Fediverse friends, can you help me out?
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Fediverse friends, can you help me out?
I've been an independent contractor for a long time. Now that my salesperson is retiring, I'm looking for work, and open to contract work or regular employment (i.e. "get a real job") in or near Sunnyvale, CA.
I have degrees in computer science and management, usually develop systems of electronic circuits and software, and have been the principal engineer for a startup that grew to about 170, and a project's principal hardware engineer within a company of about 130,000.
Lately I've been getting highly motivated to find work, and open to nearly anything that offers at least a living wage.
I think that I might be doing something wrong with my resume.
If you are so inclined, would you please have a look at my resume (here in HTML, with contact info redacted) and perhaps offer a critique? Please feel free to message privately.
Thanks
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Fediverse friends, can you help me out?
I've been an independent contractor for a long time. Now that my salesperson is retiring, I'm looking for work, and open to contract work or regular employment (i.e. "get a real job") in or near Sunnyvale, CA.
I have degrees in computer science and management, usually develop systems of electronic circuits and software, and have been the principal engineer for a startup that grew to about 170, and a project's principal hardware engineer within a company of about 130,000.
Lately I've been getting highly motivated to find work, and open to nearly anything that offers at least a living wage.
I think that I might be doing something wrong with my resume.
If you are so inclined, would you please have a look at my resume (here in HTML, with contact info redacted) and perhaps offer a critique? Please feel free to message privately.
Thanks
@johnlogic Hey John, boosting here.
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Fediverse friends, can you help me out?
I've been an independent contractor for a long time. Now that my salesperson is retiring, I'm looking for work, and open to contract work or regular employment (i.e. "get a real job") in or near Sunnyvale, CA.
I have degrees in computer science and management, usually develop systems of electronic circuits and software, and have been the principal engineer for a startup that grew to about 170, and a project's principal hardware engineer within a company of about 130,000.
Lately I've been getting highly motivated to find work, and open to nearly anything that offers at least a living wage.
I think that I might be doing something wrong with my resume.
If you are so inclined, would you please have a look at my resume (here in HTML, with contact info redacted) and perhaps offer a critique? Please feel free to message privately.
Thanks
My 2¢, with the caveat that I've been fully retired for 4 years, and am nowhere near as accomplished as you clearly are.
I think you need to...
1. Decide what position you want: managing/mentoring others; managing major projects; coding independently? When I read your resume, you're clearly overqualified for nearly every position except very senior management.
2. Cut your timeline down to the past 10 years, with "other references and qualifications available on request".
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Fediverse friends, can you help me out?
I've been an independent contractor for a long time. Now that my salesperson is retiring, I'm looking for work, and open to contract work or regular employment (i.e. "get a real job") in or near Sunnyvale, CA.
I have degrees in computer science and management, usually develop systems of electronic circuits and software, and have been the principal engineer for a startup that grew to about 170, and a project's principal hardware engineer within a company of about 130,000.
Lately I've been getting highly motivated to find work, and open to nearly anything that offers at least a living wage.
I think that I might be doing something wrong with my resume.
If you are so inclined, would you please have a look at my resume (here in HTML, with contact info redacted) and perhaps offer a critique? Please feel free to message privately.
Thanks
@johnlogic I think you resume is preatty good.
I can share my resume, probably you can get ideas
https://codedude.xyz/resume.html -
My 2¢, with the caveat that I've been fully retired for 4 years, and am nowhere near as accomplished as you clearly are.
I think you need to...
1. Decide what position you want: managing/mentoring others; managing major projects; coding independently? When I read your resume, you're clearly overqualified for nearly every position except very senior management.
2. Cut your timeline down to the past 10 years, with "other references and qualifications available on request".
1/3
3. Define what you're looking for. The HR person reviewing your resume isn't going to guess correctly (see also 1.).
4. Consider defining multiple resumes targeted for multiple job possibilities. Make it easier for the HR person (AI software) to find matches between their search and your resume.
Just some suggestions from an old fart. I wish you very well in your search!
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My 2¢, with the caveat that I've been fully retired for 4 years, and am nowhere near as accomplished as you clearly are.
I think you need to...
1. Decide what position you want: managing/mentoring others; managing major projects; coding independently? When I read your resume, you're clearly overqualified for nearly every position except very senior management.
2. Cut your timeline down to the past 10 years, with "other references and qualifications available on request".
1/3
From my time in the corporate world, I observed that if you had a "career" in management, you were expected to move on from job to job every 2-3 years (change companies), gaining position/status and responsibility with each step. Gradually managing more people and more resources as you advanced.
You need to be able to document those stages: who you supervised (# of subordinates), what resources ($$) were involved, and what corporate goals were achieved.
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My 2¢, with the caveat that I've been fully retired for 4 years, and am nowhere near as accomplished as you clearly are.
I think you need to...
1. Decide what position you want: managing/mentoring others; managing major projects; coding independently? When I read your resume, you're clearly overqualified for nearly every position except very senior management.
2. Cut your timeline down to the past 10 years, with "other references and qualifications available on request".
1/3
Short version: sharpen your target focus.
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Fediverse friends, can you help me out?
I've been an independent contractor for a long time. Now that my salesperson is retiring, I'm looking for work, and open to contract work or regular employment (i.e. "get a real job") in or near Sunnyvale, CA.
I have degrees in computer science and management, usually develop systems of electronic circuits and software, and have been the principal engineer for a startup that grew to about 170, and a project's principal hardware engineer within a company of about 130,000.
Lately I've been getting highly motivated to find work, and open to nearly anything that offers at least a living wage.
I think that I might be doing something wrong with my resume.
If you are so inclined, would you please have a look at my resume (here in HTML, with contact info redacted) and perhaps offer a critique? Please feel free to message privately.
Thanks
@johnlogic look at my timeline, I posted two in the last couple days.
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