Please help with functional resume

[TCO]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
*Boris tries to remember an instant when he's ever been pissed off by GP*

Good answer.

Now dish with the Korn Ferry secrets.

[Boris Godunov]

Ah, KF...one of our competitors...

We couldn't help you, we're very specialized, and not in the fields you need.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by GP
If you wanted a quicker answer it is "continuing to sell out for business cash instead of using my science degree to actually help people/discover things for society."

Stooge!

[TCO]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Ah, KF...one of our competitors...

We couldn't help you, we're very specialized, and not in the fields you need.

typical recruiter. Dismissing me outright. Maybe I could hang in those other fields. I swing a lot of different ways. I have some primo names on the resume too. Well...one. What type of stuff do you do? IT?

[Adam Smith]

UR:

You might consider dropping the "Objective" section. When I read resumes I ignore it. "Objectives" all sound pretty much the same, so they do nothing to set you apart from other candidates.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Frogger


Stooge!

In the back of my head, I was thinking about doing some bench science. I thought it was really cool when you advised me to do that. The corp strategy stuff can be a little bit of a souldrain. Making a better molecule gives you some satisfaction.

[Ted Striker]

Well, AS, I think that alot of HR people have found it helpful when they have to screen a couple of different specific positions, that way it helps them figure out which job they are reading the resume for.

That's the only reason I put it on there, for identification purposes, though I agree that some of them can sound very fluffy.

"Seeking a challenging position that maximizes my skill set."


That's one of those, "No sh1t Sherlock!" objectives that I would ignore

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by GP


In the back of my head, I was thinking about doing some bench science. I thought it was really cool when you advised me to do that. The corp strategy stuff can be a little bit of a souldrain. Making a better molecule gives you some satisfaction.

So will you really feel like Dilbert's boss when you're bossing scientists around?

Ask them if they can solve it with Maple...

[KrazyHorse]

What people really like is if you tell them "I don't know how to do it myself, but it should be simple. I'm cutting your budget in half."

[TCO]

Originally posted by Frogger


So will you really feel like Dilbert's boss when you're bossing scientists around?

Ask them if they can solve it with Maple...

I can come up to speed as needed. (Within reason.) And I think my skill is more in asking the right questions to get a tangible feel for stuff and to size up costs and opporunities and scope of things. More like, "how many bounces required to translate 50% of photon energy? And how long does that take." Heck...i don't mind asking a dumb question like can they MAPLE it. At least it is better than the idgets who don't even try to understand it.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Frogger
What people really like is if you tell them "I don't know how to do it myself, but it should be simple. I'm cutting your budget in half."

That would be tough.

[Urban Ranger]

Thanks for your helpful suggestions, all.


Boris and Ted,

Is function resume considered a dodge? I thought it generally is considered so, but I read somewhere that it is the one favoured by IT sectors.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Java J2EE (certified), JSP, Sun Solaris, Red Hat, Jakarta Tomcat, LAN/WAN, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000, Cisco Routers, ssh, ftp [make this line as long as you need to, just list all your best stuff, and put up to 3 skills that were listed in the job description in bold ]

What if this runs over half a page? As for the LAN/WAN bit, should I make it more detailed (such as LAN/WAN: server clusters, TCP/IP, IPsec, network security, Internet connectivity, etc.)?

[Ted Striker]

Is function resume considered a dodge? I thought it generally is considered so, but I read somewhere that it is the one favoured by IT sectors.

In my opinion I would say so, but it's also a little confusing to read as well.

But the cool thing about the chonological resume is that you can still show functionality, and/or problems that you have solved, within your job decription and bullet points anyway.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
In my opinion I would say so, but it's also a little confusing to read as well.

Sorry, I am not too sure what you affirmed - that functional resumes are considered dodges, or that they are supposedly favoured by the IT sector?