From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: f43e6,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 103376,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 10f5bc,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,gid103376,gid10f5bc,gid1108a1,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: apm35@student.open.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.software-eng, comp.lang.ada, comp.software.testing, comp.object Subject: Re: Am I "Overqualified"? Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 23:17:01 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <7b06b8e5-7930-43b6-bc87-abac96de0cb3@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.205.246.151 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1202109425 22700 127.0.0.1 (4 Feb 2008 07:17:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=194.205.246.151; posting-account=RHB_QQkAAADte5utYng4sPcFEECF3_54 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 lonwhs01px01 (NetCache NetApp/6.0.4P1D1), 1.1 webwasher (Webwasher 6.6.2.2924) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.software-eng:9143 comp.lang.ada:19702 comp.software.testing:7539 comp.object:21967 Date: 2008-02-03T23:17:01-08:00 List-Id: On 30 Jan, 21:21, Ed Berard wrote: > Howdy Folks, > It seems that lately, I have been turned down for an increasing number > of assignments, because I am "overqualified." > If you want, you can chck my resume at the bottom of our home > page: > http://www.toa.com > Any constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated. I have just started to have a look. If I had rcvd this CV for a IT position I was advertising I would reject your CV simply because it is too long. No CV should be more than 4 pages and in general I would advise 3 or less. For someone with alot of experience I think it is better to get it down to 1 page if you can. Here are some other points: Using the third person is a bit unusual these days and hence a bit distracting. No career objective or summary - IMHO this should be at the top of page 1. You need to pick an emphasis for the kind of job you want. Your CV seems to me to emphasis training and documentation. This does not help when applying for an architect position despite the architectural experience you mention. CVs are not read, they are skimmed, and impressions are what count. It's good to see someone who has published so much but I do not expect to see a comprehensive list of publications on a CV when the list is so large. I think its better to point people to a web site that has the links and mention that some of the articles are published by the IEEE. The examples of experience section goes from the oldest to the most recent. Employers except this to be the other way round. They are most interested in what you have just done. Detailed paragraphs on the ancient machines used in the 70's just wastes space. I wouldn't mention that you belong to MENSA. I have heard all sorts of weird stories about MENSA members. I'm sure that you're not a weird member but a prospective employer might think differently. > Thanks. > > -- Ed Regards, Andrew Marlow