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The Essentialist Resume

The Essentialist Resume

University of Texas at Dallas
ACM Workshop
04.18.16

Ibrahim Bashir

April 18, 2016
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  1. the essentialist resume
    UTD ACM Tech Talk
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  2. Contact

    Summary

    Skills

    Education

    Experience

    Miscellaneous

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  3. “why not go out on a limb?
    that’s where the fruit is.”
    the optimist

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  4. Contact
    // candidate preference
    Story Summary
    // how you got here
    Tools Skills
    // things you picked up
    Mindset Education
    // processing framework
    Lessons Experience
    // what you learned
    Miscellaneous
    // candidate preference

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  5. “before you build a better
    mousetrap, it helps to know
    if there are any mice out
    there.”
    the pessimist

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  6. Contact
    // any recruiter might use
    Objective Summary
    // direct & to the point
    Skills
    // only target || difference
    Education
    // bare minimum
    Potential Experience
    // clear on what HM gets
    Miscellaneous
    // maybe cut || expand

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  7. “if opportunity doesn’t
    knock, build a door.”
    the realist

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  8. Contact
    // company norm(s)
    Summary
    // summarize JD
    Skills
    // specific to job opening
    Education
    // look for a connection
    Experience
    // rewrite JD
    Miscellaneous
    // company culture

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  9. “dear optimist, pessimist,
    and realist…
    while you all were busy
    arguing, I drank the water.”
    the opportunist

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  10. Contact
    // you already know
    Journey Summary
    // random series of events
    Skills
    // breadth, not depth
    Education
    // keeping options open
    Experience
    // something meaningful
    Miscellaneous
    // something unique

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  11. “choose a job you love,
    and you will never have to
    work a day in your life.”
    the essentialist

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  12. Contact

    Summary

    Skills

    Education

    Experience

    Miscellaneous

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  13. optimist
    pessimist
    opportunist
    realist
    essentialist

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  14. the quotable resume

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  15. “why not go out on a limb?
    that’s where the fruit is.”
    the optimist

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  16. “why not go out on a limb?
    that’s where the fruit is.”
    the optimist
    (Frank Scully)

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  17. “before you build a better
    mousetrap, it helps to know
    if there are any mice out
    there.”
    the pessimist

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  18. “before you build a better
    mousetrap, it helps to know
    if there are any mice out
    there.”
    the pessimist
    (Yogi Berra)

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  19. “if opportunity doesn’t
    knock, build a door.”
    the realist

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  20. “if opportunity doesn’t
    knock, build a door.”
    the realist
    (Milton Berle)

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  21. “dear optimist, pessimist,
    and realist…
    while you all were busy
    arguing, I drank the water.”
    the opportunist

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  22. “dear optimist, pessimist,
    and realist…
    while you all were busy
    arguing, I drank the water.”
    the opportunist
    (anonymous)

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  23. “choose a job you love,
    and you will never have to
    work a day in your life.”
    the essentialist

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  24. “choose a job you love,
    and you will never have to
    work a day in your life.”
    the essentialist
    (Confucius)

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  25. the blooper resume

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  26. Contact

    Summary

    Skills

    Education

    Experience
    // see Activities section
    Activities Miscellaneous
    // every organization
    // on campus
    // seriously, all of them
    // every single one
    // especially ACM

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  27. the activist

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  28. Contact
    // 123 Fake St.
    Summary
    Skills
    // all popular languages
    Education
    // triple major
    Experience
    // 1 project written n ways
    Miscellaneous

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  29. the illusionist

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  30. Contact
    // vanity URL
    Summary
    // I did this & I did that …
    Skills
    // me me me
    Education
    // …
    Experience
    // story of my life
    Miscellaneous
    // picture (selfie)

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  31. the narcissist

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  32. Contact
    // phone, email, fax, pager, IP addr
    Summary
    // ………………………………………
    // ………………………………………
    Skills
    // fitting text onto 1 page
    // font size manipulation
    Education
    // ………………………………………
    // ………………………………………
    Experience
    // ……………………………………….
    // ……………………………………….
    Miscellaneous
    // next 10 pages (also LinkedIn)

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  33. the typist

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  34. Contact

    Summary

    Skills

    *-- > Education < --*
    // GPA: 4.0, SAT: 1600
    Experience

    *-- > Miscellaneous < --*
    // every honor society

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  35. the elitist

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  36. Contact

    Summary

    Skills

    Education

    Experience

    Miscellaneous

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  37. the purist

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  38. Contact
    // carrier pigeon
    Mission Summary
    // save the world
    Skills
    // pontificating
    Education
    // always learning
    Experience
    // life
    Causes Miscellaneous
    // so many causes

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  39. the idealist

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  40. Contact
    // if you have to, call (?)
    Goals Summary
    // a job, I guess
    Skills
    // N/A
    Education
    // where am I?
    Experience
    // sooo tired
    Miscellaneous
    // like, extra credit?

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  41. the pacifist

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  43. the stylist

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  45. the nudist

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  46. the essentialist resume
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