Comments on: Interviews

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:53:00 +0000

Charlie: I knew someone would disagree with that. If I get 200 resumes, that’s 600 pages vs. 200. I don’t hire people based on the resume, rather I hire them based on their interview. Demonstrate the skill set on the resume and I will dig deeper in the interview. Having said that, I don’t dismiss resumes over one page, nor do I think it’s a hard and fast rule. The long resumes I’ve seen have information on there like “Shift Manager – Long John Silvers – 1980?. If I’m hiring for a fast food restaurant, fine. But the fact that someone had a job at LJS 25 years ago, generally isn’t useful information.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:06:00 +0000

Have to disagree on the one page issue. If I have experience or skills which are relevant to the job, what’s the point of leaving it out? And really, if you can’t be bothered to read 3 pages, how serious are you about finding the best person?

By: Andy Miller

Andy Miller — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:45:00 +0000

Interesting. I had never heard of that before and my co-worker noticed it in a posting here today too, so I encountered the term (which was new to me) twice today.

Thanks for the link.

By: Dick

Dick — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:29:00 +0000

Curriculum Vitae

http://www.cvtips.com/

By: Andy Miller

Andy Miller — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:09:00 +0000

btw, what does CV stand for?

By: Andy Miller

Andy Miller — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:19:00 +0000

And I have used a screwdriver to pound finish nails to hang pictures. It worked.

LOL I normally use that analogy when people ask me why I use Access for database applications rather than using Excel. The right tool for the right job...

By: ross

ross — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:54:00 +0000

I try to make my CV's as plain as poss, no tables, etc. My thinking is that the less formating (all my job apps are web based) the less can go wrong, i guess PDF is an option, but then poeple can't change it if they needed to.

The idea of sending a CV on pink paper makes me feel ill!
I'm reading a book on Graphology, it's ok, but i'm highly sceptical such things - come on!

By: rzf

rzf — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 03:46:00 +0000

I somehow pasted it as a table in Word so that I could conform. You can still tell it's all one big table, but it looks great printed. I'm pretty weak with Word and using Excel makes the adding of bullets in columns, centering and formatting easy.

And I have used a screwdriver to pound finish nails to hang pictures. It worked.

By: Dick

Dick — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:38:00 +0000

"you grammar/spelling nazi you."

Damn. I knew I couldn't make a mistake in that post after that comment. I usually just plop the post into Word to spell check it, but this post I read over a couple of times - and I still messed it up. Oh well, at least it's not my resume.

By: Juan Pablo G

Juan Pablo G — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:25:00 +0000

I like those ‘Excel experts’ too… I have to admit it…

During my “early years” with Excel, my boss asked me to do one thing for him, which was kind of a weird task but what did I know… later, I found out that he was actually timing me, so he could have an idea of what to ask for the new recruits… hehehe…