Resume writing has almost become a science. There are a gazillion companies out there that exist only to help people create resumes that will garner interviews. While many of the standard resume suggestions work for any type of resume, there a few tweaks you’ll need to make in order to create a resume specifically for [...]

Grammatical/spelling errorsToo much information (or as GSG says, “I’m hiring you for a job. I don’t want to know about your 4 kids, that they are (in your opinion) little Einsteins, your dogs, your husband/wife, or your hobby of knitting little stocking caps for the poor little cold kittens.”) Information provided that the interviewer can’t [...]

As seasoned job hunters know, the first step on the road to finding work is to write a resume that gets you the interview. Unfortunately, some of the traditional resume writing rules just do not work well in the software development industry. Here are 10 tips for writing a programmer resume that will increase your [...]

How bad of a mistake can you make on your resume? Here are some reallife examples from Dribbleglass.com: I am very detail-oreinted. My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable. Thank you for your consideration. Hope to hear from you shorty! Enclosed is a [...]

Put your skills front and center Reading the in-depth details of how you used mainstream skill XYZ to accomplish typical task ABC is not at the top of my agenda. I want to see your skills up front, so I don’t need to go trolling through your resume to see if you meet my minimum [...]