I was thinking about suggesting that, but even volunteer is usually implying volunteer in an organization.
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I was thinking about suggesting that, but even volunteer is usually implying volunteer in an organization.
I know people are teling you to throw things under "Comptuer Skills" and "Technology" but I think your resume is flawed.
After education, you should have "Experience" not either of the two categories above.
After Experience, you could have "skills" if you wanted to.
I don't understand why people always recommend that others use sentences in their resume.
Don't people understand that HR people go through dozens if not tons of resumes and more often than not, they will not read something that has sentences.
To make a long story short, your resume is long (for a resume) and doesn't get to the point quick enough.
That's my opinion.
PS - never had to write a resume for a 15 year old so I could just be well wrong or harsh or whatever.
After education, you should have "Experience" not either of the two categories above.
After Experience, you could have "skills" if you wanted to.
I don't understand why people always recommend that others use sentences in their resume.
Don't people understand that HR people go through dozens if not tons of resumes and more often than not, they will not read something that has sentences.
To make a long story short, your resume is long (for a resume) and doesn't get to the point quick enough.
That's my opinion.
PS - never had to write a resume for a 15 year old so I could just be well wrong or harsh or whatever.
Functional or not, the resume is still flawed. Computers and technology is still redundant.
And just because he has no formal experience, doesn't mean you can list, for example, that he wrote those articles, under "experience."
Experience doesn't necessarily have to be a paid job thing or a formal volunteer thing, esp. for a starter resume IMO.
If he does freelancing for a journal, then he can by all mean list that under the experience. However, if, say, I traded on Macrumors, I can't call myself a salesman; if I wrote an essay for a class, I can't call myself an writer; if I did some house chores, I can't list those as "experience".
"Experience" means "Work and/or Volunteer Experiences". As in, you have a supervisor or such that your potential employer can contact.
I really think that this depends on what you are applying for. I would never dream of bullet pointing my CV. I always write in full sentences. This has worked great for me so far. However, I have never applied for the sort of job that this discussion is about. I have also noticed that in another discussion people have recommended wearing polo shirts to an interview but I would always wear a suit. I really think you have to know a little about the place you are applying to and what they expect.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I sent my resume via e-mail about an hour ago, so if anything comes up (interview, phone call, e-mail response, etc.) I'll let you guys know.
I want to thank everyone for their advice as I incorporated as much as I could and also combined what my parents said would do well. Thanks again everyone! I can always count on the MacRumors community.
I want to thank everyone for their advice as I incorporated as much as I could and also combined what my parents said would do well. Thanks again everyone! I can always count on the MacRumors community.
it looks like you at least have a OK format for starting a resume and I recommend you try to keep it up to date since over the next 8 years of our life you will be heavily using it (more practically between years 4-8 while you are in collage)
I attach a copy of my resume from last semester (edited out personal infomation) I need to do another round of updating it but I have learned to do at least one update at the end of every semester and quite often one mid semester. Doing that really makes my life easier so I always have at least a semi-upto date resume on had or at least one that at most only requires minor editing.
I attach a copy of my resume from last semester (edited out personal infomation) I need to do another round of updating it but I have learned to do at least one update at the end of every semester and quite often one mid semester. Doing that really makes my life easier so I always have at least a semi-upto date resume on had or at least one that at most only requires minor editing.
I agree. It depends on the job. Yes, I always wear a suit. Although for my last interview, I dropped to business casual for the second round since the director said it would be fine.
As for resumes. What I've seen for competitive positions in the Northeast U.S. is that you NEVER use sentences because HR managers will never read them. You essentially drop the subject and start with an action verb. For example, instead of "I was a writer for blah-blah", you can write "wrote weekly articles for an online webzine" or something.
There are lists out there with great action verbs like "facilitate" that grab the attention of the HR person.
Besides, you fit more on your resume without cluttering when you use action verbs.
Maybe it's different in England. But that's how it is where I live and in the market I'm looking at (tech or investment banking).
I think that's probably the case. I can see the advantages and disadvantages to each approach and I think that the approach that you use should be based on experience of what has worked best for you. I think writing a good CV does take a bit of practice. I work for a software firm in the financial services industry and so I think the jobs we are looking for are going to be similar. The approach you have used has worked well for you and my approach has worked well for me. I am sure there is a lesson in there somewhere.
To the original poster, good luck with getting an interview and ultimately the job. My fingers are crossed for you.
Well guys, I promised I'd update and so here it is. About 9:30 this morning, Richard (the guy in the ad) called my cell and asked if I was still interested. He then asked, "Are you still in high school?" This is the point at which I knew I wasn't going to get it. I said yes. Then he asked how old I was and I said 15, soon to be 16. He said, that's the problem. I have to be at least 18 to sign off on contracts to make them valid. He seemed very interested though. He was nice and genuine and was interested in my computer background.
So all in all, didn't make it, but I made myself known.
Once again, thanks to all of you who helped me with this. Looks like I'll be blogging from home to earn a little money that way. I'll tell you guys if anything comes up.
Thanks again!
So all in all, didn't make it, but I made myself known.
Once again, thanks to all of you who helped me with this. Looks like I'll be blogging from home to earn a little money that way. I'll tell you guys if anything comes up.
Thanks again!
Good luck with the job!
A couple of tid-bits of advice for the future:
A couple of tid-bits of advice for the future:
- Your CV should always only be one page long. Never go over this limit however tempting it might seem.
- Update your CV regularly. Your 'rough draft' can be two or three pages long, but alway edit it down to one page of the relevant details for the job that you're applying for.
- Make sure your voicemail/answerphone message on your mobile phone is professional. Along the lines of, "Leave your name and number and I'll get back to you as soon as I can."
- The same goes for your email address. You want it to be something like 'yourname@somewhere.com'. Your CV is no place for a 'funny' email address.
Good luck with the job!
A couple of tid-bits of advice for the future:
- Your CV should always only be one page long. Never go over this limit however tempting it might seem.
- Update your CV regularly. Your 'rough draft' can be two or three pages long, but alway edit it down to one page of the relevant details for the job that you're applying for.
- Make sure your voicemail/answerphone message on your mobile phone is professional. Along the lines of, "Leave your name and number and I'll get back to you as soon as I can."
- The same goes for your email address. You want it to be something like 'yourname@somewhere.com'. Your CV is no place for a 'funny' email address.
Assuming the OP is in the US, I have to point out the first two points won't apply. The last two points though, are very valid, and I think anyone can benefit from.
CV in the US is strictly for academia uses, and it's rarely under a page. If you have only one page, there is some problem with your CV. It should list all the research topics you have done, and all papers you have published.
Resumé is, I guess, the name of the equivalent of what you called CV (I guess that's an UK thing). You should try to keep it under a page, aka don't leave lots of blanks to inflate it. However as you gain experience and knowledge, it's inevitable that your resumé will go over a page, and that's fine as long as you pack it as tight as possible.
My resumé is about a page and half, and the information is all very relevant to the positions I apply to. Under the education section, the courses I put is strictly upper division courses, things like the general education courses don't go there. Also in the work experience section, only put experiences that your employer is interested. For instance if you want to apply for a research position, only put the past research experiences in there. That is, don't put, say, your job at McDonalds in there to inflate the document.
But if you only put relevant info, and it's still longer than a page, then let it be.
We call a resume a CV. Sorry about the potential misunderstanding.
You say tomato, I say tomato!
You say resume, I say CV!
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