From: "Olin Lathrop" >>> First, the heading "dream job" means your trying to be cutesy. I >>> hate that, since its sortof feels like trickery. >> >> No it doesn't, > > You have no way of saying what it feels like to me. At best you can say > it > wouldn't feel that way to you or that you think it wouldn't feel that way > to > others. The fact remains that it *does* feel that way to me. > No, you have no way of saying that I'm trying to be cutesy... you should've said "it seems to me that...". No problems if it "feel" like it does, and thanks for pointing that as it may be the case that others may share the same opinion, but it definitely doesn't mean I'm trying to be trickery, I know myself better than anybody. >> As you didn't bother to read my last statement, you are correct, the >> intention here is to post the resume online, therefore I cannot guess >> what people looking at it are looking for. > > I was looking at this as a resume I'd received from you for a specific > job. > Of course that's how everyone will read it. You do have to be more > general > on a web resume, but I'd still be more concrete. Putting more thought on that, now I believe that the best thing to do on a online resume is to eliminate that section altogether. The truth is that I'm not actively searching for a job right now, so I don't exactly know what is the desired position, although I have an idea of what it should be. >> What's the problem with non-standard? > > Irritation due to something out of process and because it feels like the > candidate is trying to get in by being sneaky instead of on merit. > >> A Resume is your personal >> advertising. If your resumee doesn't stand from others on your so >> called first pile, it will probably be trashed away very quickly. > > Yes but it needs to stand out in *content*, not style. My point is that merit will be checked later, but if you can't make your resume stand out from the rest, at least to have an opportunity to be checked, then don't even waste your time making and sending one. I'm not advocating for a resume full of fireworks with no content, just something that will make your resume different from the others and have a chance to be reviewed. There are many ways of doing it without being annyoing. I'm in a dilemma in my carrer. I have a very good experience in developing commercial applications (11 year), reasonable good experience on project management (5 years) and very limited experience with hardware/firmware/embedded development (started last year). While I don't want to be an electrical engineer, I'd like to switch my carrer towards working more with embedded systems, software-hardware interfacing, robotics and automation. I got bored of creating the same old applications that are restricted to the virtual world. I've been preparing myself for that shift... for example my graduation thesis is a hands on experience on creating a mobile robot from scratch, and I'm learning a lot from that, but I'm well aware that professional experience is a heavy weight on ones resume. Padu -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist