
I've seen lots of resume which has it's first section called "Objective" which (usually) states your career plan as to what you want to be, and what kind of position you're looking for.
I find this ...
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How important is a recommendation letter for the employer?
I applied for an internship opportunity with several private companies, and one of them got back to me over the phone. During the conversation, the HR manager mentioned in passing that they were ...
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Is it a good idea to put dislikes similar to those in SO Careers profiles in your resume? If so, why?
Those of you who have a CV on careers.stackoverflow.com probably know that there is a section called Technologies under which you can mention the technologies you like or dislike; something like this:
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Having a degree in a non-english country, should I translate it to english in the cv?
If I have a degree whose original name is in another language than english, should I translate it to english (talking about international cv) or write it with its original name?
Actually I'm writing ...
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Only using years for employment ranges on resume
I am trying to cut out all the unnecessary decorations on my resume and make it as minimalist as possible to give more weight to the skills and experience. One of the considered line items within ...
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How can I convey expertise on my CV?
I'm writing a curriculum vitae, and got to a certain impasse.
Aside from the obvious Expert in XYZ, How can I say that I'm a "super expert" in a certain skill, but still remain humble in the ...
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Is there a standard way to represent confidential programming work? [duplicate]
I've worked with a few startups which are still operating in stealth mode, and/or which are working on confidential or otherwise non-public projects.
Is there a standard way to report on this kind of ...
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Should I show previous moonlight experience on resume
After my graduate CS degree, I have worked for a large IT multinational company for the past five years.
However, I worked with a startup for about two years on the side. We were hoping to get funded ...
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Is Long-term Overseas Work Experience a Merit or Demerit? [closed]
I have been working overseas for a large portion of my professional career (in Japan) but have always planned to return home (to the US) at some point in the future.
There are huge differences ...
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Would my CV 'Suffer' if I transfer into a Smaller Company?
I am facing a dilemma right now. I am currently working for a very big company with good pay, but I don't really like what I am doing, both as far as my daily activities are concerned and as far as ...
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Should employments be listed in ascending or descending order? [closed]
My employer preferred events listed descending. But in UML sequence diagram, they are listed ascending (and to the right), for example:
2013
2014
2015
2016....
My employer prefers the opposite:
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How Should I Indicate Language Proficiency on my Resume?
Question:
What are some good ways of listing language proficiency on a resume?
Problem:
Language is such a complex thing to explain simply. There are several aspects of most languages (reading, ...
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Training position after one year of full employment
I have been offered a 6-month software developer training position. I've been working for one year as a software developer employed in another company. The company after the training period, if the ...
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Should I list an on-call job where I barely ever work?
I've been working at a company on-call overnights for about 6 months now, of which I've only actually worked with them for 3 months, and during those months only worked less than a week. I'd estimate ...
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How can I prevent discrimination due to my name?
Firstly, I was born and bred in California. I consider myself American and I'm fluent in English and speak in an american accent.
Unfortunately (well actually I don't feel unfortunate about it other ...
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On a resume, how can I explain self-taught software?
I took on the bookkeeping position at my former job, just prior to the firing of the bookkeeper. I knew nothing about the bookkeeping software and had to teach myself the A/R, A/P, payroll and tax ...
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Can I list the projects I worked on through my job on my portfolio?
I'm a web developer looking to update my online portfolio.
Can I list the projects I worked on through my day job onto my portfolio, or should the projects only be projects I found as a freelancer?
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How can a self taught programmer beef up the education section on a resume?
I'm a self taught programmer with 6 years of professional development experience. Due to only having an Associates of Arts degree, the "education" portion of my resume is bare. I already have a ...
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Resume for long career as successful independent contractor/mfg rep in medical industry
I have had a long career as a medical manufacturers' rep and independent contractor under my own corporation. How do I list my accomplishments so hiring managers don't stop when they see I have been ...
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Where do I place my open source project heading in my resume?
This kind of structure/template my resume is following this time. Resume
I just wanted to know which one is a better place in my resume to mention about my open source projects.
One option - Below ...
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Disclosing current workplace name
Is it right to disclose current workplace name (of which I am presently still under bond period) to my potential employer. If not then is specifying "ABC", a dummy name to the present organization ...
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How do I mention my spare time projects in resume?
What kind of heading/representation be good for mentioning my spare time projects. These projects I posted on github as mentioning "Spare time projects" heading sounds awkward to me although I googled ...
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How to deal with an interviewer who thinks I have copied an open source project?
This is an hypothetical question.
In order to gain some practical technical experience, I have started off building a software from scratch whose excellent open source option already exists.
I ...
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Should I put the current employer on my CV when looking for another work in the same city?
I am living in a country where the unemployment is really high, even in IT area. But I am interested in seeking another (better paid) job as a programmer.
However the HR world in a city is small and ...
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Should I mention an incomplete graduation on my CV/Resume?
I am creating my profile in stackoverflow careers, and I am in doubt if I should mention an incomplete graduation in my CV.
To be clear: I gave up of this graduation in first year and I moved to ...
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Dealing with informal experience on resume
I have a very broad IT skillset and I would say that I am very good at what I do. When it comes to a technology that I have not used I just learn it by messing with it, Googling it, or by consulting ...
