[geeks] Resume idea

[James]

I did, it made a world of difference. Skill tables work well for people 
with broad yet thorough experience, the type you get after being in the biz 
for 8+ years.

At 05:13 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>So, I had submitted my resume to Monster.com, and I noticed that they
>had me list skills by rating my level in them, by the last time I'd used
>it, and by years experience.
>
>So, having finally finished rewriting my job descriptions, I'm working
>if I should switch my resume from a plain list of skills to a table with
>the above information, something like this:
>
>SKILLS:
>Skill          Last Used      Years of Experience     Competency
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>C++            Currently use  9+                      Intermediate
>Visual BASIC   2 years ago    6                       Intermediate
>Intel Assembly 1 year ago     8                       Beginner
>
>But, of course in a table formatted more nicely than this, and more
>skills listed.
>
>Or, perhaps instead of one table, have a table for languages, one for
>toolkits, one for OSs, and so on.
>
>Just a thought.
>
>--
>Joshua D. Boyd
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