Text entry answers for sorted by frequency of occurrance.
| (2) | CListCtrl |
| (1) | CListCtrlEx |
| (1) | don't have CV |
| (1) | Fill Gaps by 'Stretching' dates. |
| (1) | Honesty is the best policy! |
| (1) | I do not need a CV I am in long term employment. |
| (1) | I do the other way around. I can't put everything on 2 pages and handing 15-page booklet is wrong! |
| (1) | I enhance the title description to fit the actual job performed. |
| (1) | I hide obsolete technologies to avoid legacy-maintenance projects (e.g. Cobol or VB6). |
| (1) | I provide the minimum of information and let potential employers draw their own conclusions. |
| (1) | I remove anything that is not relevant to the post I am applying for, and emphasise the relevant bits. I have been known to drop job titles and / or salary levels so as not to scare employers too much... |
| (1) | I specify my role in team efforts and provide traceable references. That being said, most of the work I do, even in a team is a large component that is key to the system and I work on it alone. |
| (1) | I take credit for CListCtrl |
| (1) | I try with the help of recruiters change the wording to get more noticed |
| (1) | I use portfolio more frequently than a resume. |
| (1) | is this a search box? |
| (1) | Just Keeping is Simple. |
| (1) | Just telling the truth |
| (1) | Lies will eventually catch up with those who pad their CVs |
| (1) | mention things I have touched but may not have used extensively |
| (1) | my CV embellishs me |
| (1) | my CV is an empty paper. Its very hard to prepare it, I am serious. |
| (1) | My CV is full of courses I've taken, but are so old I've forgotten what most of them were about. |
| (1) | My last was 29 yesras ago - I can't remeber !!!! |
| (1) | Never needed one. My last two employers asked me to work for them by reputation. |
| (1) | No embellishments, but tailor the resume for the job being applied for -- emphasize your skills in the areas most asked for. Any exaggeration will bite you during the interview. And it's OK to tout your accomplishments in a team environment, but not to make it sound like you did everything single-handedly. |
| (1) | No need to embellish when you really do have skills. |
| (1) | qqqq |
| (1) | Succes, Money, Rich, Profitful, Success, |
| (1) | Use big words like 'large scale enterprise project' or 'massive data warehousing operation' |
| (1) | Vague on how well I know a technology. Let's see how I do on interview |
| (1) | What's a CV? |
| (1) | Allways try to find the best way to discribe skills/achievments without any streching. |
| (1) | Change the dates of previous employments to cover "unemployed holes" in the timeline |
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