Comments on: Resume/CV/Autobiography

By: Dony

Dony — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:18:31 +0000

When you are making the resume you must keep few point in your mind which are as follows
Know the purpose of your resume, Mention all your qualities and strengths, Use appropriate action words as well as effective titles which must be bulleted, Explain what the company get benefits of your skills, Avoid Lies, No Pronouns, No Hobbies, And last not least Keep the salary in mind

By: ellen gamerman

ellen gamerman — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:34:20 +0000

Hi Aaron — My name is Ellen Gamerman and I’m a reporter with the Wall Street Journal. You mentioned something on your blog that fits into a story I’m working on, and I hoped to talk with you about it. I’m at 212.xxx.xxxx or ellen [dot] gamerman [at] wsj [dot] com. Hope to hear from you, and thanks. – Ellen

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:56:13 +0000

Thank you. I searched for more examples on the net the other night and I decided that it’s best to include everything in the CV since CV is supposed to be complete. So it’s going to be written with a note as “non-degree, 4 semesters”.

Thanks again for your input!

By: aaronhelton

aaronhelton — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:19:53 +0000

I am going to guess that it really depends on what the purpose of the resume or CV is. I included my complete information here, not because I wanted to highlight my achievements, per se, but more so that anyone who remembers me from any of the documented items could find me and get back in touch.

As far as your question goes, I would just include the year of the completed program unless you need to specifically mention something from the previous program. I realize that a CV has a different scope than a resume depending on where in the world you are, so don’t take this as gospel as I am an expert in neither.

Hope that helps.

By: Allan

Allan — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:15:25 +0000

Hi! I’m wondering if one shifted majors in their undergraduate years, should they still include the former major in their CV? For example, Joe studied Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (a 4-yr course) from 1998-2000 and was able to take up some major courses, but decided to shift to Bachelor of Arts in European Languages, which he took up from 2000-2004. If you leave out the former major in the CV, there would be a gap. If you include it, should you say “unfinished” or “candidate” as some kind of asterisk? Does putting it in indicate that Joe didn’t have any direction? Does excluding it means you have to explain the gap? Thanks!