Your resume drives your compensation, your marketability and the effectiveness of your job search. Without much ado, here are the rules of engagement for writing highly effective killer resumes for Information Technology jobs that gets you on the fast track to career nirvana.
One page resumes are out!
The rule of cramming your skills, experience and accomplishment on one page is dead. Include as much detail as necessary to secure an interview or a job offer. Your personal information is irrelevant!
Skip the section on your hobbies including the references to martial arts, chess, marathon, etc. Nobody really cares. Just answer the question, can you do the job?
Do you have what it takes to be a contract software developer (W2) or a full time permanent computer programmer (FTE)?Or perhaps you have heard that contract programming is unreliable and full time employment financially unrewarding?
Enough of the myths. There are long term contracts that last longer than some full time positions and there are full time positions that pay better than some contract programming engagements.
Here are the differences which you need to be aware of:
- Job Duration
- Benefits
- Job Satisfaction
- Paycheck
- Technical Skills
Because highly skilled software developers (master programmers) are highly paid (read previous post on software developers), the question is how do you become a master contract programmer if you aren’t?
Here is what I consider to be a common sense guide to becoming a master software developer:
- Certify now! Use certifications and test preparation material like transcender to sharpen your overall grasp of your technology
- Read books. Read a lot of technical books on your skill set (for example .NET development). You should own a number of these books yourself
What is the secret path to highly paid contract programming careers if there is one?
Perhaps it is one of the following:
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College Education
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Computer Science Degree
The answer does not lie in a college or post graduate education or computer science degree.
The secret path to contract programming riches lies in:
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Your ability to learn new information quickly
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A passion or drive to work hard at computer programming
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Mastery of high demand computer programming languages like Microsoft .NET
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Marketable resume based on hot skills and matching experience
.NET Developers (dot net computer software programmers) are in big demand with big pay in the major cities of the USA according to a 2006 survey at CNNMoney.com.
According to the survey, if you are willing to become an expert or highly skilled .NET software developer, you can command between $75,000 to $85,000 as an expert or highly skilled dot net (.NET) Microsoft software programmer and you can get an additional pay hike of 15% or more (which brings your pay to $86,000 to $98,000 and more) if you are willing to specialize in a field and then change jobs.
Career development planning for professionals who want a high paying job in a high demand career has never been easy.
This website addresses this difficult challenge by providing career coaching and guidance on how to get into the fastest growing occupations, top paying careers, jobs in high demand and skills in high demand.
The foundation of our career coaching is the Street Smart Guide to High Paying Computer Programming Careers? book and more than a decade of Information Technology (IT) experience in various high demand careers including Business Analysis, Database Development, Project Management, Software Consulting, Software Sales, Contract Programming, Web Development and IT Management.
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