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Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by copper »

glenjamin wrote: post #20
jasonjei wrote: post #9

Something always bothers me when I see two é's on résumé. Yes, it's probably the correct way of saying it, but neither the English nor the French (not even the French!) use the word "résumé." There's a certain level of douchebaggery when I see two accented é's rather than the term "CV," which is used in France and most of Europe.

Judging by the pronunciation, I can't see how both 'e's can be accented. Unless you say "ray soo may".

Um, that's actually how I've always heard it said. How is it pronounced, otherwise?

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by SamReidHughes »

unshift wrote: post #7

the only piece of solid, indisputable resume advice i've heard is to never, ever send it to anybody in MS Word .doc format. only in pdf. otherwise all sorts of recruiting agencies will add and subtract things before sending it out, which typically results in the whole thing being a huge waste of time for you. even better advice is to avoid agencies all together.

I've had a LaTeX-compiled pdf resume get converted into a doc file and edited.

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by Andrex »

parfe wrote: post #8
unshift wrote: post #7

the only piece of solid, indisputable resume advice i've heard is to never, ever send it to anybody in MS Word .doc format. only in pdf. otherwise all sorts of recruiting agencies will add and subtract things before sending it out, which typically results in the whole thing being a huge waste of time for you. even better advice is to avoid agencies all together.

I've been sending out resumes recently looking to move to a new position. So far I've seen multiple companies outsource their application tracking systems. When it comes to submitting the resume the options available are either Doc Upload or Copy and paste text into a textfield. I went to an interview and they had printed my resume from the text field. Formatting made the thing unreadable and unfortunately I don't ow…

Do it in Google Docs, then just paste the link in the text field. :P

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by glenjamin »

copper wrote: post #21
glenjamin wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Judging by the pronunciation, I can't see how both 'e's can be accented. Unless you say "ray soo may".

Um, that's actually how I've always heard it said. How is it pronounced, otherwise?

Oh, I'd only heard it as "res oo may", with the first e soft.

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by prodigal_erik »

parfe wrote: post #8
unshift wrote: post #7

the only piece of solid, indisputable resume advice i've heard is to never, ever send it to anybody in MS Word .doc format. only in pdf. otherwise all sorts of recruiting agencies will add and subtract things before sending it out, which typically results in the whole thing being a huge waste of time for you. even better advice is to avoid agencies all together.

I've been sending out resumes recently looking to move to a new position. So far I've seen multiple companies outsource their application tracking systems. When it comes to submitting the resume the options available are either Doc Upload or Copy and paste text into a textfield. I went to an interview and they had printed my resume from the text field. Formatting made the thing unreadable and unfortunately I don't ow…

You don't have to license your own copy just for this. I have no other interest in using Word, so when someone wants my updated résumé only in .doc format, I just pay a couple bucks to do that on one of Kinko's machines. Some libraries offer this as well.

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by ig1 »

I want to know why any tech company would still be doing resume reviews on paper ?

Page breaks are much less meaningful when you're scrolling through a document.

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by raganwald »

glenjamin wrote: post #20
jasonjei wrote: post #9

Something always bothers me when I see two é's on résumé. Yes, it's probably the correct way of saying it, but neither the English nor the French (not even the French!) use the word "résumé." There's a certain level of douchebaggery when I see two accented é's rather than the term "CV," which is used in France and most of Europe.

Judging by the pronunciation, I can't see how both 'e's can be accented. Unless you say "ray soo may".

I pronounce it that way in speech.

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by jarek »

Andrex wrote: post #23
parfe wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been sending out resumes recently looking to move to a new position. So far I've seen multiple companies outsource their application tracking systems. When it comes to submitting the resume the options available are either Doc Upload or Copy and paste text into a textfield. I went to an interview and they had printed my resume from the text field. Formatting made the thing unreadable and unfortunately I don't ow…

Do it in Google Docs, then just paste the link in the text field. :P

This is an excellent way to get cut by the type of company that uses an external application tracking system that only accepts .docs and .txts.

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by bhousel »

ig1 wrote: post #26

I want to know why any tech company would still be doing resume reviews on paper ? Page breaks are much less meaningful when you're scrolling through a document.

Lots of people still like to take notes on them...

Re: A word about résumés.

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Post by bhousel »

Ah the great resume debate. In fact there are 3 kinds of resumes that are appropriate depending on job you're looking for.

If you are applying for most jobs, the employer wants to know what you know. Get it all on one page in list format and be succinct, because they are probably sorting through hundreds of resumes quickly looking for keywords on who to call in for the next round.

If you are applying for some higher level jobs, like executive, some management, higher level engineering, consulting, then the employer wants to know what you've done. For these, you need to tell a story, because these resumes will be picked apart and read carefully. You're almost expected to have at least 2 pages, otherwise you look inexperienced.

The third kind of resume is for artistic jobs like design, then the employer wants to know who you are. Having a personal brand will set you apart from other candidates, and you don't need to follow the traditional resume format. Pages aren't so important, but a good designer can do a lot with one page.

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