Resume tips?

[Viper007Bond]

I need to put together a resume since I finally have to get my ass a real job (being kicked out finally ).

Any tips? Good websites? Examples?

[Alok]

Here are some links I collected when I was preparing mine

http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resour...of_a_22917.asp

http://www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html

[Whappeh]

You, sir, are a high power business mogul who manages thousands at his for-profit website.

Or so your resume could say!

[NooDle]

say you spend ages on the interweb downloading and discussing illegal rips of TV shows about cars. They'll be mightily impressed

[wooflepoof]

Make sure your making the right type of resume for the job you want functional, etc etc

[Hidden_Hunter]

As I suggested on irc because of your lack of work experience you're probably better going for a portfolio type arrangement for your resume, something along the lines of "The following is a list of projects I was lead developer" then "Assistent developer" etc.

[Firecat]

scented paper

[epp_b]

I don't suppose "lazy-head dude forum admin" would get you too far, eh?

[hansvonaxion]

Originally Posted by Firecat

scented paper

Agreed.
You have to stand out from the crowd.

I like to send a life-sized cardboard cut-out with my details on the back.

Also consider;
Singing telegram/strippergram
Making it a jigsaw puzzle
Post it to them one word a day
Carve it into stone tablets
Shave it on a goat (as is the custom in some countries)

[Alok]

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[geeman]

Originally Posted by epp_b

I don't suppose "lazy-head dude forum admin" would get you too far, eh?

It's a good idea to mention it, not worded like that though :p
Something along the lines of "I am a webmaster of a web page with <number of visits> and a admin of a <number of users> forum.
It gives the impression that you can work as a leader and are a trusted person.

All "leadership" things are good and it's good idea to mention them. You could even mention things like being a leader in a wow guild (if its not some two man guild of course ).

[anti-net]

Originally Posted by hansvonaxion

Agreed.
You have to stand out from the crowd.

I like to send a life-sized cardboard cut-out with my details on the back.

Also consider;
Singing telegram/strippergram
Making it a jigsaw puzzle
Post it to them one word a day
Carve it into stone tablets
Shave it on a goat (as is the custom in some countries)

Best advice ever - I'm shaving my CV onto a goat was we speak

[ESPNSTI]

Be sure to mention that you're Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2006.

[epp_b]

[phuckingduck]

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.04/learn.html

[cvrefugee]

Viper, I have lots of stuff on how to make an effective resume. If you can wait until later tonight I'll scan the stuff and post it up here.

[bever911]

make sure you tailor your object/etc to the specific job you are applying for.

[No Boss]

Originally Posted by bever911

make sure you tailor your object/etc to the specific job you are applying for.

I was just going to add this. I'm having the devil's own job of trying to find a job in my field I've been forced to look outside of it. And it's still not going well.

AFAIK, IT and stuff like that (which I assume Viper would be applying to) are doing better than banking and finance....

[Lilleput]

'Mastermind behind the biggest distributor for illegal copies of BBC & Channel5 programming.'

[Twerp128]

Your 24 and you haven't had a real job? I like you Viper, but that'll be a tough one in this job market. Good luck. You have a degree?