Cpl Technology Contractor Solutions - Career Advice
Cpl Technology Contractor Solutions
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Whether you apply for a permanent or contractor’s role as a Solution Architect, Software Developer, DevOps Engineer or Agile Couch or another IT/Engineering related role, the most important thing to remember is that you have 6 seconds to impress the recruiters with your CV.
Your Tech CV is your ultimate sales tool. In an intuitive way, it should communicate information about you as a person and as a professional in Tech and IT industry.
When creating your technical CV is recommended to be as specific as possible and to keep it simple and focused, listing your technical stack and describing your technical projects.
Introducing yourself to the client by telling them who you are and what you do sounds simple, but it’s crucial. A good personal profile or CV bio shows you know what you’re talking about and what your objective is for your next role. A CV bio is the first thing an employer sees when they receive a job application. It’s in a candidate’s favour to fine tune and customise their CV bio to illustrate exactly why they’re the perfect person for the job in just 3-6 lines.
A CV bio should also highlight relevant education, experience, projects a candidate has been involved with and systems and applications they’re proficient with.
This small, but mighty introduction can indicate to a hiring manager if a candidate is suitable for the role before, deciding to read the CV in its entirety.
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Focus on the tech stack, important for the role you’re applying for, or you are looking for as a guideline as to what technical skills to feature. Draw attention to what your key strengths are (Programming Languages, Framework and Libraries, Data Bases etc.) and arrange them advanced, mid-level, basic. Use a specialty section within your CV to organize them.
List previous positions on your CV and include bullet points explaining your exact role within the company, projects you executed, technologies you used, methodologies you followed, size of the team you worked with, or you were responsible for and what you accomplished, as well as in which industry is the project you are working on.
When filling in your experience make sure to order them chronologically and emphasize the wins you’ve accomplished in your career working in tech. Companies receiving your job application want to find out what you did previously that made an impact.
List your education and if you completed a thesis be specific about it – the objective, the process the goal, and the technology stack that was involved.
In a structured form, list all additional qualifications and up to date certificates that are relevant to the role you are looking for and that you have acquired through your professional experience as a technology specialist.
Tailor your CV for each role you apply for. Make sure you include only the most relevant qualifications in order to avoid your CV being too long. Keep it between 1-2 pages long, because the recruiters want something structured and brief, but informative. When you’re finished creating your CV, make sure to check for errors.
In summary, a technical CV must be intuitively designed, extremely specific about software projects executed, technologies used, and methodologies followed.
Great advice!