lundi, mars 23, 2009

How do I answer to a job posting

Let's imagine I read a job posting with the following lines:

Experience:

• Requires BSCS/EE or equivalent and 8+ years of software development experience with 2+ years in a first level management role.
Experienced in managing embedded software development teams and developing and maintaining a training concept for the group.
• Experienced in managing the entire software development life cycle including requirement gathering, architecture, design, implementation, testing and deployment of functionality.


After writing a motivation letter, I usually copy/paste above items and specifically answer them line by line. This is a way:

  1. to help the recruiter "selling" my profile to its client.
  2. to show my understanding of the post.
  3. to show that the job specifically interests me and that I spent some time and energy answering it.


Experience:
• Requires BSCS/EE or equivalent and 8+ years of software development experience with 2+ years in a first level management role.

  • 7 years as 1st level management role @ Logitech & Mariner Networks

  • 13 years of embedded software

      • 8 years for businesses

        • 5 years network product @ IBM

        • 2 years network product @ Mariner Networks

        • 1 year elevator @ Schindler

      • 5 years in consumer electronics @ Logitech


Experienced in managing embedded software development teams and developing and maintaining a training concept for the group

  • 7 years as 1st level management role @ Logitech & Mariner Networks

  • Regarding developing and maintaining training concepts:

    • I organized some courses that were also adopted by the other firmware swiss development team

    • Through the years, I progressively set setting additional embedded software goals every year.


• Experienced in managing the entire software development life cycle including requirement gathering, architecture, design, implementation, testing and deployment of functionality.

  • requirement definitions interacting with marketing

    • 5 years @ Logitech

  • architecture

    • 2 years @ Mariner Networks

  • coding

    • 8 years @ IBM, Mariner Networks & Schindler

  • test management

    • 7 years @ Logitech & Mariner Networks

  • field support

    • @ Logitech & IBM

dimanche, mars 08, 2009

emurse.com

emurse.com is yet another resume posting site:

My Resume
WebDOCPDF
RTFODTTXT
powered by emurse

BUT here is what I especially appreciate about this site:

There are also some other pluses also offered by some other sites:
  • resume downloadable in different formats.
  • widget as above that you can post on your blog.
Drawback is that it seems to be mainly a US site and I am living in Europe...