(GRE Success! ) Fwd: [New post] The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Resumes
"Srihari Yamanoor [email protected] [gre-success]" <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:06:15 -0800
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--001a11c2ef8eac3836050afe568a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hello Everyone, Some good points to note here. Sincerely, Srihari ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Another Fine Mesh <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:39 PM Subject: [New post] The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Resumes To: [email protected] John Chawner posted: "It's that time of year again. The time when we begin accepting applicants for our summer internships and other positions. Have you ever wondered what happens to your resume when you email it to a potential employer? We print them all and make a single," Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on *Another Fine Mesh* <http://blog.pointwise.com/author/pwiblog/> The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Resumes <http://blog.pointwise.com/2014/12/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-resumes/> by John Chawner <http://blog.pointwise.com/author/pwiblog/> It's that time of year again. The time when we begin accepting applicants for our summer internships and other positions. Have you ever wondered what happens to your resume when you email it to a potential employer? We print them all and make a single, tall stack of them in the middle of a conference room table. I take half the resumes off the top of the stack and toss them in the trash. Because I don't want to hire anyone who's unlucky. In the human resources business, that is what we call "a joke." So let's remove luck and chance from the hiring process. That's why I'll share with you some tips that will improve the chances that your resume will be reviewed favorably. Resumes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly You may infer from the fact that I feel compelled to post resume tips that not all of the literally hundreds of resumes we receive are what I'd consider "good." To be quite honest, some of them are bad while others are downright ugly. For example, I keep in my desk drawer for convenient reference a copy of the worst resume ever received - one that managed to pack 35 spelling errors onto a single page. In the human resources business, a resume like that is what we call "a waste of my time." [image: The world's worst resume. Yellow highlights indicate spelling errors.] <https://afinemesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/worlds-worst-resume.png> The world's worst resume. Yellow highlights indicate spelling errors. Blurred to protect the guilty. So while my motives may appear to be altruistic, they're really quite selfish. I don't want my time to be wasted. I have better things to do, like generating memes. [image: perfect-candidate] <https://afinemesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/perfect-candidate.jpg> Finding the Best Candidates Our goal is to find the best candidates as soon as possible. Truly. And I'm betting that most job seekers want to find the best employer as soon as possible. Win-win, right? So here's the big secret I have to reveal. Someone at your career placement office is lying to you. They're telling you that your resume is your foot in the door. The contrary is true: *Your resume is used against you as a rejection tool.* In the field of mesh generation one truism that comes up a lot when talking about mesh quality is that it's easy to tell when a mesh is bad but it's much harder to tell when a mesh is good. That's kinda how it is with resumes. Because bad ones are easy to identify, we look for them first. How to Write a Good Resume Without further preamble, here are tips for writing a good resume. Spelling, Grammar, Spelling, Grammar, Spelling, Grammar Using whatever tool or service is available to you, check the spelling and grammar used in your resume. Have a friend proofread it. Have a professor proofread it. Have your career placement people proofread it. Think of it this way. Your resume is the first work product you've created for us. We're going to judge you based on its quality and we're going to assume that the effort you put into your resume is more or less than same effort you'll put into the first task we give you when you get the job. Make us feel like you actually care. Objectively Objective I am not a big fan of the Objective statement at the top of the resume. Here's one I like: "Seeking an internship for the summer of 2015." Do not tell me that your objective is "to find a rewarding position where you can grow professionally." In the human resources business, that is what we call "blah blah blah." Why? Who doesn't want this? Objectives are a double-edged sword. If your resume says that your goal is to gain experience in the design of thermal systems I WILL reject you. We're a CFD software company. Who are we to stand in the way of your dreams? Important: An objective that doesn't match the position for which you are applying may be the fastest path to the rejection pile. Uncover Yourself While objective statements leave me feeling "meh," I love me some good cover letter. The resume should simply state the cold hard facts: your name and contact info, your educational and work background, your skill set. The cover letter, on the other hand, is your chance to make me want to read your resume. It's what'll set you apart from the other 50 students at your school who also sent me their resume, with the same classes, arranged in the same format because you all use the same resume template that your career placement office provided. Flattery is appreciated. We write CFD software. Make us believe that you're interested in CFD software even if that interest is simply to learn more about it. I read the cover letter first. Make me want to read your resume second. The Funny Thing About Email Addresses Use a professional looking email address such as first.last-Re5JQEeQqe9fmgfxC/sS/[email protected] Now is not the time to be using "[email protected]" or " [email protected]" (Trust me, those two are not far from ones we've received.) Bonus tip: Check that email account's inbox on a daily basis. We may have sent you something requiring a reply. Factoid: Half of all applicants fail to reply to our first email response to receipt of their resume. We don't send that email twice. Bonus Factoid: If we ask a question in an email you should answer it. If we ask two or more, we kinda expect answers to all of them. In the human resources business, that is what we call "helpful." What's In a Name? This is a simple thing. Your resume, whether in Word or PDF or whatever format, should have a file name that helps me keep track of it like Firstname-Lastname-Resume.pdf. Please don't send me a resume with another company's name in its file name such as Resume-ANSYS.pdf. I love everyone at ANSYS but it makes me jealous to know that you're applying somewhere else. Know the meanings of the words experience and expertise and use them correctly. If you claim to have expertise in a certain subject area, we will ask you about it and we will expect good answers. If you say that you're proactive, I would've expected your resume to arrive before we posted the job opening. So don't bother. Bonus tip: This is more for interviews than resumes, but remember: When asked a question, sometimes how the answer is given is more important than the answer itself. Your Name is the Sweetest Sound Would you believe me if I said many candidates fail to put their name on their resume, their cover letter, or in their email's signature block? In the human resources business, that is what we call "kind of important." And because we're only just beginning to know you, please help us by using your name consistently on all correspondence. We're not aware that your middle initial "J" stands for James but you go by Jimbo even though your first name used on all your documents is Alexander. Pro Tip: Include all your contact information (email address, phone, postal address) on your resume. The 2 Most Important Things Interviewing for a job boils down to two things: 1. Can you do the work? 2. Will we enjoy working together? These are the questions we're trying to answer. I propose that they're the questions you should be trying to answer too. We know you're out there: nice people who'll do interesting work. Help us find you. [image: power-of-resume] <https://afinemesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/power-of-resume.jpg> Send Us Your Resume So if I haven't turned you off by coming across as a cantankerous old fart, we do have openings for summer engineering internships and a permanent position for an applications engineer. You can read more about them at www.pointwise.com/jobs. [image: action-apply-today-200x50] <http://www.pointwise.com/jobs/> P.S. Did I mention to check the spelling and grammar in your resume? *John Chawner <http://blog.pointwise.com/author/pwiblog/>* | December 24, 2014 at 2:39 pm | Tags: jobs <http://blog.pointwise.com/?tag=jobs> | Categories: Off Topic <http://blog.pointwise.com/?cat=1184> | URL: http://wp.me/p1iMxx-12u Comment <http://blog.pointwise.com/2014/12/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-resumes/#respond> See all comments <http://blog.pointwise.com/2014/12/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-resumes/#comments> Like <http://blog.pointwise.com/2014/12/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-resumes/?like_actor=11647722&like_hmac=cae0e86e22c1b256091475b2ee49d85f&postid=3998&like=1&source=sub_email> Unsubscribe <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=2fa3039219ee6721c5f9f864f580bef0&email=yamanoor%40gmail.com&b=%3FaQu9a3D63V.%2F%5Bn%3D%5DOvX%7E5NW%26CBjnpe1JsnV%7E8.YCJW%2F%5Bo.8A> to no longer receive posts from Another Fine Mesh. 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The time w= hen we begin accepting applicants for our summer internships and other posi= tions. Have you ever wondered what happens to your resume when you email it to a p= otential employer? We print them all and make a single," </span> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"cent= er" style=3D"width:100%;padding:10px"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpaddin= g=3D"0" align=3D"center" style=3D"width:100%;padding-bottom:10px"> <tbody><tr> <td align=3D"center" style=3D"color:#555!important;font-size:10px">= Respond to this post by replying above this line</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style=3D"direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto;overf= low:hidden"> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" bgcolor=3D"#= ffffff" style=3D"width:100%;background-color:#fff;text-align:left;max-width= :1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0 auto"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" height=3D= "8" background=3D"http:/s.wordpress.com/i/emails/stripes.gif" style=3D"widt= h:100%;background-image:url(https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/11QcDxZ= cDODA8_Zy6SheBzPAnUnq2Wex4YU4AtNFw2U6vkJK-SLbfLrNelvLLXsXQrjcZHdV7FIOlsp_gl= V2LA=3Ds0-d-e1-ft#http:/s.wordpress.com/i/emails/stripes.gif);background-re= peat:repeat-x;background-color:#43a4d0;height:8px"> <tbody><tr> <td></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" style=3D"= width:100%;color:#08c;font-size:1.6em;background-color:#efefef;border-botto= m:1px solid #ddd;margin:0;padding:0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <h2 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em;font-size:16px= !important;line-height:1;font-weight:400;color:#464646;font-family:"He= lvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:5px 20px!important;pad= ding:0"> New post on <strong>Another Fine Mesh</strong> </= h2> </td> <td style=3D"text-align:right"> <img border=3D"0" src=3D"http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/41b2e0= 890c577aac531a96c5f209941c?s=3D32&ts=3D1419453583" alt=3D"" style=3D"ve= rtical-align:middle;margin:5px 20px 5px 0;vertical-align:middle"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style=3D"width:100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpa= dding=3D"20" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table style=3D"width:100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cel= lpadding=3D"0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign=3D"top"> <table style=3D"width:100%" border=3D"0" c= ellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"> <tbody><tr> <td style=3D"width:60px!important;white-space:nowrap;ver= tical-align:top"> <a href=3D"http://blog.pointwise.com/author/pwiblog/" s= tyle=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2;display:block;margin-right:= 10px" target=3D"_blank"><img border=3D"0" alt=3D"" src=3D"http://2.gravatar= .com/avatar/8b7ccc472d48c1e1ba81b3135e252825?s=3D50&d=3Didenticon&r= =3DG" height=3D"50" width=3D"50"></a> </td> <td> <h2 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em;font-si= ze:1.6em;color:#555;margin:0;font-size:20px"><a href=3D"http://blog.pointwi= se.com/2014/12/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-resumes/" style=3D"text-dec= oration:underline;color:#2585b2;text-decoration:none!important" target=3D"_= blank">The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly=C2=A0Resumes</a></h2> <span style=3D"color:#888">by <a href=3D"http://blog.po= intwise.com/author/pwiblog/" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585= b2;color:#888!important" target=3D"_blank">John Chawner</a></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 <div style=3D"direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"= > <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px= ;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvet= ica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">It's that time of year again. The = time when we begin accepting applicants for our summer internships and othe= r positions.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Have you ever wondered what happens to your resume when you email it to a= potential employer? We print them all and make a single, tall stack of the= m in the middle of a conference room table. I take half the resumes off the= top of the stack and toss them in the trash. Because I don't want to h= ire anyone who's unlucky. In the human resources business, that is what= we call=C2=A0"a joke."</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">So let's remove luck and chance from the hiring process. That's w= hy I'll share with you some tips that will improve the chances that you= r resume will be reviewed favorably.</p> <h2 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em">Resumes: The Good, The Bad= , and The Ugly</h2> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">You may infer from the fact that I feel compelled to post resume tips tha= t not all of the literally hundreds of resumes we receive are what I'd = consider "good." To be quite honest, some of them are bad while o= thers are downright ugly. For example, I keep in my desk drawer for conveni= ent reference a copy=C2=A0of the worst resume ever received - one that mana= ged to pack 35 spelling errors onto a single page. In the human resources b= usiness, a resume like that is what we call "a waste of my time."= </p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= "> </p><div style=3D"direction:ltr;clear:both;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;= padding:4px;background-color:white"><a style=3D"text-decoration:underline;c= olor:#2585b2" href=3D"https://afinemesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/worlds-= worst-resume.png" target=3D"_blank"><img border=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:10= 0%;min-height:auto;margin-bottom:12px" src=3D"https://afinemesh.files.wordp= ress.com/2014/12/worlds-worst-resume.png?w=3D210" alt=3D"The world's wo= rst resume. Yellow highlights indicate spelling errors."></a> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">The world's worst resume. Yellow highlights indicate spelling errors.= Blurred to protect the guilty.</p> </div> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">So while=C2=A0my motives may appear to be altruistic, they're really = quite selfish. I don't want my time to be wasted. I have better things = to do, like=C2=A0generating memes.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= "><a style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href=3D"https://afin= emesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/perfect-candidate.jpg" target=3D"_blank">= <img border=3D"0" src=3D"https://afinemesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/perf= ect-candidate.jpg?w=3D300" alt=3D"perfect-candidate" style=3D"max-width:100= %;min-height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;display:block;margin:0 auto= ;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a></p> <h2 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em">Finding the Best Candidate= s</h2> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Our goal is=C2=A0to find the best candidates as soon as possible. Truly. = And I'm betting that most job seekers want to find the best employer as= soon as possible. Win-win, right?</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">So here's the big secret I have to reveal. Someone at your career pla= cement office is lying to you. They're telling you that your resume is = your foot in the door. The contrary is true:</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= "><strong>Your resume is used against you as a rejection tool.</strong></p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">In the field of mesh generation one truism=C2=A0that comes up a lot when = talking about mesh quality is that it's easy to tell when a mesh is bad= but it's much harder to tell when a mesh is good. That's kinda how= it is with resumes. Because bad ones are easy to identify, we look for the= m=C2=A0first.</p> <h2 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em">How to Write a Good Resume= </h2> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Without further preamble, here are tips for writing a good resume.</p> <h3 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.6em">Spelling, Grammar, Spellin= g, Grammar, Spelling, Grammar</h3> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Using whatever tool or service is available to you, check the spelling an= d grammar used in your resume. Have a friend proofread it. Have a professor= proofread it. Have your career placement people proofread it.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Think of it this way. Your resume is the first work product you've cr= eated for us. We're going to judge you based on its quality and we'= re going to assume that the effort you put into your resume is more or less= than same effort you'll put into the first task we give you when you g= et the job.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Make us feel like you actually care.</p> <h3 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.6em">Objectively Objective</h3> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">I am not a big fan of the Objective statement at the top of the resume. H= ere's one I like: "Seeking an internship for=C2=A0the summer of 20= 15."</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Do not tell me that your objective is "to find a rewarding position = where you can grow professionally." In the human resources business, t= hat is what we call "blah blah blah." Why? Who doesn't want t= his?</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Objectives are a double-edged sword. If your resume says that your goal i= s to gain experience in the design of thermal systems I=C2=A0WILL reject yo= u. We're a CFD software company. Who are we to stand in the way of your= dreams?</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Important: An objective that doesn't match the position for which you= are applying may=C2=A0be the fastest path to the rejection pile.</p> <h3 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.6em">Uncover Yourself</h3> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">While objective statements leave me feeling "meh," I love me so= me good cover letter. The resume should simply state the cold hard facts: y= our name and contact info, your educational and work background, your skill= set.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">The cover letter, on the other hand, is your chance to make me want to re= ad your resume. It's what'll set you apart from the other 50 studen= ts at your school who also sent me their resume, with the same classes, arr= anged in the same format because you all use the same resume template that = your career placement office provided.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Flattery is appreciated. We write CFD software. Make us believe that you&= #39;re interested in CFD software even if that interest is simply to learn = more about it.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">I read the cover letter first. Make me want to read your resume second.</= p> <h3 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.6em">The Funny Thing About Emai= l Addresses</h3> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Use a professional looking email address such as <a href=3D"mailto:first.= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Now is not the time to be using "<a href=3D"mailto:hot_chocolate@hot= mail.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>" or "<a= href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">sxy_kitten247@aol.= com</a>." (Trust me, those two are not far from ones we've receive= d.)</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Bonus tip: Check that email account's inbox on a daily basis. We may = have sent you something requiring a reply.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Factoid: Half of all applicants fail to reply to our first email response= to receipt of their resume. We don't send that email twice.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Bonus Factoid: If we ask a question in an email you should answer it. If = we ask two or more, we kinda expect answers to all of them. In the human re= sources business, that is what we call "helpful."</p> <h3 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.6em">What's In a Name?</h3> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">This is a simple thing. Your resume, whether in Word or PDF or whatever f= ormat, should have a file name that helps me keep track of it like Firstnam= e-Lastname-Resume.pdf.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Please don't send me a resume with another company's name in its = file name=C2=A0such as Resume-ANSYS.pdf. I love everyone at ANSYS but it ma= kes me jealous to know that you're applying somewhere else.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Know the meanings of the words experience and expertise and use them corr= ectly.=C2=A0If you claim to have expertise in a certain subject area, we wi= ll ask you about it and we will expect good answers.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">If you say that you're proactive, I would've expected your resume= to arrive before we posted the job opening. So don't bother.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Bonus tip: This is more for interviews than resumes, but remember: When a= sked a question, sometimes how the answer is given is more important than t= he answer itself.</p> <h3 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.6em">Your Name is the Sweetest = Sound</h3> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Would you believe me if I said many candidates fail to put their name on = their resume, their cover letter, or in their email's signature block?= =C2=A0In the human resources business, that is what we call=C2=A0"kind= of important."</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">And because we're only just beginning to know you, please help us by = using your name consistently on all correspondence.=C2=A0We're not awar= e that your middle initial "J" stands for James but you go by Jim= bo even though your first name used on all your documents is Alexander.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Pro Tip: Include all your contact information (email address, phone, post= al address) on your resume.</p> <h2 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em">The 2 Most Important Thing= s</h2> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">Interviewing for a job boils down to two things:</p> <ol style=3D"margin:0 0 1em 1em;padding:0"> <li style=3D"line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4= em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-s= erif">Can you do the work?</li> <li style=3D"line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4= em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-s= erif">Will we enjoy working together?</li> </ol> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">These are the questions we're trying to answer. I propose that they&#= 39;re the questions you should be trying to answer too.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">We know you're out there: nice people who'll do interesting work.= Help us find you.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= "><a style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href=3D"https://afin= emesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/power-of-resume.jpg" target=3D"_blank"><i= mg border=3D"0" src=3D"https://afinemesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/power-= of-resume.jpg?w=3D300" alt=3D"power-of-resume" style=3D"max-width:100%;min-= height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;display:block;margin:0 auto;paddi= ng:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a></p> <h2 style=3D"margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em">Send Us Your Resume</h2> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">So if I haven't turned you off by coming across as a cantankerous old= fart, we do have openings for=C2=A0summer engineering internships and a pe= rmanent position for an applications engineer. You can read more about them= at <a style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href=3D"http://www= .pointwise.com/jobs/" target=3D"_blank">www.pointwise.com/jobs</a>.</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= "><a style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href=3D"http://www.p= ointwise.com/jobs/" target=3D"_blank"><img border=3D"0" src=3D"https://afin= emesh.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/action-apply-today-200x50.png?w=3D200" al= t=3D"action-apply-today-200x50" style=3D"max-width:100%;min-height:auto;mar= gin-bottom:12px;clear:both;display:block;margin:0 auto;padding:4px;backgrou= nd-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a></p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">P.S. Did I mention to check the spelling and grammar in your resume?</p> <p style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-= family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em= ">=C2=A0</p> <div style=3D"direction:ltr;clear:both"></div> = <p></p></div> <div style=3D"direction:ltr;color:#999;fon= t-size:.9em;margin-top:4px;line-height:160%;padding:15px 0 15px;border-top:= 1px solid #eee;border-bottom:1px solid #eee;overflow:hidden"> <strong><a style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585= b2" href=3D"http://blog.pointwise.com/author/pwiblog/" target=3D"_blank">Jo= hn Chawner</a></strong> | December 24, 2014 at 2:39 pm | Tags: <a style=3D"= text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href=3D"http://blog.pointwise.com/= ?tag=3Djobs" target=3D"_blank">jobs</a> | Categories: <a style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href=3D= "http://blog.pointwise.com/?cat=3D1184" target=3D"_blank">Off Topic</a> | URL: <a 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