I've also encountered the issue where having a wide skill base is good in some places but seen as a negative point elsewhere. Back in Zimbabwe, if I could build a web site, fix the fridge, service the car and provide professional child councelling I'd be very valuable - here in London I'd be considered very strange and would be told to go away and work out what I *want* to do!
My advice on this issue is to create several versions of your CV targeting different skills or taylor your CV to a specific job. I don't mean lying - I just mean that if the job required an RIA developer with PHP and mySQL skills then emphasise those skills and play down the video editing skills. When talking to recruiters here I recommend you be very clear on what your strengths are and what you'd really like to do. If you tell them you can do a lot of things and you are willing to do a lot of things they'll get you nothing - you need to be focussed. Good luck! A. On 8/23/06, Count Schemula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
some basic things... show how you take inititiative, identify and solve problems, work well in teams, like people, have a passion for the techniques and the technology, are adapted to rapid change, have a well rounded education and interests. Also, you can't just sit down and pound out a resume. It takes 1-2 weeks. Day 1 get the core of it written, dates, major projects, etc. Then every day for 1-2 weeks, spend 30 minutes on it, refining, boiling it down to the core and improving it. I just went through this myself, and that's what I learned about the resume. As far as "juniors" learn to read the job offers, you can sort of tell what they are looking for... On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi to all the community. > I have in plan to leave Italy, and go to search a job in UK/ireland. > As most of you I'm a RIA developer, my skills starts from flash > passing for phpmysql/amfphp arriving to flashcom and video editing. > > I need urgently to see some english CVs (or resumes? it's not yet > clear the difference) of people with various and different skills like > me. > > Doing a lot of things it's a question of survival here in italy, but > I'm afraid that this "lot of things" if presented in the bad way would > make me to appear "amateur" instead that professional. > > Any help would be really really appreciated, I'm into a difficult > situation and I'm tired to be humiliated by the typical phrase that > say to me all the italian job recruiters: > - "Wery well, but we are searching for a less skilled people, sorry" > translation: "we should pay a guy like you, and we want juniors, that > work really bad but don't ask for money!!!" > > > thanks again > > Alfonso Florio > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- count_schemula <a href="http://www.thelargeglass.com/flashNo0b/scroller_00.html ">scroller_00 .fla for no0bs</a> _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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