[SWLUG] Re: Job/Placement Opportunities

[Anthony Paimany]

Thank you for all of the comments, was most helpful. I have made
amendments to my CV and converted it to PDF format.

http://www.esnips.com/web/dante-CV

So please, any advice on where to look and try would be extremely appreciated.

Thank you

Anthony

On 4/12/06, Sam Radion <sam at samradion.co.uk> wrote:
> Anthony Paimany wrote:
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> >Hey all,
> >
> >My name is Anthony Paimany, I have prevously met some of you at the
> >first lighting talks at Swansea. I have just completed my college
> >course and am now in the process of searching for a job/placement to
> >help me gain some experiance before I move to university. As most of
> >you here have jobs related to IT, I would be greatful if you could
> >have a look at my CV and consider, if feasible, to employee me or take
> >me on as a placement, or forward my CV to relative people. At the
> >least I would be very greatful if you could provide me with
> >information on places to look and/or people to ask. Any
> >recomendations/ammendments on the CV would also be appreciated.
> >
> >http://www.fileshack.us/files/1760/My%20Documents/CV10-4-06.doc
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> > Anthony Paimany
> >
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> Hi Anthony
>
> In my experience people in IT are remarkably picky. You need to make
> sure that you spell check any emails and get someone to proof-read your
> CV before sending it out.
>
> When looking at new applicants we always bin the ones that have spelling
> or grammatical errors immediately.
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> Some examples in your CV include:
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> "I have used many distribution of this system and used them as both a
> client and server stand point. "
> shouldn't that be distributions (plural) and from a client and server
> standpoint instead of 'as'
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> "I have also researched on other Operating Systems such as Symbian for
> mobiles and embedded Linux on handhelds. "
> should be "I have done research on" or "I have researched"
>
> "I have understanding of the low level data signaling theory to great
> knowledge of all of the most used protocols"
>
> should be "my understanding ranges from", I'm not sure about 'most
> used'  either
>
> There are lots more in there, but I just picked one paragraph as an
> example. This may sound pedantic, but companies want someone who can
> communicate clearly and effectively with their clients and colleagues,
> and your CV is the first impression they will get of you. If there is
> bad English in the CV and spelling mistakes in the introductory email
> you will get quickly passed over, which would be a shame as otherwise
> your CV shows a good balance of keenness with experience for someone
> your age.
>
> Another tip might be to include a plain-text or RTF version of your CV
> for people who don't have word or openOffice.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Sam Radion
> Cs5.net
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