The Boring Resume - Who Are YOU

What a great Technical Resume. Our DC to Light crowd are undoubtedly great Engineers, Tech’s, Technologists, and Researchers but to sift through these resumes is like only reading one technical paper after another. Now do not get me wrong you will be hired for your technical skills and your ability to produce for the company.

The Resumes I see just bore me to death and I know why, you have all read books on “How to Write an Effective resume written by some unemployed person.

Rules of Thumb:

• Put yourself in the position of the person that may want to hire you and you are trying to cram 13 years of experience on to one page. That cannot work!
• Write as many pages as you think the hiring manager will be interested in for the position.
• Show that you are versatile and a person that can multitask that will be an asset to the department and company.
• List your goals so the company will know what you want.

Who You Are:

With my about forty years of recruiting primarily in the RF/Microwave/Defense fields I have found that people who are interesting get hired first even if they have less experience and skills that are boring.

When I interview a candidate I also interview the spouse (if they have one), I interview the children. I look for the candidate, and families goals and interests (hobbies) to insure that the hiring company is right for them including location.

A small paragraph at the end of the resume stating:

My outside interests are Running, White Water Rafting, Volcano Hiking, Fishing (salt water), Golf, Hiking, and Reading.

I am married to Mary who is a volunteer for the Red Cross, and has part time business teaching people basic computer skills.

We have two children Jack who plays soccer and swims on the school team and Jenny is a violinist and plays field hockey. Both children are on the deans list.

With this, you have given to the company your personality and a better reason to hire “A PERSON”. All this extra shows WHO You ARE, it shows stability and you as a person.

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