Resume Fun

9 May 2012

Something got me thinking, a big part of any job specification is the amount of experience that a candidate has. In the current job market (Such a thing does apparently exist, its not just jobs for friends and ignoring anyone else), every little bit of experience seems to help. The question is however, how do you get this experience when no one will hire you? Do employers actually consider personal projects that might not necessarily follow a proper project life cycle?

If personal projects are can be worth the effort, what is your preferred way to show them off? On one hand you could list it on your resume (CV, whatever you wish to call it), or you could use a portfolio in a similar way to artists. How would you go about it?

Any one out there have any experience of getting going in the electronics/embedded software industry in these relatively tough times?

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fustini over 13 years ago

Check out this episode of The Amp Hour: http://www.theamphour.com/2012/04/22/the-amp-hour-92-vellicate-videogame-vocation/

Jeff Keyzer (aka mightyohm) is an EE who recently started at Valve's new hardware group. He talked about how he likes bringing hardware he's designed to interviews. If nothing else, he says they can't ask him super hard questions when he's talking about his own designs

Chris Gammell and Dave Jones, the engineers that host the show, also talk about interviewing, resumes & personal projects in this episode.

Cheers,
Drew
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fustini over 13 years ago

Check out this episode of The Amp Hour: http://www.theamphour.com/2012/04/22/the-amp-hour-92-vellicate-videogame-vocation/

Jeff Keyzer (aka mightyohm) is an EE who recently started at Valve's new hardware group. He talked about how he likes bringing hardware he's designed to interviews. If nothing else, he says they can't ask him super hard questions when he's talking about his own designs

Chris Gammell and Dave Jones, the engineers that host the show, also talk about interviewing, resumes & personal projects in this episode.

Cheers,
Drew
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cookieglitch over 13 years ago in reply to fustini

Thanks for the links, shall take a look!
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