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Brush Up Your IT Resume
In any job hunt, your resume is the tip of the sword – the one essential marketing tool that any potential employer sees before anything else. Getting your resume right is a critical part of any job search, and it’s even more challenging in the IT industry.
For example, that often-overlooked “skills” section of your resume takes on greater significance where employers look for specific technical skills. If your list is more extensive than, uh, “nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills,” you’ll want to put some work into how you call out those capabilities.
InsideTech and Monster both offer plenty of tips for whipping your IT resume into shape, but these key suggestions are particularly important for IT workers:
- Call out technical accomplishments
When you’re outlining work at previous jobs, focus on providing a compact summary of the technical projects you completed.
- Don’t embellish your skills
If you’ve only heard about a language or a development environment, don’t list it on your resume. Likewise, avoid listing outdated skills or anything with which you don’t have ample experience.- Choose a format that fits your experience
If you’re just starting out, play up technical skills and education. If you’ve been in the industry for a while, play up your experience and accomplishments before moving on to skills and education.
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yoddel
5 days ago
232 comments
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Phreadd
about 1 year ago
8260 comments
Set up your resume as a website, with various pages for various catagories, then burn it to CD's to send out to prospective employers.
My guess is this would be a real attention getter, and noone you send it to will forget you.
bhamdesigns4u
about 1 year ago
24 comments
This is all good and well, but after you have the degrees in hand and the certifications - how then are you supposed to prove to the perspective company you are capable if they are not willing to give you a chance? Simple..don't depend on companies like Monster.com and Career builder.com to do your hunting, why waste money when you can freelance? Get your name out and get noticed - the real companies want to see what you can do, how you operate and your overall temperament. You went to school, you got the degrees now kick the walls of defiance and find that job!