[geeks] Opinions - Outdated technologies on Resume

Andrew Jones andrew at jones.ec
Tue Jun 19 09:28:50 CDT 2012


On 06/17/2012 03:09 PM, velociraptor wrote:
>
> As an aside, I agree with those who've stated they have a master
> document with excessive amounts of detail and use that to generate a
> specific resume for every job description to which they apply.  I've
> gone a bit further. In addition to having the "master list," I am
> putting all my resume versions into a source code system, and check in
> each version with a comment about the job for which it was crafted.
> Perhaps it's overkill, but I finally got sick of chasing around all
> the versions.  I also continuously update the master, sifting through
> work emails and documents periodically to add projects, problems I've
> solved, and things I've learned to it.
>


I have found that stuffing your resume in source control is much, much 
easier if you write it in LaTeX.

(Employers who demand Word-formatted resumes are, shall we say, not in 
my crosshairs.)


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