CV Masterclass
- 1. How to write a better resume John Clegg - Summer of Tech Ruth McDavitt - Summer of Tech
- 2. Resume workshop part 2
- 3. CV - Part 2 Today ● Summary of last time ● Quick note on developing your strengths ● Common student CV mistakes ● Famous / Fictional CV Time - Who will it be today?
- 4. We talk about strengths….
- 5. Think about Weaknesses Turn your weakness inside out ● Not a good public speaker? Be an intimate communicator instead ● Not a good writer? Be a people person instead. ● You aren’t fast? So be deliberate. ● Not a people person? So work on brilliant stuff alone. Find your niche. ● Don’t have enough time? Great! So take what limited time you have and use it to maximum effect. ● Not organised? Simplify things so you don’t need to organise
- 7. • Put the important stuff first • CV only 1-2 pages and PDF • CV contains ○ Your Goals / Aspirations ○ 5 core skills / attributes ○ Education Summary • 1 page technical skills summary (optional extra page) • 1 page qualifications (optional extra page) Summary...
- 8. What should the employer see in your CV? - Who you are - What you want to do - What you can do for them - Why are you interested in them Summary...
- 9. WARNING
- 10. •Resume Smackdown - a look over 100 resumes - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly •OAAR technique in practice - Crowdsourcing a CV Coming up
- 11. Findings from 100 student resumes •Overall not bad. Better than I thought. - Grammar / Spelling are OK. (BUT I’m not a grammar freak) •Lack of Depth - What are you good at with APPLIED examples ? •Relevance •Not answering - Who are you? What you want to be ? - Why are you good at what you do? - What you can do for me?
- 12. Results - 100 student resumes Excellent OK BAD Resume Structure 36% 32% 32% Grammar Spelling 82% 16% 2%
- 13. Results - 100 student resumes Excellent OK BAD Who are you/ What you want to be 21% 39% 40% What are you good at 13% 38% 49% What can you do for me 11% 28% 61% Depth 8% 51% 41%
- 14. Results - 100 student resumes Excellent OK MISSING Career History 16% 68% 16% Technical 13% 11% 76% Referees 22% 39% 39%
- 15. Results - 100 student resumes YES NO Follow instructions 95% 5% BONUS 21% 79%
- 16. OAAR Practice
- 17. 1. What did you do ? Objectives aka What were you trying to achieve ? Analysis aka What thinking / planning did you do ? Actions aka What actions did you take to achieve the goals ? Results aka What results did you achieve?
- 19. Algorithms / Data Structures course: Objectives (What) ● Practicing Problem Solving ● Deeper understanding of the programming language ● How data structures/algorithms work Analysis (Thinking / Planning) ● Break down the problem ● Research/reading ● Plan your tests / define successful outcome Actions (How) ● Wrote Psuedo code ● Code stuff ● Write tests / get somebody else to test it ● Write report / analysed results Results (So What?) ● Compare to outcomes ● Pass the test ● Review / analysed outcomes -> suggest best structures for problems ● Submit assignment
- 20. List the behaviours Find commonalities Write the skill in this form… What did they learn (SKILL) By what actions (PROOF) to achieve a result (RESULT)
- 22. Hillary Clinton
- 23. Let’s break it down... 1. What has she done ? 2. What behaviours did she show 3. “Career” History 4. “Education”
- 24. 1. What did they do ? Objectives aka What were they trying to achieve ? Analysis aka What thinking / planning did they do ? Actions aka What actions did they take to achieve the goals ? Results aka What results did they achieve?
- 26. 2. List the behaviours Find commonalities Write the skill in this form… What did they learn (SKILL) By what actions (PROOF) to achieve a result (RESULT)
- 27. Hillary Clinton: US Secretary of State Objectives (What) ● Promote / Advocate women’s & children’s rights ● Achieve US foreign policies aboard ● Improve US Diplomatic relations (Post Bush Era) ● Help President with hard problems Analysis (Thinking / Planning) ● Had to come up with a plan to repair the Diplomatic reputation of US (Post Bush era) ● Leveraged diplomatic missions to push women's rights Actions ( How) ● Called dozens of world leaders personally to talk about US foreign policy ● Used Social media as a tool to help empower foreign citizens (Egypt) ● Visited 112 countries as Secretary of State Results ● Helped repair US relations ● Seen as a successful Secretary of State ● Hard-nosed, will make the right decision ● Expanded women’s rights globally
- 29. Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical Arranger Command Communication Competition Connectedness Consistency Context Deliberative Developer Diplomatic Discipline Fairness / Empathy Focus Futuristic Harmony Ideation Inclusiveness / Includer Individualisation Input Intellection Learner Maximizer Positivity Relator Responsibility Restorative Self-Assurance Significance Strategic Thinker Values AskYourFavouriteSearchEngineFor- MoreIdeas Some personal strengths
- 30. Code Example: Learning Gained competency in Java, Python and C++ by completing several course projects in OO design and concurrency over the last 6 months. Implemented Disrupter and Reactor patterns in Java.
- 31. Algorithms / Data Structures course: Objectives (What) ● Practicing solving problems ● How data structures / algorithms work ● Deeper understanding of programming language ● Analyse and communicate Analysis (Thinking / Planning) ● Break down the problem ● Understand data structures /algorithms ● Research /reading aka what should I do ● Plan tests / define successful outcome Actions ( How) ● Wrote psuedo code ● Code stuff ● Write Tests ● Write up a report / analysed results Results ● Compare to outcomes ● Pass the tests ● Review / analysed outcomes -> suggest best structures for problems ● Submitted assignments
- 32. Design Brief: Objectives (What) ● Context / design brief = VERY IMPORTANT ● Who was the client? What were their goals? ● Who are the users or audience? What do you want them to do/think/feel? Analysis (Thinking / Planning) ● Break down the problem ● Understand user requirements ● Research / UX/CS aka what should I do/change? ● Plan tests / define successful outcome Actions ( How) ● Wireframes, prototypes ● Design stuff ● More UX & iterations ● Analysed results, sought feedback Results ● What happened? Was it used/published? ● Review / analyse outcomes ● Submitted to client
- 34. Person: Mr Miyagi - Building Super Objectives (What) - Mentor, Karate teacher ● Mentor ● Building Super ● Teaches Karate ● Impart knowledge / life lessons Analysis (Thinking) - Resourceful ● Implusive ● Practical ● Smart ● Broken down movements into small part / patterns Actions ( How) - Teach karate ● Fixed things ● Teaching via actions ● Dedicated consistent ● Resourceful / Knowledgable ● Patient Results - ● Daniel won tournament ● “ Learned karate ● Formed bond ● Learned something
- 35. Questions?