Ask HN: What’s wrong with my CV?

1 points by i6mi6 7y ago ↗ HN

I've submitted my CV to multiple positions requiring the exact same skills I already have, but got either denial or no response. I think I can cope with anything in the job listings I applied for, but maybe I am not conveying the information in a good way? Perhaps I am not good enough? What would you say if you were looking for someone with similar skills to mine? CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TFSHaD3D1ZzLrjN-CMlROleoiMiBfkui/view

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mtmail 7y ago ↗

duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17852465

[dead] i6mi6 7y ago ↗

It didn’t appear in the ask section so I thought I had to change the title to a question

jardaroh 7y ago ↗

This varies widely on regional norms of how a CV should look, but here we always include work experience first and all fluff at the bottom.

If I were to look at your CV as a potential employer, my largest concern would be your short tenures at your jobs. If those jobs were short contracts you should take care to mention that.

ankurdhama 7y ago ↗

There may be few things you can fix in your CV but the idea that there is something wrong with your CV may be because you think that the people who are responsible for handling hiring are doing the job in the best possible way. The reality is that they are not doing the best possible that they can do, in fact nowhere near the best possible. This whole system is broken at many levels.