Re: Tips on Getting Hired

["Edwin Skau" <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Every job I have held has contributed to what I know and who I am as an
employee. The CV I use for publications jobs provides an insight into how I
have grown professionally, and how each successive job has built on skills
learned in a previous position.

My five-page CV is a concise map of my professional growth, where I do not
bother to provide details about my employer (a link to their web page should
suffice), or describe my role. I list achievements and highlight unique
challenges.

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Not everybody knows how to read a CV. Most just look at the data presented
and draw the easiest inference possible.

'You've moved around a bit," and "You seem to have varied experience," are
reactions my CV often elicits. The best insight, however, came from someone
I currently work with. "You seem to have been looking for meaningful work. I
think you'll like it here." She apparently correlated my achievements with
my tenure at various positions...

Well, she was right on both counts.

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I guess it isn't the length of your CV that counts... it's what you say with
it. Although conventional wisdom on the two-page length abounds, and when it
comes to managers and recruitment, sometimes sheep look like independent
thinkers in comparison...

Edwin



On 1/21/07, Ami WRIGHT <ami -at- ziplink -dot- net> wrote: