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Rage wrote: Interesting, but creepy.
Looking forward to it.
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Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Its a how-to guide for Democrats and Silicon Valley. Do you have ties to either group? 
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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It's out of copyright here in Aus. I can't help but giggle that since I didn't buy it with cash in a store, Big Brother now knows I have it.
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"The Prophet", by Kalil Gibran, is classic of a complimentary sort.
It's rather short. A one-sitting read (best way, anyway).
After a bit of creating atmosphere in the beginning, he gives a lot of quite uplifting philosophy. Having read a number of his other books, I'd say this one's pretty much his best. Don't worry about the rest of his works. Just in case the remainder of the recommendations are too depressing.
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Relax, as long as you avoid Comic Sans you are good to go 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Could be useful if you're looking for a circus job... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Nah, for a Circus resume, you need Crazy Killer[^]
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Good one. Maybe I should change the one I have on my resume[^]???
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Sweet! I find this works well when applying for teaching positions[^]
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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What?! I was about to say that Comic Sans in resumes are a big hit.
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If you are a recent graduate, your resume will be no more than 1 page with bullet points with your education and what technology you know, and if you have experience, add it also.
After that, a small presentation letter stating why you want to work for such and such company.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Or a youtube video of you dancing on a desk with as sole piece of clothing a black tie and a C# boxer, rapping your resume lines on techno-hip-hop beats, with subliminal flashes of your linkedin profile address alternating with known IT culture memes.
When fancy, then really fancy.
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It worked for me!
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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After university, I struggled to get my first CV on 2 pages! Even back then there was still a lot of education (school, college, university), then any part time jobs had to go on there too.
I would say don't worry about breaking the length rules, just make sure the highlights stand out on the first page and leave all the "other information" to the subsequent pages.
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After nearly 30 years, my resumé still fits in a single page (I've been lucky to only have had 4 different jobs in that time).
I think the presentation letter is more important at that point then the resumé.
I'd rather be phishing!
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musefan wrote: then any part time jobs had to go on there too.
If not directly related to the job you are applying... don't add it.
M.D.V. 
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If it's your first ever proper job you are applying for then yes you want to add part time work, otherwise you risk looking like a lazy ass that has no working experience.
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If you are applying to a technology company for a developer job, you should not list:
6 months working on weekends at McDonalds,
2 years working the weekends on a restaurant as a waiter,
4 weeks vintage / picking grapes,
3 years working the weekends on a disco / club
1 year as child teacher in a after school academy
Maximum, If you really want to avoid looking like a lazy ass (as you say), you should write:
6 years working the weekends in diverse partial jobs in different sectors during studies.
1) you show you are not a lazy ass
2) you show respect to their time by not wasting it with unnecessary information
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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I don't really care if you list all of them or write a short sentence, the point I was making that you were saying you should not do is to write anything about any part-time work at all.
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musefan wrote: that you were saying you should not do is to write anything about any part-time work at all.
no. If you read correctly I said:
Quote: If not directly related to the job you are applying... don't add it.
There is a difference
I did write in all applications to my first job, that I partly worked in the IT Department of my college as "Junior System Administrator" and as "Student help force in the automation laboratory"
After the first two years experience and a couple of successful professional projects... that lines vanished of my CV though
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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So, let's say somebody finishes university, and applies for an IT job.
The only job they have ever done in their entire life is work at McDonalds on weekends for 3 years.
Should they include that or not?
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I would say... no (and some articles online about human resources or how to apply to a job say the same too)
Luckily is a free world (some places more than other but that's another story), so you can do whatever you want 
On the other hand, 3 times answering a very similar question, with a very similar answer... that's enough for me.
Thanks and have a nice day
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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