Step 1: form
It all starts with the form. I mean with a certain template, structure, skeleton, if you want. Once I read that using Internet templates is not comme il faut, and supposedly it even speaks of your Vordov insolvency. Actually, to be honest, this is bullshit. Believe me, in the 21st century, nobody cares exactly where exactly you take the form, if you can bring it into a divine form with your brains. Of such cool examples that made me smile (but in no case doubt the candidate), there were forms of banks with a lot of personal information, such as passport data and a residence address, there were resume templates for some Minsk IT companies with their standard questions and logo, were ... there were resumes even in iksel :-)
I myself take one of the standard Word templates: file-> create-> resume. Further, Ms Word offers 3 folders: standard, job specific resume, situation specific resume. Absolutely not sure, but it seems that I myself chose a resume programmer, well, i.e. such a form. Not even because it correlates with the sphere of my professional activity, but simply a pretty form. In general, in Word there are forms for every taste: with color inserts, without them, with a pop-up design and in the style of minimalism. I always choose something minimalistic, because I am of the opinion that it is better not to overdo it than to overdo it. =)
Step 2: hat
After we have selected a template, we will begin to fill it. At the very top should be a hat with your name, age and contacts. In the contacts it is enough to indicate the email, mobile number and login of the messenger (Skype, Viber, gtalk), the rest is not necessary. Should I have a city number? And why, if it is not clear when you can be found there? Should I specify ICQ? Does it still exist? Indicate the address of residence? This is only necessary if you decide to move and respond to vacancies in another city or country. I live and work in our capital, so a priori I do not indicate the city.
By the way, about the email address and skype login. As a student, I had stuL666@tut.by mail. When I was looking for work for the first time, I started a normal one - khomich.m@gmail.com. And the reason is not that Google gives 7 gigs of memory to mail. I highly recommend thinking about your logins with your head, of course, no one will refuse you on this basis, but they are neighing, that's for sure, so do you need it?
Step 3: desired position or sammari
Then sometimes they write a goal. In general, this is reasonable if you are placed in an open area (such as HH.ru, jobs.tut.by, superjob.ru), or if you have experience in various fields. If you are sending a resume to a specific position, then it is not necessary to prescribe your goal. I write in this section of Summary, which in one paragraph describes my experience. This section is just perfect for showing creativity and writing something cool about yourself, something that will set you apart from the crowd of other candidates. This is the only such chance for the entire resume. =) But if good puns do not occur or simply raise doubts, then it is better to abandon them and write something serious, in the end, no one bears responsibility for the employer's sense of humor =)
Step 4: skills
Following a brief overview is a list of skills. I picked up this “trick” from programmers, and I think that representatives of any profession can use it. In the skills you can specify not only libraries, frameworks and programming languages, but also the recruiting tools used, search sources, as well as methods for evaluating and conducting interviews.
Step 5: work experience
A list of skills is followed by a description of work experience. I would single out 3 rules for compiling this section:
Reverse chronological order
Describe your work experience is preferable in reverse chronological order, i.e. Description must be started from the last place of work. Mainly because the skills that you used for a long time could be forgotten, respectively, your last experience has great professional relevance. A little more because it’s easier to see the evolution of your professional development.
No spaces
Recently I came across a resume that simply shocked me in that sense. The candidate posted on hh.ru in October 2013, while his experience in the resume ended in 2008. I called and asked a legitimate question: “What have you been doing for the last 5 years?” The candidate began to tell how he worked on the contracts and unofficially, so I did not include this experience in the resume. What I want to recommend here - if you have a temporary gap between the places of work in the resume, fill it in and describe what you were doing at that time. It doesn’t matter if it was a time of training, rest, a time of searching for oneself, yes, anything. The recruiter will still ask about it, but having indicated such information about yourself in the resume immediately, you are more likely to make the right first impression.
Clear structure
Correcting my old (one year ago) resume, I was horrified at how my previous experience was described. It seems that I wrote the Chukchi - "I see firewood, I sing firewood." Skills, experience, interesting facts - everything is in the order that came to mind, i.e. in absolutely chaotic. I thought for a long time, how can all this be put in order? Programmers describe their experience, sequentially listing the projects on which they were involved, it is very convenient: during the time I worked in such and such a company, I participated in such and such projects, and the name, description of the project according to clear criteria: what kind of application, why used; role in the project - what I did; further description of technologies, methodologies used on the project; You can also supplement all this with achievements, software skills and an interaction map (with whom and on what issues you had to communicate, the size and type of team). The design structure is very convenient and understandable, it gives an exceptional understanding of the essence of your work. However, it is not suitable for everyone. For a recruiter, for example, it makes no sense to describe your stuffing experience on different projects, because the same thing will be repeated there. There are professions, including recruiting and HR, which adhere to a fairly clear workflow, i.e. work process. In the description of such an experience, it is better to stick to the stages of this process and tell what you had to do and use at each stage of the work. For example, in recruiting it is: clarification of requirements and job creation, search, selection of resumes, telephone interviews, presentation of candidates, personal interviews, communications with hiring managers, providing feedback, etc. In the eychar, this is recruiting (sometimes), adaptation, motivation, assessment, training, rotation / retention, dismissal, work with former colleagues. At each stage of this workflow, you can talk about what exactly you did, what tools you used and what you managed to achieve. If it’s difficult for you to divide your work into such clear steps in work processes, I suggest a few weeks to keep a time journal, i.e. a time log in which you will record in order everything you do during the day, even small calls or letters. In addition to helping to organize your work time, this thing will help you understand what you really do and combine all the minor actions into thematic blocks, and give them a description in a resume.
Step 6: education and certification
Once, on Maxim Dorofeev, I saw on Twitter the question of whether it is worth mentioning all the trainings in which you participated in the resume. A clear answer to this question is no. Sometimes, of course, I want to demonstrate how trained and active you are, but remember that overloading information is not good, and small trainings and trainers overshadow the effect produced by really worthwhile things. Therefore, the summary should definitely include information about your education - the university, years of study, acquired specialty, and only those trainings and courses that have brought real benefits to your work, the knowledge gained from which you applied, and those trainings about which you can tell something interesting in an interview.
Step 7: chips
In general, your resume is now complete. However, you can "blossom", remembering and indicating your chips in it: give a link to your professional blog, if you have it, to your articles or posts on the hub, to your freelance projects or volunteer initiatives, to pieces of open source code on the github, tell about his achievements, about an interesting experience, about the most memorable and incredible thing that you had to do. Believe me, this approach will give your resume a head start in front of others like you, you will be remembered by the employer, moreover, due to your personal, professional qualities and achievements, and not due to stupid design.
It all starts with the form. I mean with a certain template, structure, skeleton, if you want. Once I read that using Internet templates is not comme il faut, and supposedly it even speaks of your Vordov insolvency. Actually, to be honest, this is bullshit. Believe me, in the 21st century, nobody cares exactly where exactly you take the form, if you can bring it into a divine form with your brains. Of such cool examples that made me smile (but in no case doubt the candidate), there were forms of banks with a lot of personal information, such as passport data and a residence address, there were resume templates for some Minsk IT companies with their standard questions and logo, were ... there were resumes even in iksel :-)
I myself take one of the standard Word templates: file-> create-> resume. Further, Ms Word offers 3 folders: standard, job specific resume, situation specific resume. Absolutely not sure, but it seems that I myself chose a resume programmer, well, i.e. such a form. Not even because it correlates with the sphere of my professional activity, but simply a pretty form. In general, in Word there are forms for every taste: with color inserts, without them, with a pop-up design and in the style of minimalism. I always choose something minimalistic, because I am of the opinion that it is better not to overdo it than to overdo it. =)
Step 2: hat
After we have selected a template, we will begin to fill it. At the very top should be a hat with your name, age and contacts. In the contacts it is enough to indicate the email, mobile number and login of the messenger (Skype, Viber, gtalk), the rest is not necessary. Should I have a city number? And why, if it is not clear when you can be found there? Should I specify ICQ? Does it still exist? Indicate the address of residence? This is only necessary if you decide to move and respond to vacancies in another city or country. I live and work in our capital, so a priori I do not indicate the city.
By the way, about the email address and skype login. As a student, I had stuL666@tut.by mail. When I was looking for work for the first time, I started a normal one - khomich.m@gmail.com. And the reason is not that Google gives 7 gigs of memory to mail. I highly recommend thinking about your logins with your head, of course, no one will refuse you on this basis, but they are neighing, that's for sure, so do you need it?
Step 3: desired position or sammari
Then sometimes they write a goal. In general, this is reasonable if you are placed in an open area (such as HH.ru, jobs.tut.by, superjob.ru), or if you have experience in various fields. If you are sending a resume to a specific position, then it is not necessary to prescribe your goal. I write in this section of Summary, which in one paragraph describes my experience. This section is just perfect for showing creativity and writing something cool about yourself, something that will set you apart from the crowd of other candidates. This is the only such chance for the entire resume. =) But if good puns do not occur or simply raise doubts, then it is better to abandon them and write something serious, in the end, no one bears responsibility for the employer's sense of humor =)
Step 4: skills
Following a brief overview is a list of skills. I picked up this “trick” from programmers, and I think that representatives of any profession can use it. In the skills you can specify not only libraries, frameworks and programming languages, but also the recruiting tools used, search sources, as well as methods for evaluating and conducting interviews.
Step 5: work experience
A list of skills is followed by a description of work experience. I would single out 3 rules for compiling this section:
Reverse chronological order
Describe your work experience is preferable in reverse chronological order, i.e. Description must be started from the last place of work. Mainly because the skills that you used for a long time could be forgotten, respectively, your last experience has great professional relevance. A little more because it’s easier to see the evolution of your professional development.
No spaces
Recently I came across a resume that simply shocked me in that sense. The candidate posted on hh.ru in October 2013, while his experience in the resume ended in 2008. I called and asked a legitimate question: “What have you been doing for the last 5 years?” The candidate began to tell how he worked on the contracts and unofficially, so I did not include this experience in the resume. What I want to recommend here - if you have a temporary gap between the places of work in the resume, fill it in and describe what you were doing at that time. It doesn’t matter if it was a time of training, rest, a time of searching for oneself, yes, anything. The recruiter will still ask about it, but having indicated such information about yourself in the resume immediately, you are more likely to make the right first impression.
Clear structure
Correcting my old (one year ago) resume, I was horrified at how my previous experience was described. It seems that I wrote the Chukchi - "I see firewood, I sing firewood." Skills, experience, interesting facts - everything is in the order that came to mind, i.e. in absolutely chaotic. I thought for a long time, how can all this be put in order? Programmers describe their experience, sequentially listing the projects on which they were involved, it is very convenient: during the time I worked in such and such a company, I participated in such and such projects, and the name, description of the project according to clear criteria: what kind of application, why used; role in the project - what I did; further description of technologies, methodologies used on the project; You can also supplement all this with achievements, software skills and an interaction map (with whom and on what issues you had to communicate, the size and type of team). The design structure is very convenient and understandable, it gives an exceptional understanding of the essence of your work. However, it is not suitable for everyone. For a recruiter, for example, it makes no sense to describe your stuffing experience on different projects, because the same thing will be repeated there. There are professions, including recruiting and HR, which adhere to a fairly clear workflow, i.e. work process. In the description of such an experience, it is better to stick to the stages of this process and tell what you had to do and use at each stage of the work. For example, in recruiting it is: clarification of requirements and job creation, search, selection of resumes, telephone interviews, presentation of candidates, personal interviews, communications with hiring managers, providing feedback, etc. In the eychar, this is recruiting (sometimes), adaptation, motivation, assessment, training, rotation / retention, dismissal, work with former colleagues. At each stage of this workflow, you can talk about what exactly you did, what tools you used and what you managed to achieve. If it’s difficult for you to divide your work into such clear steps in work processes, I suggest a few weeks to keep a time journal, i.e. a time log in which you will record in order everything you do during the day, even small calls or letters. In addition to helping to organize your work time, this thing will help you understand what you really do and combine all the minor actions into thematic blocks, and give them a description in a resume.
Step 6: education and certification
Once, on Maxim Dorofeev, I saw on Twitter the question of whether it is worth mentioning all the trainings in which you participated in the resume. A clear answer to this question is no. Sometimes, of course, I want to demonstrate how trained and active you are, but remember that overloading information is not good, and small trainings and trainers overshadow the effect produced by really worthwhile things. Therefore, the summary should definitely include information about your education - the university, years of study, acquired specialty, and only those trainings and courses that have brought real benefits to your work, the knowledge gained from which you applied, and those trainings about which you can tell something interesting in an interview.
Step 7: chips
In general, your resume is now complete. However, you can "blossom", remembering and indicating your chips in it: give a link to your professional blog, if you have it, to your articles or posts on the hub, to your freelance projects or volunteer initiatives, to pieces of open source code on the github, tell about his achievements, about an interesting experience, about the most memorable and incredible thing that you had to do. Believe me, this approach will give your resume a head start in front of others like you, you will be remembered by the employer, moreover, due to your personal, professional qualities and achievements, and not due to stupid design.
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