Re: A thought for job seekers

Posted by Gene Rankin <gene.rankin-at-gmail.com> on 1 February 2012 | 0 Comments

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Ian Ellison <ian@ianellison.org.uk> wrote:
> Having been out of the market for a while (Cyclops Computing is 7 tomorro=
w!)
> I haven't kept up with the way companies scan CVs. This article is Americ=
an,
> but may well apply here. =C2=A0This was on TechRepublic today:
>
> " A lot of people spend time formatting their resumes with eye-catching
> charts, tables and graphs. Honestly, this can be a mistake for several
> reasons. One is that the information in your resume is more important, no=
t
> how it looks. In fact, excessive formatting can actually detract from the
> message.
>[snip]
>
> Apologies for the author's use of "resume" with no accent for CV!
>

That be 'Merrican lingo. Over here, Ordinary Folk have a resume,
whilst Pretentious Academics have a CV. ;-)


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