A small comment from the other side (a Techie now doing recruitment for technical security jobs). Please make a CV that is "readable". You don't want to know how many CV's we have to scan and in 5-10 sec we need to be able to have a feeling about what has this person studied / where has he worked / what his/her capabilities are
And as others have stated, invest in your network. Become involved in a local chapter and talk to people. There is always someone who knows someone who knows some other person. Kris, On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Nick Drage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 04:17:52PM +0000, Bacon Zombie wrote: > > <snip> > > Bear in mind that local work culture makes a huge difference, from my > very limited experience there's quite a difference between British CVs, > American resumes, and Canadian resumes, be sure that the advice you > follow is suitable for whatever your geographical target is. > > > #> Do you list conferences you have attended and if so what section do > > you list them under or do they deserve there own section. > > I'd be tempted to list in whatever section is appropriate that you > attend conferences, but I'd only list them overall, rather than each > individual one - i.e. "DefCon", not "DefCon 1, DefCon 2, DefCon 3". > > And "their" ;) Get someone else to check your CV, attention to detail > shows, and if you work on your CV long enough you will become blind to > it. > > > #> Do you list projects and CTF. > > If they're of a suitable size, yes. > > > #> Do you list that you are a member of your Hackerspace, DC or 2600 > > group and what do you put it under. > > Definitely list them, but the section depends on how you've divided up > your CV. > > > #> Do you follow the no more then 2 or 3 pages rule or has that > > changes now since most people will read your CV via TXT/PDF/DOCX and > > not a printout. > > The two/three page rule shows how much the potential employer cares > about your CV. Your CV is just to get you an interview, the interview > gets you the job. For the first pass you'll get around seven seconds, > iirc, before the employer decides to add you to the "actually read > these" pile or files you in the shredder. > > > What are some thing really should include and also really should not > > include on my CV. > > You're "known" in the community, and I don't believe it's just because > of your, er, interesting name. You've got the right connections, I've > heard people speak highly of you, the industry is still incestuous > enough, in the UK anyway, that if you do it right you only put a CV > together to keep HR happy. > > -- > "The only thing Chuck Norris is afraid of, is Brian Blessed." > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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