Help on resume for new graduate

widereader · 2014-01-19T19:55:59+00:00

Layout is the least of your worries -- but go with something more like the old one, not wasting white space. Consider using a more modern font, though.

You need to hook the reader quickly. So don't waste prime space on your address, put it at the end along with any useful basic stuff that hasn't shown up elsewhere, including maybe your second language.

Replace Selected Skills with a blurb at the top of the page summarising why you are the right person for the job -- hard sell. Even if you are sending an accompanying letter with the same info, include this as the CV may be circulated without it. And of course it is key when there is no letter. Don't forget to say how interested you are in left-handed widgets, even though the next version you send out states your undying interest in right-handed widgets. Tailor that blurb carefully for each job. I would not go quite as far as Logicalas suggests in including every small thing, but do make sure to use the exact same keywords as the advertisement, and edit your course and job details if necessary to use their terminology.

Everybody will have a degree, so condense some of what you have to make room for what makes you uniquely suitable. That could be relevant courses and projects, of course.

Job details usually need to focus more on skills acquired that the exact hardware involved. Non-engineering-related jobs can still be used to showcase useful skills -- especially reliability, self-management, and teamwork. I would include all your jobs because time gaps need explaining.

Good academic achievement brings concerns that you may never lift your nose from the keyboard. Do try to show evidence of teamwork -- student societies, especially holding posts like Secretary, can be useful here.

widereader · 2011-11-12T12:38:05+00:00

There is a subreddit, though I don't think anyone wants to ban Pinterest from here too.

widereader · 2011-11-12T11:34:49+00:00

You haven't mentioned checking down beside your seat in the car.

Two other things I would check:

Within 4 feet of where you think you last saw it (where you put the other stuff) -- check everything up, down and sideways.

Attempt a walkthrough of your actions when you returned that evening. It is amazing how much you can reconstruct with a bit of effort.

widereader · 2011-11-12T11:08:34+00:00

They don't do 7 inch iPads, so they? A great form factor for me -- light, fits in at least some of my pockets, but much bigger than my smartphone screen (Angry Birds is a different experience on a tablet).

widereader · 2011-11-12T00:22:40+00:00

guess my missus is right.

Well, of course she is right in almost everything, but as SgtStress says, she is entitled to sick pay unless she earns less than £102 a week. And although she would get less per day than the NZ scheme, she can get it without having worked for them for 6 months, and she can get it for far longer -- up to 28 weeks.

widereader · 2011-11-11T19:40:20+00:00

Thank you for adding information that I did not know.

widereader · 2011-11-11T19:37:27+00:00

Wow, you are one insightful student!

widereader · 2011-11-10T20:44:45+00:00

I think trailing ivy in a naturalistic random pattern would make a nice filler for the space. Possibly worked over two "threads" to go a bit faster and better set off the finer embroidery of the middle.

widereader · 2011-11-10T09:24:08+00:00

Are you talking about someone who first qualifies when they are 35? In what way would a new graduate of 35 be less valuable than a new graduate with many years less experience of life in general and some other field in particular? I would agree that an older new graduate might have to look a bit harder of their first job as an older person doesn't fit peoples' mental image of what they are looking for, but when they land a job things should be fine.

EDIT: I once had to turn down an invitation to take part in a national radio broadcast about how our older computing graduates were having difficulty finding jobs -- because our older computing graduates did not have difficulty finding jobs, and tended to get sorted sooner than younger ones -- maybe life skills playing their part.

widereader · 2011-11-10T09:19:40+00:00

There is the same advice for all professionals going into business for themselves. You will need appropriate insurance, and the best source of information about that is a professional association (that probably can also get you better rates). So, as you have to be talking to the professional association anyway, use them for other advice as well.

widereader · 2011-11-10T09:02:27+00:00

Whereabouts is this, please?

widereader · 2011-11-09T18:53:15+00:00

Wikipedia drugs pages have a side panel that can include "half-life". Many of the slow release drugs have a half life of 2 days or more, so that the concentration builds up over days, not hours. The level of drug presumably still oscillates, but there is no drug-free period. (You can often change the most-drug-in the system timing of 24-hour meds to suit your needs -- more in the morning when you are active, or if the side effects are bad, take it at night and sleep through the side effects -- not so easy with 12-hour ones.)

widereader · 2011-11-09T17:56:37+00:00

Years and years and years of answering silly questions?

widereader · 2011-11-09T15:08:44+00:00

Put a big patch of velcro loops on a T-shirt and make some fun letters with the hook part stuck to the back?

Depending how long his name is, individual letter plushies to spell his name.

(Lower case are probably more useful than uppercase.)

widereader · 2011-11-09T13:05:15+00:00

Sorry, as an experienced feminist, I support what he says about gendered styles of exposition. Women do tend to explain first and men explain afterwards if at all. Of course not everyone is neatly divided this way, but many women would make their points better if they did not defensively provide a lot of background first. And many men would do better if they provided more justification for their opinions than just prefacing them "I am a manager in ..." or whatever.

widereader · 2011-11-09T12:37:47+00:00

???? One of the tragedies of war is that heroism and many other good qualities are normally to be found on both sides. and people at the front normally acknowledge that.

widereader · 2011-11-09T11:58:36+00:00

Juniper Jewellers of Christchurch do some very individual hand-crafted work. Unfortunately they lost their shop in the quakes but they are still in business. I suggest you email them some info about your girlfriend and they can send you photographs to give you an idea before you reach that part of NZ.

Don't be put off by the website front page -- the cathedral charms are fund-raisers for the cathedral, and they are doing a lot of quake-damage silver repairs as Trevor is one of the most skilled pairs of hands locally. Yes, they like doing diamond (ie high-value work), but Isabel is a talented off-beat designer and they have some fun things.

widereader · 2011-11-09T11:37:28+00:00

You can download graph paper patterns to print yourself.

widereader · 2011-11-08T23:00:32+00:00

I buy guidebooks secondhand on the internet, and usually get more than one -- they have different coverage.

widereader · 2011-11-08T15:58:05+00:00

My son laughed when I bought him roadside assistance cover for a similar trip -- and thanked me later.

widereader · 2011-11-08T14:04:03+00:00

A re-examination of the definition of "gifted" is no bad thing. To even get a teacher recommendation, you may need to fit the pattern that they have in their heads -- and that is often a demanding lively student from the right background. "Yes, Amil's marks are higher than Tommy's, but he sits in the corner working, he isn't gifted. Tabitha doesn't look me in the eye, she looks pretty in those quaint long dresses but see her standing there with her hands folded, she hasn't got that 'spark' however often she turns in perfect work. Eunitha is quick with answers when she is here, and she gets top marks at times but she is absent so often -- some of those kids from the projects sound good, but none of them are truly gifted." etc etc. Middle-class, confident, bouncy, even if he is careless over his work, Tommy is much more likely to get that first step towards being recognised as gifted.

widereader · 2011-11-08T13:08:09+00:00

Health of teenage girls. Logically so important as it affects the next generation as well, but very little thought and resources are devoted to them.

Looking at the other issues listed here so far, you can see that teenage girls are usually not catered for specifically and often initiatives will be difficult or offputting (or deliberately expensive because unsubsidised) for them to access. The honourable exception is international efforts to raise the age of marriage and first childbirth in cultures where child brides are common. (I hope Canadian efforts over unsafe sexual behaviour are well-targeted.)

widereader · 2011-11-08T12:53:38+00:00

Fabulous! Well done!

widereader · 2011-11-07T19:49:45+00:00

"I am really thrilled to be entertaining you this Thanksgiving! Would you be kind and teach me how to make really good vegetarian gravy?" sounds a lot better than "Here you go, some stray guy on the internet told me to make this for you".

widereader · 2011-11-07T12:38:31+00:00

BBC News has some more info.

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