Everyone has their own thing that they look for with resumes.
With your resume -
- Link to your distro's webpage. Even if it's just a blogspot dedicated to it.
- Dont' do the technology wordlist. More than 6-10 technologies and I figure you're just spamming acronyms (fair or unfair). I consider any tech listed on a resume fair game for "okay, let's grill about it".
- Drop the reasons for leaving. You left, I don't care why. Particularly if it's a freelance job, you're just gonna be leaving places.
- Your typical projects page is just not detailed enough. Nor are the positions projects. Rather than just name them, throw down a link to a github or your website where you remark on them a bit more.
- Your nick advertises your age. That's a marketing diminishing move. You're not old, you're experienced. It's a marketing game to get the hiring manager on the phone.
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I would suggest StackOverflow Careers, some good leads come out of there, and use that as a "resume 2.0" format.
I'm looking for something fairly specific in my evaluations of sw devs:
- What you did, in some level of detail. Key projects and technologies should be called out. Soft skills shold be called out.
- What was the business goal accomplished?
This allows me to evaluate what you've done in a concise fashion.
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Fundamentally, I look for resumes that demonstrate acuity in the field. All the information I look for is geared towards demonstrating that.
SV has a bad rep for being ageist. I'd look into getting a job elsewhere in middle America where age has less disrespect.
With your resume -
- Link to your distro's webpage. Even if it's just a blogspot dedicated to it.
- Dont' do the technology wordlist. More than 6-10 technologies and I figure you're just spamming acronyms (fair or unfair). I consider any tech listed on a resume fair game for "okay, let's grill about it".
- Drop the reasons for leaving. You left, I don't care why. Particularly if it's a freelance job, you're just gonna be leaving places.
- Your typical projects page is just not detailed enough. Nor are the positions projects. Rather than just name them, throw down a link to a github or your website where you remark on them a bit more.
- Your nick advertises your age. That's a marketing diminishing move. You're not old, you're experienced. It's a marketing game to get the hiring manager on the phone.
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I would suggest StackOverflow Careers, some good leads come out of there, and use that as a "resume 2.0" format.
I'm looking for something fairly specific in my evaluations of sw devs:
- What you did, in some level of detail. Key projects and technologies should be called out. Soft skills shold be called out.
- What was the business goal accomplished?
This allows me to evaluate what you've done in a concise fashion.
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Fundamentally, I look for resumes that demonstrate acuity in the field. All the information I look for is geared towards demonstrating that.
SV has a bad rep for being ageist. I'd look into getting a job elsewhere in middle America where age has less disrespect.