I genuinely have nothing to put on a CV besides (lack of) education.
No projects, no hobbies, no experience, no* nothing.
*"no nothing" sounds like negation of false
But I also guess it can’t really be that empty.
I found posting for a job I could perhaps do**, though unfortunately they want a CV.
**The posting mentions this
Don’t worry - we are not looking for experience, we are looking for a quality colleague who is eager to learn and grow - both at work and personally. What is important to us is that you have determination and responsibility. We will teach you everything you need - from the technical side to communication with customers.
Sounds good as I have no experience, but… CV.
Anyway, I am also questioning what to make it in. Originally I though of using LaTeX, but that needs more time. I only really tried to use it once, and that was pain. So many packages, what do they do, how do I use them. Like learning to swim by jumping into a lake.
LibreOffice Write/Draw is probably what I’ll have to go with. Draw lets me easily put whatever I want wherever I want. And of course, export that to PDF.
Lastly, I need sleep now. It is unfortunate, as I have most energy and will to do things at night. However, this also includes crazy thoughts and ideas, such as making a second, crazy version of my CV.
Although extremely unprofessional, outdated HTML 3.2, old non-standard elements like blink and marquee, animated bullet points, animated tiled background, and “under construction” GIF in the experience section would be truly memorable.
Of course, I couldn’t just send Tar-ed page source. But since it would be a single-page “document”, all the GIFs could be withing the HTML file encoded in base 64.
Not that I plan to do it, but I personally like the vision in my mind.
Thank you for your attention.
If making a “fun” cv sparks joy, by all means go for it! But seriously do not submit it to any employers. The corporate world absolutely hates whimsy
Troubleshooting is an underrated skill. We’ve had so many technicians struggle because they lacked troubleshooting skills, many leave after a few months to a year, and some do eventually pick it up, but man is it nice to have a new hire that already knows how to look up manuals and troubleshoot
Yeah so many of those “freebies” I mentioned sound like bare basic stuff, but then you actually get out there and realize that a lot of coworkers are completely incompetent besides a few very specific areas of expertise. People who can self-teach are very nice to work with.
Yeah, usually also means they have lots of skills up their belt, which they didn’t consider listing, whereas folks that do not self-teach will only know what they’ve been formally taught.
And formal education really does not cover a lot of topics.
Wait, seriously? I didn’t even consider that a skill? Just common sense?
Common sense doesn’t necessarily include “troubleshooting”. It’s a tiered skill as well. A fresh network admin with a passing familiarity of the OSI model and an IT systems architect are going to have very different depths of understanding and expertise.
If there’s a unifying thread it’s likely systems thinking (within which there are different methods and disciplines). Some are naturally better at it than others but it is a set of skills and models anyone can learn and use. The best of us are able to maintain composure under pressure, think clearly, and act wisely, because they’ve built the necessary psychological tooling to do so (and trained skills which deploy that tooling).
All of that said: absolutely, yes. A resume is a list of things you want to talk about in an interview. If your resume is sparse but you’re able to list any skill pertainent to the role you’re applying for then it’s reasonable to include that skill.