Resumes

I used to think resumes were pretty much of a much. But now for the second time in a year, I have a stack of more than a dozen on my desk, and I can tell for certain they aren't of equal caliber.

Some people manage to convey enthusiasm, and depth of experience in their resume. Others drone on and on about their work history in such a way that puts me to sleep and makes me wonder what they actually have been doing all this time.

Remember your audience for your resume: the poor manager with too few resources and precious little time, desperately trying to fill a position in time to make a project deadline (or three positions as this case may be).

Another pet peeve is someone that puts a skillset on their skills inventory that doesn't appear anywhere in their work history.

I created a simple rating system. 29 questions I'm looking to be able to feel comfortable about the answers to by going through your resume, a phone interview, and face to face. It needs some revision to balance "comfort" with "technical ability", but it seems to work so far.

All this said if you are a great (but humble) .NET programmer shout at me and I'll put you in touch with a recruiting firm I can hire from. My email is the toplevel domain (my name) of this URL at gmail dot com.