CVs and Resumes

Most employers look at either, the CV or the resume, but the question is, how well does it highlight accomplishments and promote the individual? Either way, a resume or a CV is the first thing a hiring manager or a recruiter sees, and they will typically spend no more than 10 seconds looking at it if they don't see exactly what they are looking for right off the bat.

The main difference between a resume and a CV is the resume is supposed to be geared toward particular positions and job descriptions, roles and responsibilities, as well as educational background. A CV is more geared toward particular areas of interest, educational background, degrees received, additional courses taken, and awards received, as well as a list of jobs one has had. The key to both of these is to be to the point. CV's should never be more than a page long, and resumes, while the norm is one page, can sometimes run over. In your job descriptions, employers do not want to have to figure out what you did at any job you've had, so be direct, give a good description of your roles and responsibilities and move on. Same thing with CV's.

Resumes should not only get your point across that you are someone an employer should consider you, but they do also have to look nice. It's better that the resumes have a brief 3 or 4 line statement (Executive or Professional Summary) at the top that states what you are looking for in a company, type of job, and why. For example:

A dedicated software engineer with 7 years of experience designing and developing cutting edge software applications seeking new challenges with a growing company which will allow me to utilize my current skills and help me learn and develop new ones.

It doesn't have to be much, but it helps the reader understand very quickly who you are, what you do, and what you are looking for. For people with more than one year of experience, Professional experience should come next on the resume. List jobs in chronological order from the most recent, back. Give a brief but pointed description of what your roles and responsibilities are/were, technologies used.

Next should come the certification classes, and any certifications you have. Following that, is your educational background. If you have more than a few years of experience, you do not need to list your GPA since it is usually irrelevant after you graduate and get real jobs. If an employer is interested in that, he will ask for it. And finally list any additional skills that are not evident in your job descriptions.

Now I'll leave you with a title 10 ways your resume irks hiring managers

1. Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.
2. Opening objectives.
3. Personal attributes.
4. Interests and hobbies.
5. Details of every task you've ever performed in every job you've ever had.
6. Excessive bragging.
7. Outdated information.
8. False information.
9. Unexplained gaps in work history.
10. A lack of professionalism.

References:
http://forums.topcoder.com/?module=Thread&threadID=505191&start=0&mc=11
http://jobs.aol.com/article/_a/10-ways-your-resume-irks-hiring-managers/20070809123709990001?ncid=AOLCOMMjobs

Quotes I liked from the African Cup of Nations (ACN)

I liked some quotes from the african cup of nations so I wanted to share them with you...

Egypt VS Cameroon (4-2)

After the first penalty
هات من جوة يا كاميني

After Zizo's first goal
بص شوف الكورة وحلاوتها
بص شوف ابن بورسعيد الباسلة
بص شوف زيدان
عدى عدى عدى... وسمع كاميني لحن الخلود

Before the 4th goal
ابو تريكة دلوقتي تحس انه عامل زى الدمغة بتاعت الأظرف... معروف جدا في افريقيا
حسني كمان معروووووووف... حسني كمان حكاااااااااااااااية


Egypt VS Cote d'ivoire (4-1)

Beginning of the match
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم... وما النصر إلا من عند الله

The fourth goal
الرابع يا مصر... الرابع يا مصر... الرابع يا مصر... الرابع يا ابو تريكة
لالالالالالالالالالأ خلاص... خلاص خلاص خلااااااااااص... خلصت... 4-1 خلاااااص

Egypt VS Cameroon (1-0) "My favourite"

The goal
أاادي زيدان... سرعة زيدان... زيداااااااان... وسونج
قووم يا زيداااااان... زيدان وسونج.... هى هى هى ابوتريكة
أااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااه
أه أه
أبو تريكة أبو تريكة أااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااه
أبو تريكة أبو تريكة.... زيدان زيدان زيدان
يا زيدان يا عالمي.... شكرا يا سونج... شكرا يا سونج
منتخب مصر بيلاعب المنتخب الكاميروني بطريقة البنج بُنج

شوف إصرار زيزو
شوف تبديل ابوعلى
شوف عرضية ابوكريم
يا عيني عالكلام والدلع
يا عيني عليك يابوتريكة
ياللي الدنيا ماجابتش حلواني للكرة المصرية... زى روعتك وجمالك وأدائك

Sincere congratulations to my country's team... congratulations for the whole arabic world, congratulations to Hassan Shehata who made monsters out of those players... made them play with honor, till they won their deserved cup :)

The difference between A geek, a nerd and a dork

here's still much disagreement about the exact definitions but I'll try to clarify them for you...

A Geek: Originally used to describe circus performers, "Geeks" are intense fanatics of unconventional subject matter, who proudly memorize its minutiae and incorporate it into every aspect of their lives

A dork: Is simply someone with no clue about normal rules of social interaction

What's the difference? All dorks are geeks, but not all geeks are dorks :)

A nerd: An 80's term we'd all like to forget :)

Reference:
http://www.phdcomics.com/ A very nice website for those who want to continue in their PhD degree :)

Programming quotes I liked

Hello...
I heard many programming quotes that I liked so I wanted sharing them with you so enjoy

It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. (Nathaniel S Borenstein)


Voodoo Programming: Things programmers do that they know shouldn't work but they try anyway, and which sometimes actually work, such as recompiling everything. (Karl Lehenbauer)


Reusing pieces of code is liked picking off sentences from other people's stories and trying to make a magazine article. (Bob Frankston)


Software is like sex: It's better when it's free. (Linus Torvalds)


Without a specific reference, 1 + 1 = 2 is just a string of symbols (I Don't know)

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it (Donald Knuth)


Those are what I remembered for now, If I remembered anything more I'll surely edit and add them to this post