Alistair Davidson wrote:
> Leo Fellmann wrote:
>>
>> In this case we have a month writing a re****t on wooden house
>> construction at some (presumably) prestigious engineering school with
>> a very long name. I was thinking that should be ***ed up a bit.
>> Also a month's training in a pottery 6 years ago. I'm not sure this
>> needs as much emphasis.
>
> Put (substantial) uni projects in with the jobs, I reckon. Looks a lot
> better on the CV.
Hmmm. Didn't do that, as it turned out, although they're mentioned inthe
covering letter.
>> < Obviously details of education. Any possibly
>>> relevant or interesting extra-curricular activities, especially if it
>>> includes places on committees, captain****ps etc (could include
>>> reading Prouste depending on the type of job). Keep it down to 2
>>> pages, some of the people having to read it are busy people and will
>>> not read a long CV. Well, 3 pages as a maximum.
>>
>> It's one page at the moment :)
>> Problem is the extra-curricular activities, as they're mainly along
>> the lines of "enjoy looking at Picassos". I'll see if we can get some
>> better stuff in.
>
> The only way this matters is if your interviewer shares interests with
> you. Put Sci-Fi in! - You;d hire you just for that, yeah? :0)
Well yeah, but it's some random suit looking at it, not me :)
(...)
> I'd go with a mix of those two. What a British company will want, more
> than anything, is for you to demonstrate the correct attitude to work-
> they'd rather have someone unskilled who'll work endlessly than a genius
> polymath who skives.
Wouldn't any company anywhere, really?
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