The Lock Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) So, I'm in the process of working on my resume, but I'm in an interesting spot. Here's a bit of a backstory: Last year I completed a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Geographical Information Systems. Since then, I have completed two internships with the same company designing and implementing a database, creating a website using React and Node, as well as various python scripts. While I have learned a lot from that job and enjoyed it, the contract was complete in December. I am now currently looking for work in any combination of the fields of databases, web development, and geographical information systems. I am willing to move to almost anywhere, worldwide or in Canada. Before my degree, I achieved a business degree. However, I found myself not knowing what I wanted to do entirely. As a result, I have a bunch of random jobs before (and during) my degree. A bunch of these jobs are small jobs. If I add in all of these jobs, I feel the resume becomes too long for 1 page but not enough for 2 pages. I also feel that if I exclude the small jobs, a bunch of employment gaps show up with years in between. While there will be employment gaps in the job history anyway, I don't want them to be displayed any more than they have to. I am also in the process of making projects (my personal website as well as name generator website which uses machine learning and other algorithms) to show my skills and hopefully have them highlight things better than my history before my degree. Do you guys have any advice on this? Can I just not show the history before the degree and just tell them about it when prompted? What are the standards these days? Edited January 22, 2021 by The Lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post goalie13 Posted January 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2021 17 minutes ago, The Lock said: Do you guys have any advice on this? Can I just not show the history before the degree and just tell them about it when prompted? What are the standards these days? In my opinion, just include what is relevant. A resume is a sales pitch, so why clutter it up with irrelevant info. Every resume you send out should be tailored to fit the job you are applying for. 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Most of us tend to ramble on, my advice would be to keep your CV short and sweet. The goal is to get an interview, then elaborate on your experience. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilac Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I would recommend including relevant experience and put "Additional experience includes"or "Other experience" towards the bottom with the dates (01/2017 - 03/2019) such as: Sales Associate at company name 05/2010 - 06/2011 Store Clerk at company name 06/2011 - 12/2011 For projects, I would definitely that as well as foreign languages and hard skills. For my resume, I have a skills section at the top , and I bullet point many things such as: Company 01/2009 - current City, WA Short description of what I do. bullet point bullet point bullet point If you have a LinkedIn account, that is great. You can change the URL ending to something about you and add your LinkedIn URL to your resume. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 You may also want to Google yourself, check your digital footprint. Make sure there is nothing that can come back to haunt you or disqualify you from the job. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Just want to say that I really appreciate all of this advice. It's not always the easiest when you suddenly have to think about this stuff. I had started when I was graduating but then was fortunate to be hired right away without needing my resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, goalie13 said: You may also want to Google yourself, check your digital footprint. Make sure there is nothing that can come back to haunt you or disqualify you from the job. This, this and this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Have you tried writing that you are the preeminent expert on a Hockey forum? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 32 minutes ago, goalie13 said: You may also want to Google yourself, check your digital footprint. Make sure there is nothing that can come back to haunt you or disqualify you from the job. Excellent advice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Have you tried writing that you are the preeminent expert on a Hockey forum? I mean I can write a mean forum post every now and then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Lock said: I mean I can write a mean forum post every now and then. Maybe save that for the interview and pull it out when you feel you need to impress them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarM Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I used to be on a hiring board a few years ago and "gaps" in resume's were significant and raised "red flags" for us. I don't think I would name every job you did though but maybe a "gist" between such and such dates. Maybe say "various small jobs such as ......." and then "more info. available upon request". You can fill them in on each job if asked but at least it shows that you were employed for that time period. Hope this helps and good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 11 hours ago, goalie13 said: You may also want to Google yourself, check your digital footprint. Make sure there is nothing that can come back to haunt you or disqualify you from the job. Good idea. I'm incredibly lucky in that I share the same name as someone who is frequently in the local news, so any search just brings up articles about the wrong person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckster19 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) I moved to Sweden when I was 18, I just talk about how that, how I learned Swedish in less than five years, was and it seems to impress people, gotten lots of interviews and a great job despite having never completed any formal post secondary education. Edited January 24, 2021 by canuckster19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 20 hours ago, goalie13 said: You may also want to Google yourself, check your digital footprint. Make sure there is nothing that can come back to haunt you or disqualify you from the job. I just did that. Found a Linkdin profile I made 11 years ago and haven't used since and then my twitter account which is just a bunch of sports tweets. Didn't know what i would find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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