What do modern resumes look like? Everything I've seen or been shown lately by "regular people" (older people mostly) seems so 90s to me. I've heard of using GitHub, but I'm not really a programmer or looking for a programming job. Any examples of your guy's resume's (that hopefully got you jobs?) would be helpful! Thanks.
I recently used a new format and form and have had some success:
<a href="http://openmymind.net/karlseguin.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://openmymind.net/karlseguin.pdf</a><p>My main goal was:
1 - Make it a single page
2 - Focus more on bio/profile/goal/whatever
3 - Focus on projects and passion more than work experience<p>I've heard that "bios are the new resume" and I tend to agree. I also think that actual code is more important than experience (hence the focus on projects and github).
I usually try to make mine look a little more "modern." I usually follow a few simple rules:<p>1.) Two or three colors color scheme
2.) Simple vertical alignment
3.) 2 fonts: 1 for headings and one for body text
4.) One or two simple graphics
5.) Don't let it resemble a MS Office template<p>Here's a slightly dated resume of mine: <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58767/zkoch-resume.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58767/zkoch-resume.pdf</a>
Calibri font (or some other simple, standard sans-serif). Black text with a single dark color for headings that will look OK when printed in grey scale.<p>I opt for a simple outline format. I've seen a lot of fancy designs, but I think if someone is looking for specifics, an outline is easiest. As an engineering student, I have the headings of Education, Employment, Projects, and Skills.<p>Keep it at one page.
Here's mine:
<a href="http://eugene.lt/resume.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://eugene.lt/resume.pdf</a><p>The goal was to fit everything onto a single page. Laid out in HTML and simply saved to PDF with Safari.
I actually like Github's markdown style so much that I put my resume on github: <a href="http://bit.ly/mwhiteresume" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/mwhiteresume</a>. And because it's written in markdown, I have a plaintext version I can use if I need to, and a PDF (<a href="http://bit.ly/mwhiteresumepdf" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/mwhiteresumepdf</a>) created with pandoc.<p>I've taken the approach of doing away with a discrete "Skills" section and just bolding relevant keywords in my work and education entries.
I have tried to keep my resume a simple and plain as possible. I'm still at uni, but will be applying for a job soon so any comments and/or suggestions are much appreciated.<p><a href="http://crocodoc.com/N28pQof" rel="nofollow">http://crocodoc.com/N28pQof</a>
I know this is YC, but anyone have stuff more focused on IT rather than programming? I'm having a hard time with my skills section, seeing as I can't really list programming languages/frameworks/etc and stuff.