Resume Tips for Technology Professionals

Posted by Mukesh Agarwal | 9:07 AM | 0 comments »




With increasing numbers of job seekers competing for the most desirable technical jobs, your resume needs to be better than the rest to get noticed.


Technical Summary

Effective technical resumes clearly show the candidate's technical skills -- a hiring manager shouldn't have to go fishing for this information. An excellent way to include technical knowledge is to add a Technical Summary or Technical Expertise section to your resume. Break the section into subcategories so the reader can quickly scan through your knowledge of programs and applications. Possible categories include technical certifications, hardware, operating systems, networking/protocols, office productivity, programming/languages, Web applications and database applications. Only list programs/applications that you could confidently discuss in an interview.


Career Summary

Many hiring managers say they are searching for candidates who offer more than technical credentials. Soft skills such as interpersonal communications, ability to work collaboratively and commitment to achieving corporate goals are just as desirable. In other words, your resume needs a personality. The reader shouldn't only be impressed by your technical qualifications, but should find you to be likeable and well suited for the team. You can highlight some of these skills in a Career Summary section.


Focus on Technological Results

Technical candidates usually make one of two critical errors on their resumes -- either the document is excessively long with excruciating detail on every assignment ever completed, or too short with hardly any descriptions at all. There needs to be some middle ground -- the resume should be succinct yet effectively showcase your achievements.


What to Include

For each position held, give a brief synopsis of the scope of your responsibility. Then show how your performance benefited the company. Give examples of how past initiatives led to positive outcomes such as enhanced efficiency, faster time-to-market, monetary savings, etc.

Accomplishments are most powerful when they are measurable, so include actual performance figures whenever possible. Focus on your most impressive technical projects/accomplishments. What types of challenges did you face? What did you do to overcome the challenges? How did your performance improve the organization's bottom line?

For contract work, provide a bulleted list of your top projects, indicating the company (or type of company if confidential), reason for hiring you, scope of your project, your specific approach to the project, challenges/obstacles faced, work performed and benefits to the company.

If you are new to the field and concerned about a lack of experience, consider offering free or low-cost technical services to charitable organizations, friends, family or local businesses. This allows you to hone your craft and show related work or volunteer experience on your resume. Also, pursue as much training as possible to get up to speed. Entry-level candidates should focus on their potential in the field, ability to quickly learn challenging concepts and motivation to succeed in the industry.


Keywords

The best keywords for your resume depend on your job target and experience. Specific programs and applications are often used as keywords, which is another reason why a Technical Summary is a good idea. To determine the best keywords for your industry, examine job postings on Monster and see which credentials and skills are used frequently; these are potential keywords that should be incorporated into your resume.

1. Show Respect: Even if your boss hasn't yet won your loyalty, he or she is still entitled to your respect.

2. Don't Be Afraid: of your boss. Some supervisors can be intimidating, but remember, your boss needs you.
3. Do Your Best: Try to live up to the performance expectations set for your job.
4. Give Honest Feedback: Your supervisor needs you to tell the truth, even if it's unpleasant and you may have valuable information or questions for your supervisor.
5. Don't Try To Hide Problems: First, try to solve the problem. If you can't and the problem becomes serious, let your supervisor know as soon as possible.
6. Be Positive: When things go wrong, a positive attitude means a lot to people who work with you, including your boss.
7. Manage Your Anger: Blowing up in front of your manager solves nothing, but demonstrates clearly that you can't control your emotions.
8. Break Important News Fast: If you get pregnant, become seriously ill, need to have surgery or need time off for a family crisis, inform your boss as soon as possible.
9. Maintain Your Boundaries: Remember to keep your business relationships about business.
10. Embrace Your Strengths: If your boss tells you that you're good at something or have done an excellent job on a project, thank him or her and take it to heart. Recognize your own talents and nurture them.
11. Face Your Shortcomings: You can't be skilled in everything you do. Ask your supervisor for advice to help you grow in areas where you're weak.
What ever issue you have, approach him and try to portray an image that you see him as an your inspirational idol. You don't need to be a "your right boss" kind of a guy, but you need to show him that you trust him. Any arguments you may have against, put it in a form that would look like a child's innocent question, rather than a fight to say I am right... Explore the possibility of sharing your personal life with him, after all he is a social animal himself, he will give with keenness, but avoid putting everything in front of him, and one last advice. Don't lie to him, be sincere, and transparent in your thoughts with him, at the same time careful not to intrude into his domain.

How to Lock a Folder Using Notepad

Posted by Mukesh Agarwal | 9:40 PM | 0 comments »

There are plenty of software which lock your folders, some are free, other costs a lot of money. Why you'll waste time and money when you could do it with your notepad.

* Consider you want to lock a folder named PICS in your D:\, whose path is D:\PICS

* Now open the Notepad and type the following

ren pics pics.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

* Where pics is your folder name. Save the text file as loc.bat in the same drive.
* Open another new notepad text file and type the following

ren pics.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} pics

* Save the text file as key.bat in the same drive.

 
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