A presentation at Agile Testing Days in in Potsdam, Germany by Iancho Dimitrov
Iancho Dimitrov linkedin.com/in/iancho @iandim Agile Testing Days, Potsdam November 7th, 2019
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#1 Common Context #2 Results & Achievements #3 Third-party Validation #4 UX – Structure & Format Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 6
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Technical Skills – but also: 1 PROCESSES 2 DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE 3 TYPE OF SYSTEM 4 SCALE 5 DELIVERY MODE … < AND MORE > Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 8
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Take action! 1) Add these to your: • Skills & Knowledge summary • Project History descriptions 2) Review the whole CV re:context Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 11
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Take action! 1) Be as “high” as possible 2) Talk about • • • “achieved to…”, “accomplished…” “increased / decreased…” “successfully…”, “enabled…” 3) Active vs. Passive voice Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 20
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CLAIMS vs. Verifiable Third-party Validated Facts & Data Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 28
Take action! • no fluff, no clichés • References (and contacts) • Public code / portfolios / articles • Certificates • Conferences or if N/A, then – EXAMPLES & STORIES Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 29
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• long sentences & paragraphs vs. lists (and bullets) • white space • tables • exec. summary / résumé • overall and detail structure Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 33
Take action! • Skills & Knowledge summary / matrix • Projects History descriptions • Exec. summary / résumé • All descriptive texts and paragraphs • Overall structure Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 34
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#1 Common Context #2 Results & Achievements #3 Third-party Validation #4 UX – Structure & Format …and take it seriously! Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 37
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Upload here: http://bit.ly/BugFixYourCV Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 39
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Iancho Dimitrov iancho.d@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/iancho @iandim Agile Testing Days 2019, Potsdam – Bug-fix Your CV 43
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll go to work on your own CV!
Iancho will take you through several ways to make your CV “sell” better, and you’ll try out those techniques yourself. Participants can share their changes with the group for feedback and mutual inspiration. Every participant will also have the opportunity to receive a detailed review and recommendations by Iancho for their CV as a follow-up after the session. Every participant will also have the opportunity to receive a detailed review and recommendations by Iancho for their CV as a follow-up after the session.
Bring an editable copy of your CV, and something to work on.
for free. You
can too.