Questions relating to resumes and curriculae vitae.
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European format or a single page? [closed]
It is often advised that a resume must be a single page.
On the other hand, the European standard template for a CV is two pages long, and it is often advised to use it.
I live in Bulgaria, ...
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How should I list my programming technologies on a resume?
I'm updating my resume, and have realized that many programming skills are very brief and abbreviated.
My old resumes would list them in a bulleted list, however due to all the new technologies I'm ...
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How to include not-launched-startup experience in resume?
On June 2012, two of my friends (let's say john and smith) and I worked full time on building a mobile application from scratch. Long story short, john left the team in July, and smith and I did not ...
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Is it OK to exclude my mailing address from a resume?
I was reading this thread about if an address is really needed on a resume.
Does not having an address on a resume exclude it from consideration?
I recently had a difference of opinion about ...
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Best approach to showing how you have saved your company a lot of money in an interview/resume?
I am working in a product based company.When I joined the company, there were two large issues with the product.These issues were causing a lot of refunds.The issues were known for about 6 months but ...
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Should I list Design Patterns on my resume?
I'm rewriting my resume, and am trying to figure out if I should include design patterns in the "Summary of Skills" section.
Is it recommended to include major design patterns on my resume? Or does ...
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How should I list a company where I worked two positions over the years?
I'm updating my resume, and I've worked at the same place for the past 7 years. During the first 2 years, I worked part-time in the role of tech support while I got a degree, and the last 5 years has ...
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Should I list skills that I am familiar with in my Resume?
I have just finished my Advanced Diploma in Computing, and I am currently looking for a job as a junior .NET Developer.
There are few Languages/Technologies that I’ve used in real projects, like: C#, ...
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How should I list a single role spanning two employers?
I worked for a company for several years. During my time there, for reasons which I won't go into, my employment switched from Company A to Company B. I was given formal paperwork terminating my ...
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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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How can I reduce the size of a long resume without hiding all my skills and experience?
I'm in the US and have 30 years of experience with a bunch of different companies, working in high-tech and the software industry. I have a lot of links, skills, and education which has pushed my ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Showing online certificates like Coursera on a CV/resume
Coursera offers quite a lot of very interesting courses and provides certificates after completing them. They're good not only for learning new things, but also revising the material that has been ...
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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 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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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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Protecting resume against recruiters, double-presentations, and MS Word?
Early in my career, I encountered unethical recruiters in the tech industry. In the worst case, a recruiting firm sent my resume to dozens of companies without my consent. This resulted in a double ...
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Should I use Europass format or create custom resume template when applying for internships?
I'm an European CS student, looking to apply to a few companies for a summer internship. I am building my resume, but I'm wondering whether I should go with the standard Europass format, or a custom ...
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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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How to create a desirable resume / career for international software development work
What qualities in a resume / career path for a software developer are desirable enough that would make an employer look as far away as international to find new employees?
For Example:
I want to work ...
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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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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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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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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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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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How should you list a sensitive or questionable project that provided great experience on your resume?
There are several types of projects you could work on that could be sensitive for various reasons (involvment might disclose your personal political affiliations, the legality might be questionable, ...
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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 ...
