[austechwriter] Re: Resumes are a show case for a Tech Writer

  • From: Peter Sanders <psanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 10:40:26 +0800

Hi Nigel and all

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:16:16 +1000, Nigel Dawes <NDawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> Regardless of format ...what about including a profile as
> an addendum to a CV? Is a profile too much info? And,
> if it is included in a CV, should it be written in first-person?
>
> When my employer tenders for a job, my profile
> (along with the other consultants' profiles) is submitted
> with the rest of the documentation, yet it's written in
> third person , which I find quite peculiar as I submitted it
> in first-person format, but it  was butchered and built on
> by our "HR "gurus" (snigger!!).

> "HR "gurus" (snigger!!). my thoughts also on HR.

As I said in a previous email, I have not submitted my cv for a long time. 
However if I were to submit a cv I would not wish it to be "modified" or 
changed to the third person etc. I think a cv submission should be 
presented as supplied by the cv "owner". Certainly there is no harm in an 
agency assisting in recommending content, the agency "knows" the client and 
of course this can be useful to the applicant.

Advice on cv content or presentation I think could be welcome, though 
personally I think that the actual cv should only be modified by the cv 
owner.

Maybe I'm old fashioned :-) but I think a person should obtain a 
job/contract on their own merit, not what HR thinks or writes (butchers :-)) 
.

Regards

Peter


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