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She wanted a cum job!

All she wanted was a cum job in IT.

Cum Job

Posted 04 January 2010 † CV Bin § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The state of Computer Professionals here

This is the stage of the Computer Professionals passing out from their M.Sc.

Posted 26 December 2009 † CV Bin § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

I’m an anti-virus

I think I found an Anti-Virus candidate!
This is what I saw in a resume sent to us.

I'm an anti-virus

Posted 09 December 2009 † CV Bin § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Will blog and write on forum to promote website

Someone sent me his resume and it reads;

SEO-SEM Job

Posted 08 December 2009 † CV Bin § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

I won’t relocate because my dog said so

(Via: Recruiting Blogs)

Posted 30 January 2009 † CV Bin § Offbeat ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Give me a job right away

give-me-job-right-away

Posted 28 January 2009 † CV Bin § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

6 Words That Make Your Resume Suck

Here’s how to spin the 6 sucky resume words into skills that sizzle. (Via: Squawkfox)

  1. Responsible For
  2. Experienced
  3. Excellent written communication skills
  4. Team Player
  5. Detail Oriented
  6. Successful

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Posted 22 January 2009 † CV Bin § Resume ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Are you a software developer applying to a small company?

Joel on Software have another good resume tip if you are a Software Developer applying for a small company.

Here is an excerpt;

When a startup CTO sees a resume that says things like:

  • Responsible for $30m line of business
  • Architected new ERP platform
  • Managed team of 25 developers
  • Optimized business processes

they think, “Spare me, that’s all we need, somebody running around trying to manage and optimize and architect when we just need someone who isn’t afraid to write code.” Here’s the stuff CTOs at startups want to see on a resume:

  • Single-handedly developed robust 100,000 LOC threadsafe C++ service
  • Contributes to OpenBSD file system in spare time
  • Wrote almost 75% of the Python code running IsIt2009Yet.Com

Read the article in full.

Posted 12 January 2009 † CV Bin § Resume ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Move your bowel before an interview

So, you better go to the bathroom before an interview or don’t flush the toilet if you’re on telephone interview responding from inside a bathroom.

Here are more videos of hiring horror stories.

Posted 06 November 2008 † CV Bin § General ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Editor, what?

freelance-editor-but

Would you ever hire an “Editor” that sends you the above email?

Posted 21 October 2008 † CV Bin § General ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , ,