[UPHPU] brasto seeks new LAMP OSS opportunities

[Brandon Stout]

cole at colejoplin.com wrote:
>
>> My first impression was "whoa? data overload." I think that you have 
>>   way too much information on there. I believe that a resumé should  
>>  never be more than a single page.
>> I would trim the duties you performed at each job down to a minimum  
>>  of three items and reduce the career summary to a line or two or   
>> remove it altogether. An example that I see a lot in resumés for   
>> graphic artists, is them listing "Photoshop" as a skill. Well,   
>> sheesh? you better dang well be good at photoshop! Shouldn't that be 
>>   a given?!? If you are degreed and have x number years of  
>> experience,  that should be assumed. Besides, that is just a tool  
>> that your skills  should be external too. List the skills you have;  
>> not the tools you use.
>
> Well, I can see this, but I never underestimate the inability of the 
> reader to assume anything. Because of electronic delivery, more than 
> one page is now a good thing. Because now the data can be searched. 
> When people have the ability to search hundreds or resume files for 
> some keyword, your resume will show up easier. As much as we want to 
> believe that our resumes are memorable and kept in a handy place, it's 
> just not true. Being searchable is critical.
>
> Even if your skills in something aren't expert, but competent, that's 
> what you can expand upon in an interview. I would recommend that if 
> the primary skill of something like Photoshop is not at least a 7 out 
> of 10 level, then you may not do so well at that interview.
>
> -- Cole

If I remember aright, that's precisely the reason the BYU placement 
specialists gave for /having/ multi-page resumes.

Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org