Bit of a weird place to post but I'm trying everything at the moment. I know there are a lot of technical types here, if anyone knows of anything or would even be happy to give my CV a once over then I'd really appreciate it. A lot to ask, but I know there are a lot of helpful people here. Gaz me if you're interested in helping with my CV or anything else.
Cheers,
John
(, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 5:03, archived)
my advice for any cv is lie. Claim skills that you don't have, claim responsibility for projects you had little or nothing to do with, make up a fictitious job history, try and think of the ultimate person they would be looking for and become that person.
more specifically:
use the word successfully a lot. e.g. I successfully delivered this complex project under time and budget. I successfully applied agile methodology to my production teams.
Ive noticed that PM work seems to be getting a lot more industry specific, they want someone who has been managing an almost identical project. So tell them you have and gamble on them being clueless or too lazy to check, which employers often are
(, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 5:13, archived)
I finally plucked up the interest to fill in the 10,000 question application form for one of their jobs a week ago.
(, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 6:39, archived)