Comments on: Is your IT resume ready to go primetime?

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:31:24 +0000

Nice blog entry Jon

Nung fresh grad ako I used to list all of the seminars that I attended hahaha! but now all I can say to those job-seekers especially to those fresh grads, be brief about your resume. Do not include info that doesn’t apply to what the employer is looking for. I had a little HR experience in the past at nakakaloka kaya tumingin sa sangkatutak na resumes so be sure your resume stands out para at least lumanding sa interviews

By: jerbersoft

jerbersoft — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:11:25 +0000

great article sir jon! [Y] really informative. thanks! i think i have to update my resume.

By: icy

icy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:43:08 +0000

here in canada, adding a picture and personal attributes in your resume is completely unacceptable. part kasi ng discrimination yan saka racists. the first thing they’ll gonna look at is your experience(mostly they only consider us or canadian work experience), then your skills, and then your personality

the other thing is if you have a university degree or college diploma. university degree means ur at the management or higher education level and college diploma means more technical and less theories.

By: Jon Limjap

Jon Limjap — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:28:05 +0000

Tongue-twisted,

Yeah but, I think for those things the best place to figure them out is during the interview. For resumes that you will send to more than one company — hobbies will be noise as opposed to signal.

Of course companies can always indicate that they want hobbies indicated in the resumes sent to them.

By: TonGue-tWisTeD

TonGue-tWisTeD — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:50:50 +0000

I would prefer to see personal info if just to know that an applicant does have a life outside the office. I wouldn’t hire someone whose after-office hours are all spent either on Playstation or the next-door internet cafe. Not even if he/she is the most qualified. Geeks belong in the bedroom not in my office.

For example, a boss I had once called four of us new managers to a meeting. Surprise of surpises he told me, “You, you bring your bass and amp on Friday.” To the other guys, their own instruments. We never knew he had this bias for musicians. We built a repertoire of about 30 songs and played on almost all of the company’s parties!

I’ve used that same idea here in my own company, now I never spend money for live entertainment! We also entertain clients/principals on-the-spot.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:14:45 +0000

ok po papers ko sir; bale dito sa kinaroroonan ko ngayon wala ako makuha na IT; nagbabalak nga po ako lumipat sa ibang lugar or sa Toronto baka doon may makita ako..

By: Sidney

Sidney — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:33:11 +0000

Camiguin is high on my list of places i want to visit. It seems to be such a beautiful place.
I went to Siquijor for the “aswangs”… did not find them but I witnessed instead some ‘disturbing’ events…
Don’t completely rule out those spirits… happy travel and welcome to Siquijor !

By: BlogusVox

BlogusVox — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:43:39 +0000

Can’t say. My German boss throw the resume in the trashcan the moment he saw it.

By: Jon Limjap

Jon Limjap — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:27:21 +0000

BlogusVox,

Did he turn out to be competent, though?

By: Jon Limjap

Jon Limjap — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:24:29 +0000

Sidney,

Heh, of course personality is still a factor, but I think that is something more easily ascertained during the job interview. In any case, Little Miss Philippines awards are sure qualifiers if you want to have someone you can do “knock-knock” jokes with!

My wife’s barkada (our usual travel companions) want to go to Camiguin but I’m encouraging them to look into Siquijor. It’s funny how supposedly modern, liberal and educated individuals still fear “aswang”. Of course the real reason I want to go there instead is because it’s cheaper.