Reply to: Best way to refer to yourself in a CV

[TimberWolf]

Why use any names or pronouns?

Make it sound like a diary "spent six months doing this and that..."

that way you could make any tulip up

[OwlHoot]

As the clock runs down on this contract it's time to revamp the CV and chop out some of the old stuff that flags up I am indeed as old as Methuselah. Can you CUKers tell me how I should refer to myself when describing the work I've done please?

Over the years I have ping-ponged between these styles:

'Rajiv spent six months doing this and that....'
'He spent six months doing this and that....'
'I spent six months doing this and that...'

All advice and silly repllies welcomed

Why use any names or pronouns?

Make it sound like a diary "spent six months doing this and that..."

[Fred Bloggs]

19 years on the bench?

[xoggoth]

You should say we. How many times has the queen had a CV been turned down?

[Tingles]

I use the 4th party......

Someone else did all the work - I claim I did it on my CV...

[singhr]

My CV reads- Dates - Client - Job role - Bullet points. Like that for each gig.

Now that I am >50, I am careful that nothing on the CV allows anyone to calculate my age with any certainty. The CV stops at 1990.

sound advice - keep 'em guessing unless you suspect they are actually looking for a mature candidate.

[Sysman]

I use

'The party of the first part'

Hereafter* referred to as TPOTFP.

Tea pots ahoy!

Edit:- or should that read "hereinafter"?

[NotAllThere]

... The CV stops at 1990.

19 years on the bench?

[Fred Bloggs]

My CV reads- Dates - Client - Job role - Bullet points. Like that for each gig.

Now that I am >50, I am careful that nothing on the CV allows anyone to calculate my age with any certainty. The CV stops at 1990.

[singhr]

Right I've done it - switched Rajiv to 'I' and changed all the tenses. It sounds less pretentious and has the bonus of making everything fit without cramming it too. All the agency has to do now is switch it all back to 'Rajiv did this and that'

thanks for all your suggestions and pointing out my shortcomings as an indian impersonator.

[NotAllThere]

I prefer third person :-

Coded a java server for fx instruments......

Sounds more like the passive voice.

[Brussels Slumdog]

Good practice if you have experience and to shorten the CV

Never referred to self at all, I just decribed the job, responsibilities and skills used. xxx ltd, date to date. Doing xxx in xxx etc

Remember you need to cram as many key words in as possible and
I,We and they just fill up the page.
So yes for technical or Hands on people
Configured Accounts payable this included;- Automatic payments..................blah blah.

I can't talk for PMs as they may need to explain verbally what they accomplished

[bogeyman]

"His majestic Highness <insert name here>, ruler of land and sea, defender of morals, keeper of truth, vanquisher of evil, most beloved on Earth and in Heaven spent six months doing this and that...."

Oh, and don't forget the "Amen" at the end.

Now that I like!

You're hired!

[wobbegong]

maybe its the scary name and avitar? anyway, I'm here on page 3 in an act of solidarity.

Strange that an "Indian" would misspell "Avatar" (twice).

[wobbegong]

As the clock runs down on this contract it's time to revamp the CV and chop out some of the old stuff that flags up I am indeed as old as Methuselah. Can you CUKers tell me how I should refer to myself when describing the work I've done please?

Over the years I have ping-ponged between these styles:

'Rajiv spent six months doing this and that....'
'He spent six months doing this and that....'
'I spent six months doing this and that...'

All advice and silly repllies welcomed

"His majestic Highness <insert name here>, ruler of land and sea, defender of morals, keeper of truth, vanquisher of evil, most beloved on Earth and in Heaven spent six months doing this and that...."

Oh, and don't forget the "Amen" at the end.