I decided to totally rewrite my resume today. I really hate selling myself like this. I feel like a dirty whore preparing for a sleazy night on the street looking for anyone that will have me. I was prompted into action by a call from a job recruiter I have talked with on several occasions about finding me something better than my current job. This time it was a fairly interesting prospect with one big catch. The job is in Galveston. Yeah...I really don't want to move.
I've been pushing my recruiter lady to find me a programming job. A real programming job that I would get to actually code in a real language that isn't 140 years old (I currently spend a good portion of my time writing Cobol programs). It wasn't long ago that I came to the inevitable conclusion that the smartest thing for me to do would be to aim at something like Network Administration. It's not exactly what I want to do, but I have so much experience at this point I could probably find something that pays $15K-$20K more than my current salary. $20,000 can be very persuasive, thus the need to redevelop my resume. Suck.
Someone needs to start up a company thats sole purpose is to develop resumes for people. All you would need is a staff of technical writers, a list of accomplishments, education and certificates, and job responsibilities. The writers would put it all together into a resume that can not be refused. I have no problem coming up with a list of shit I do at work...it's formatting that kills me. I would pay for a service like that.
I've been pushing my recruiter lady to find me a programming job. A real programming job that I would get to actually code in a real language that isn't 140 years old (I currently spend a good portion of my time writing Cobol programs). It wasn't long ago that I came to the inevitable conclusion that the smartest thing for me to do would be to aim at something like Network Administration. It's not exactly what I want to do, but I have so much experience at this point I could probably find something that pays $15K-$20K more than my current salary. $20,000 can be very persuasive, thus the need to redevelop my resume. Suck.
Someone needs to start up a company thats sole purpose is to develop resumes for people. All you would need is a staff of technical writers, a list of accomplishments, education and certificates, and job responsibilities. The writers would put it all together into a resume that can not be refused. I have no problem coming up with a list of shit I do at work...it's formatting that kills me. I would pay for a service like that.
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Let me know when your current job is available. I can code COBOL in my sleep and then do real programming when I wake up. Do you think 30+ years COBOL experience is enough?
ergo., let's assume I can program in Visual Basic. This will get extrapolated to:
"Experience in Visual Basic, ASP, ASP.NET VB#, enterprise development with VB, etc."
Which is nonsense. Lather, rinse, repeat. I've done hiring and seen this trend way too many times.
Case in point: a guy I used to work with got a job as an LDAP administrator about four months after he started working with me. He didn't even know what LDAP stood for, but a couple months down the road, he got hired because of a bullshit CV.
And you think composing the CV makes you feel like a whore? Wait until you get to defend it at a panel interview.