Comments on: Let’s Go Job Shopping: What A Product Manager Needs To Have On Their Resume http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume Home Of The Billion Dollar Product Manager Where You Too Can Learn To Be A Wildly Successful Product Manger Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume/comment-page-1#comment-2514 Dr. Jim Anderson Fri, 20 May 2011 15:02:26 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1487#comment-2514 Jonathan: good point! Ultimately the person who will be reading your resume is really trying to answer one question "could you do good things for them". Do you think that dollar values should be included in your list of accomplishments or is that too over the top? Jonathan: good point! Ultimately the person who will be reading your resume is really trying to answer one question “could you do good things for them”. Do you think that dollar values should be included in your list of accomplishments or is that too over the top?

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume/comment-page-1#comment-2424 Jonathan Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:18:03 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1487#comment-2424 As I've held several PM positions, I find that listing the skillsets for each one painfully redundant, so I moved that to my cover letter, leaving my resume free to focus solely on accomplishments. Even without the cover letter, the accomplishments show that the candidate does know how to get the job done. As I’ve held several PM positions, I find that listing the skillsets for each one painfully redundant, so I moved that to my cover letter, leaving my resume free to focus solely on accomplishments. Even without the cover letter, the accomplishments show that the candidate does know how to get the job done.

]]> By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume/comment-page-1#comment-1399 Dr. Jim Anderson Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:19:17 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1487#comment-1399 Casey: you make a good point; however, I've got to say wait a minute. Especially in a down global economy you get a lot of "junk" resumes sent in for every job opening. Who's got the time to sort through all of that? Using a scan as a first step is probably just good business. Where I thing we agree is on what the next step needs to be: the human touch! Casey: you make a good point; however, I’ve got to say wait a minute. Especially in a down global economy you get a lot of “junk” resumes sent in for every job opening. Who’s got the time to sort through all of that? Using a scan as a first step is probably just good business. Where I thing we agree is on what the next step needs to be: the human touch!

]]> By: Casey http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume/comment-page-1#comment-1398 Casey Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:10:58 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1487#comment-1398 Regarding loading up your resume with keywords so a computer can read it... Do you really want to work for a company where real people don't read your resumes? Any company that's so huge that they can't take a minute to have a recruiter or hiring manager at least scan the incoming resumes, isn't serious about attracting and hiring top talent. My alternative advice (take it, or leave it) is to make your resume more personal and reflective of who *you* are as a *person*. Allow yourself, and the way you would speak to a real person, to shine through on your resume, and the right company will want to talk to you. Just my 2 cents. Casey Regarding loading up your resume with keywords so a computer can read it…

Do you really want to work for a company where real people don’t read your resumes? Any company that’s so huge that they can’t take a minute to have a recruiter or hiring manager at least scan the incoming resumes, isn’t serious about attracting and hiring top talent.

My alternative advice (take it, or leave it) is to make your resume more personal and reflective of who *you* are as a *person*. Allow yourself, and the way you would speak to a real person, to shine through on your resume, and the right company will want to talk to you.

Just my 2 cents.
Casey

]]> By: Favorite Product Management Posts April 2010 | A Random Jog http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume/comment-page-1#comment-1256 Favorite Product Management Posts April 2010 | A Random Jog Tue, 04 May 2010 03:26:51 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1487#comment-1256 [...] Manager – Let’s Go Job Shopping: What A Product Manager Needs To Have On Their Resume: In this age of Internet everything, product managers might think that all that it will take to get [...] [...] Manager – Let’s Go Job Shopping: What A Product Manager Needs To Have On Their Resume: In this age of Internet everything, product managers might think that all that it will take to get [...]

]]> By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume/comment-page-1#comment-1166 Dr. Jim Anderson Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:34:05 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1487#comment-1166 Rob: Good point. Keep in mind that depth is probably of more interest to your next employer than your job experiences. That means that when you have to make that painful trade-off between the two, job experience should win... Rob: Good point. Keep in mind that depth is probably of more interest to your next employer than your job experiences. That means that when you have to make that painful trade-off between the two, job experience should win…

]]> By: Rob Berman http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/career/let%e2%80%99s-go-job-shopping-what-a-product-manager-needs-to-have-on-their-resume/comment-page-1#comment-1148 Rob Berman Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:44:24 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalpm.com/?p=1487#comment-1148 I think that it is a combination of your job experiences (breadth) plus your recent accomplishments (depth) in looking what is most important on your resume. I think that it is a combination of your job experiences (breadth) plus your recent accomplishments (depth) in looking what is most important on your resume.

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