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How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by peteretep »

clockwerx wrote: post #6
nrzuk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this, currently a PHP contractor looking for work in the UK and this certainly opens my eyes up to the issues with my CV. Probably explains why I haven't been getting many interviews! What would you suggest for a contractors CV which is primarily filled with 1-2 month contracts? I usually try get the last years work on the CV, but as you can imagine that starts to take up quite a bit of room when you have…

I would portray as one role, and a few really important projects. For example: Senior Consultant For the past 24 months, I've worked with a large number of varied clients to realise true business value for them. This has included Real Example A and Specific Detail B, but beyond the pure technical skills, it has highlighted the value of softer skills. Most notably, I recently worked with the estate of Douglas Adams in…

That's exactly what I'd do :-) Name drop anyone interesting you worked for too, pull out interesting projects, but treat it as one job, essentially

Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by magoon »

Bahamut wrote: post #5

"...did you wear a suit" I guess it might depend on the industry, but at most interviews I have done, the expectation has been to just wear jeans and whatever. I usually go with jeans and a polo shirt for safety.

It may seem like you were dressed OK, but do you really know? Does anybody ever say "we can't hire that guy, he dressed up?"

Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by alistairjcbrown »

"Your CV should be about three pages" - I had always been told, keep your CV to two pages, so you can print it on one sheet of paper (both sides).

I like it as it ties back into the main message of these slides: "reading CVs is a chore" so keeping it condensed helps me to focus with showing only the most valuable information.

Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by MrScruff »

magoon wrote: post #13
Bahamut wrote: post #5

"...did you wear a suit" I guess it might depend on the industry, but at most interviews I have done, the expectation has been to just wear jeans and whatever. I usually go with jeans and a polo shirt for safety.

It may seem like you were dressed OK, but do you really know? Does anybody ever say "we can't hire that guy, he dressed up?"

They wouldn't say that, they'd say 'I'm not sure if this person is a good cultural fit for our company'.

Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by spindritf »

alistairjcbrown wrote: post #14

"Your CV should be about three pages" - I had always been told, keep your CV to two pages, so you can print it on one sheet of paper (both sides). I like it as it ties back into the main message of these slides: "reading CVs is a chore" so keeping it condensed helps me to focus with showing only the most valuable information.

I have been told that it should be one page unless you have had a really long career. Was this bad/outdated advice?

Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by natejenkins »

WatchDog wrote: post #12

Am I doing something wrong or is this website horribly non-functional, after 20ish seconds it just goes blank and tries to start loading a new page, if you try and download the slides it just pops up a blank modal.

I encountered the same thing and pasted in the following in the console to disable all timers(1):

  // Set a fake timeout to get the highest timeout id
  var highestTimeoutId = setTimeout(";");
  for (var i = 0 ; i
(1) Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3847121/how-can-i-disable...

Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by mike-cardwell »

peteretep wrote: post #7
Bahamut wrote: post #5

"...did you wear a suit" I guess it might depend on the industry, but at most interviews I have done, the expectation has been to just wear jeans and whatever. I usually go with jeans and a polo shirt for safety.

Which city are you in? I wonder if it's a cultural difference. In the UK, I'd always recommend dressing smart.

In the UK, I went for a Perl programmer job interview a few years ago in a suit and was told I was overdressed. I then went back to the same company for another interview a couple of years later, in jeans and a polo-shirt and nobody said anything, but I was looked up and down and it was pretty clear to me I was underdressed that time.

I wasn't offered either of the positions. No idea if the way I dressed had any bearing on it.

Re: How to write a developer resume that will get you hired

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Post by longwave »

WatchDog wrote: post #12

Am I doing something wrong or is this website horribly non-functional, after 20ish seconds it just goes blank and tries to start loading a new page, if you try and download the slides it just pops up a blank modal.

It's something to do with the ad banners, as with ad blocking turned on it works perfectly.
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