Reply to: Updating my CV

[SimonMac]

Didn't people have typewriters?

Seemingly not

BBC News - UK's 'last typewriter' produced

[EstherA4C]

Friends? You have admitted you are a recruiter, that ship sailed a long time ago, be thankful we are not spitting in your face!

Welcome

I left the recruitment desk and moved into IT, then into accounts. Popularity has never been a career driver!

But thanks for the warm welcome

[SueEllen]

Didn't people have typewriters?

What's a typewriter?

[mudskipper]

In permiedom back in the 80s, our boss came out of his office to show us a CV he had just received. It was handwritten, in an almost illegible scrawl, and full of crossings out and smudges. We literally couldn't believe our eyes! It was the funniest thing I had seen in ages.

Obviously the guy who had posted it actively didn't want the job, but for some unfathomable reason was going through the motions. Either that or he was seriously deranged.

Didn't people have typewriters?

[OwlHoot]

Handwriting on CVs?

Was this the 1990s or the 1890s?

I used to do a fine page or two of copperplate back in the day, but even I'd got around to printing the damn thing by 1987.

Next step was getting a fax machine.

In permiedom back in the 80s, our boss came out of his office to show us a CV he had just received. It was handwritten, in an almost illegible scrawl, and full of crossings out and smudges. We literally couldn't believe our eyes! It was the funniest thing I had seen in ages.

Obviously the guy who had posted it actively didn't want the job, but for some unfathomable reason was going through the motions. Either that or he was seriously deranged.

[MyUserName]

Friends? You have admitted you are a recruiter, that ship sailed a long time ago, be thankful we are not spitting in your face!

Welcome

I just booked a taxi over to her place, give me a chance!

[SimonMac]

I didn't like to say, it's only my first day here so thought I'd stay quiet to keep friends

PS I'm not even a grandma!!

Friends? You have admitted you are a recruiter, that ship sailed a long time ago, be thankful we are not spitting in your face!

Welcome

[EstherA4C]

Is someone called 'Esther' likely to be a granddad?

I didn't like to say, it's only my first day here so thought I'd stay quiet to keep friends

PS I'm not even a grandma!!

[MyUserName]

I will PM you the details

Awesome, thanks!

[tranceporter]

What were these tips?

I will PM you the details

[MyUserName]

If you know any fellow contractors who you get on with, ask them to have a look at your CV and come up with suggestions. Some of the blokes I worked in my previous gig had some real nice tips. Result, a decent CV that does not get chucked in the bin (I know this because I have got compliments about my CV for pimps and clients).

What were these tips?

[tranceporter]

Indeed. I still get emails for "Junior PHP developer", I suspect because one version of my CV from about 5 years ago I mentioned that I had basic knowledge of PHP in an attempt to appear more well rounded, and so have been stuck on somebody's database under PHP ever since. It's making me consider carefully what I want to put; I've done a lot of Javascript recently, but I don't want to put that on my CV or agents will forever be emailing me about £18K junior HTML "developer" positions.

Obviously I'm not stressing the Job Centre thing. I have other roles to apply for, which is why I'm suddenly in need of getting on with it.

If you know any fellow contractors who you get on with, ask them to have a look at your CV and come up with suggestions. Some of the blokes I worked in my previous gig had some real nice tips. Result, a decent CV that does not get chucked in the bin (I know this because I have got compliments about my CV for pimps and clients).

[SimonMac]

Thanks for that grandma.

FTFY

[Mich the Tester]

Thanks for that granddad.

Is someone called 'Esther' likely to be a granddad?

[VectraMan]

With CVs being held electronically these days I wonder whether recruiters / HR / clients search for the key words (i.e. skills / qualifications) and then read the CV for personality?

Indeed. I still get emails for "Junior PHP developer", I suspect because one version of my CV from about 5 years ago I mentioned that I had basic knowledge of PHP in an attempt to appear more well rounded, and so have been stuck on somebody's database under PHP ever since. It's making me consider carefully what I want to put; I've done a lot of Javascript recently, but I don't want to put that on my CV or agents will forever be emailing me about £18K junior HTML "developer" positions.

Obviously I'm not stressing the Job Centre thing. I have other roles to apply for, which is why I'm suddenly in need of getting on with it.