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Originally posted by Sysman View PostHave you considered Python?
Just one quick search gave me this: Python and Microsoft Office – Using PyWin32
Python can access databases and there are libraries which support all sorts of other stuff.
If you really want to get your teeth into something, try the Python Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK)?
Boo
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Originally posted by Boo View PostAnd if you can't fill 8 pages of a CV after 20 years then you are a slacker IMO.
Originally posted by Boo View PostHence my question regarding what technologies would be suitable to do this ?
Just one quick search gave me this: Python and Microsoft Office – Using PyWin32
Python can access databases and there are libraries which support all sorts of other stuff.
If you really want to get your teeth into something, try the Python Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK)?
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Originally posted by Boo View PostIf you can't fill 8 pages of a CV after 20 years then you are a slacker IMO.
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Originally posted by vwdan View Postshrug, whatever works for you. I think we can agree that 8 is ludicrous, though.
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Originally posted by speling bee View PostI don't care if they read page 3 or not, but I'm not filling page 1 and 2 up with stuff that will not get me the gig, but which is expected in a CV.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostI suppose it's all opinion, but everything I've read or heard indicates that 2 pages is a safe bet. I expect it depends on your seniority and how niche your industry is - if you're one of 3 applicants I'm sure you can 'get away' with a lot more than if you're one of 50.
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Originally posted by speling bee View PostWho says 2 pages at a maximum? I put the important stuff on Pages 1 and 2, but other stuff that is expected (older jobs and qualifications) on Page 3.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostI could fill 8 pages from 10 years of experience, but it doesn't make it right or a good idea. You need to get that CV down to 2 pages at the absolute maximum else nobody is going to read it. This just doesn't seem to be a technology problem at all.
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Originally posted by eek View PostAnd that technique seems to be working sooooo well....
The thing is that I don't have different CVs they are the same CV with items moved up and down within each contract / company as appropriate. You can't just emphasis a key word here and there you need to ensure the entire paragraph and company reflects the skills you wish to emphasis.
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Originally posted by Boo View PostAnd if you can't fill 8 pages of a CV after 20 years then you are a slacker IMO.
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I still think it's a daft idea but it is reasonably interesting from an abstract point of view so I'll bite after all
Do you want to automate everything so it finds jobs and generates CVs? Or do you want to feed in the URLs and it spits out CVs? Or do you want to distil each job into a set of key-words you enter in?
Seems to me if you had a spreadsheet where each row was one role and you identified the keywords, ideally from a predefined list, you could do this using something akin to mail-merge using a bit of scripting. In modern versions of Office you can maybe do it without any coding for all I know but a more coding-based approach could use OpenXML.
Maybe you could make a saleable product.
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Originally posted by eek View PostDo you mind. When you combined that with the currency check out bug (currency changed, prices didn't update to reflect new currency) and the 75% staff discount it was a very good deal. It was really pity we only shipped to Denmark and not Italy
I don't think the £25 voucher did much harm, the website wasn't usable on a dial up anyway.
Afterwards, I managed to find a few discounted things which totalled marginally over £25 so effectively got them all free.
I miss e-commerce sites like that
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostAhhh - boo.com
I remember the weirdo bloke that founded the company saying "I am....an INSECT!" at the go-live party. They also didn't realise that giving everyone a £25 voucher with no minimum spend didn't really work very well...
I don't think the £25 voucher did much harm, the website wasn't usable on a dial up anyway.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostSo you want us to spend our time telling you how to do something we think is a silly idea, without mentioning the elephant in the room that you're applying for 20+ jobs a day and consider 8 pages of CV to be "well pruned"?
I have stripped out everything that is not relevant along with all puff and repetition. The result is 8 pages but obviously it covers many different fields and technologies most of which are not relevant to any individual role andf also has the effect of underplaying my experience in any particular field or any particular technology.
This ends up being a rod for my own back as the non-relevant skills and experience are things I might be asked about at interview which I can't immediately bring to mind, not having prepped for, and also it dilutes the skills as perceived by the client.
Hence my question regarding what technologies would be suitable to do this ?
Originally posted by d000hg View PostJust to clarify.
Boo
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