Resume Building
Professionals will tell you that your resume must center around BOTH your Specialty and Credentials (Applications, LAN, WAN, Database) AND the business process purpose function of your responsibilities. Your place in the organization and what you do, or have done, is pivotal.
What Employers Are Looking For
Resume building is both a science and an art. Your place in the tech enterprise needs to be explained clearly, so the screener and the tech person hiring "get it." You also need to position yourself as a player, a communicator, and a trusted co-worker. All this requires intelligence in writing, as well as content. Employers want to see your:
- Credentials & Experience in at least one of these specialties:
Applications, LAN, WAN, Database, including Certificates, Degrees, Experience both as years and responsibilities. - Your awareness, saavy, and ability to bring into play in your job,
the most important issues in IT of the day, including,- Knowledge of environmental-energy issues in programming, application development, building stack usage, equipment purchase and data centers - carbon footprint reduction = digital footprint reduction
- Paper reduction
- Consolidation of disk packs, storage space, office space
- Your ability to learn and follow new technologies and bring them into play in your job
- Your Soft Skills.
- Business application planning skills
- Soft skills - talking, communicating, writing
- Involvement with professional organizations & others in your organization showing you are a Team Player who understands all aspects of the organization or company and its mission and goals
Who Sees Your Resume?
The Resume will be viewed by at least two or more people. It has to pass the screener, in some cases scored on the basis of points for credentials and years of experience, and supervisory or project leader responsibilities, to get you the interview to get you to the technical person hiring for the job. The Screener will also be looking for "intelligence" and "readability." "Can this prospective employee understand our endeavor and communicate with others in our corporate or government environment?" Never underestimate writing for an intelligent person, perhaps a non-technical person, in the role of screener. Using complete sentences to explain levels of competence and responsibilities goes far.
Guide to Building a Tech Resume
In Information Technology Jobs in America, you will find good examples of how to write a tech resume. In building a resume you need to respond to the specific job announcement, as well as address experience, and the knowledge-skills and abilities you bring to the job. You also need to demonstrate you are conversant and competent with a bundle of tech skills. The 'IT Job Titles & IT Skill Sets' in the download makes an easy reference for you to use to draw up and include in your resume your particular bundle of skills.
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