Archives for January 2012
What My Clients Have Told Me
Monday, January 30, 2012 by J.M. Auron
A recruiter for whom I have a great deal of respect, Robert Zalaudek, recently commented on the bareness of my LinkedIn connections. Like most professionals, I’ve had an LI presence for some time, but I hadn’t done much with it – frankly, I’d always found the interface less than intuitive. But Robert made a great [...]
Read the rest of the post...Technical Resume Formatting Tips
Thursday, January 26, 2012 by J.M. Auron
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m not a big believer in extensive lists of technical resume writing do’s and don’ts. Every career is different, and every technical resume writing service brings a unique approach to writing a technical resume. So, with that said, I’d like to discuss a few approaches that I’ve found [...]
Read the rest of the post...Technical Resume Strategies for New IT Leaders
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 by J.M. Auron
The greatest change in the format, strategy, and approach of your technical resume comes at the transition from primarily hands-on work to a leadership role – often at the IT Manager or IT Director role. In writing a technical resume at this critical junction, it’s important to realize that the resume for an IT Manager [...]
Read the rest of the post...Technical Resumes – When Less IS More
Monday, January 23, 2012 by J.M. Auron
In my previous post, I discussed reasons to include enough information in your technology resume to demonstrate what you can do to solve the hiring authority’s problem. The challenge, of course, is knowing what “enough” is. While some technical professionals err too much on the side of brevity to provide a clear picture of who [...]
Read the rest of the post...Technical Resume Length – Less is Not (Necessarily) More
Thursday, January 19, 2012 by J.M. Auron
There’s a lot of discussion about the most appropriate length for technology resumes for job seekers at all levels from hands-on to senior technology executives including IT Manager, IT Director, and CIO. This is the first of two blogs discussing technical resume length. In this post, I’ll address the “less is more” approach to the [...]
Read the rest of the post...The Advantages to Working with an IT Focused Resume Writer
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by J.M. Auron
My friend – and fellow Uechi-Ryu Karate practitioner Rick Coyle posted an interesting blog recently. He mentions something we Uechi students often take for granted – the style is very deep, but apparently not very broad. We only have 8 kata – forms – total. And only 3 of those are key to the system. [...]
Read the rest of the post...CAR – Challenge / Action / Results – an Effective Focusing Tool for your Technical Resume
Monday, January 16, 2012 by J.M. Auron
In my Technical Resume Writing Service, I often work with Technical Professionals – up to the IT Manager, IT Director, and CIO level – who feel uncomfortable discussing achievements. So the process of writing a technical resume often involves helping my clients clearly distinguish cause and effect, to be able to effectively highlight the real [...]
Read the rest of the post...Technical Resume Best Practices – Language Matters!
Thursday, January 12, 2012 by J.M. Auron
Technical Resume Best Practices – Language Matters! I’m not a big believer in lists of things that you must avoid on your technical resume. Everyone is different. Every technical resume writer is different, too, so one writer’s must have is another writer’s anathema. So this is, of course, just one IT resume writer’s opinion on [...]
Read the rest of the post...Technical Resumes – Pros and Cons of Highlighted Achievements
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by J.M. Auron
If you’re an IT Director or CIO, and you’ve been searching the web to find information on writing a Technical Resume, you’ve no doubt seen many opinions from the many fine Technical Resume Writers who post regularly. I think that’s a great thing, personally. I don’t believe in one-size-fits all approaches writing a Technical Resume. [...]
Read the rest of the post...Technical Resume Writing – Clarity is Key!
Monday, January 9, 2012 by J.M. Auron
Technical Resume Writing – Clarity is Key! I have to admit – I’d resisted the idea of blogging. But I’m really glad that I started this blog. I hope that it’s of value to my clients – but in addition, I’m finding that blogging regularly is helping me to clarify the strategies and value that [...]
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