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Tips to Show Your Tech S****s on Your IT Resume
Employers often screen candidates based on their technical s****s, so technology job seekers naturally want to make sure they present their s****s properly. As a result, creating a resume's s****s section can be a challenge.
Typical resume issues techies wrestle with include:
One recruiter's advice is simple: Don't obsess over the s****s section to the point of embellishment. "In adding a s****s section to their resume, a lot of people have a tendency to exaggerate their level of expertise in various technologies," says Scott Hajer, senior corporate recruiter for Software Architects. "They figure the more keywords, the more exposure." Such tactics are likely to backfire, especially during a technical interview. "We had a candidate who had a big grid on his resume, listing all the s****s he had and rating himself on a scale of 1 to 5 in them," says Hajer. One of the s****s was J2EE, with a "3" (for average ability) tagged to it. "When asked to talk about J2EE, he could not even define the term, much less talk about his experience in it," he says. Some employers provide questionnaires asking candidates to rate themselves on particular s****s, but they don't expect such ratings in a resume's s****s section. Keep things simple. Denote each s**** with the number of years' experience or, if you're intent on including a rating, with words like novice, intermediate and expert. S****s and Their Uses The s****s section should be ****ressed with job descriptions detailing how those s****s have been used in the workplace. For example, a resume listing Java, Oracle and UML in the s****s section should describe how those technologies were employed on a particular project. Those details provide employers with genuine insight into the depth of a person's knowledge and experience with those technologies. Stay Relevant Consider these tips:
Techies may want to place the s****s section after the job objective and before the experience section. But there are exceptions. If you're just starting out, you may want to place a greater emphasis on education and internships. If you're seeking management or sales positions, you may want to avoid crowding the resume with a list of technical s****s. Instead, consider placing the list below the experience section or adding other elements, such as communication abilities and foreign languages, to the s****s section. Here are examples of one job seeker's technical s****s section: Paragraph Format -- the Most Common
An alternative is to denote only the years of experience. Technical S****s
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