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The article you are just about to read is based on a question posted by one of my subscribers who wants to know “how to put together a compelling ASP.NET programmer resume from watching ASP.NET software developer videos“
Let me begin by saying that you cannot put together a compelling resume just by watching ASP.NET Videos … you will have to get some hands on programming experience.
The key thing that hiring managers are looking for on your resume is not your programming certifications or your degrees or computer science education but your hands on programming experience. After that then they may consider the other things (training, certification, degrees, education, qualifications, etc.)
So the real question here is:
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How do you get hands on ASP.NET programming experience?
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How do you document the programming experience on your resume?
HOW TO GET HANDS ON, ASP.NET PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE
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Build ASP.NET Applications for personal use. Begin by developing asp.net web applications that have some real world, practical and personal benefit. An example would be a web application that stores and catalogs links to useful ASP.net articles that you find on the web
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Volunteer for open source ASP.NET projects. There are several open-source ASP.NET projects on sites like http://www.CodePlex.com. Some of these open source projects need asp.net developers that will code specific features of the open source project.
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Volunteer for non profit projects. Find a non profit organization close to your heart and volunteer to help with creating or improving their websites or software pplications
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Work on freelance projects via websites like RentACoder or Elance. You don’t have to try and win a big bid. Work on winning the smaller bids. You will be working for real clients and you will get used to communicating with clients and managing the scope of your project.
HOW TO DOCUMENT ASP.NET PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE ON YOUR RESUME
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Go back and document all the projects or tasks or features you wrote or completed.
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Describe the technologies you used, the business processes you supported, the type of project you worked on, the positive reviews giving by your clients or project managers or colleagues. One of the biggest mistakes that IT professionals make on their resume is that they give too little credence to the tasks they perform on a project. This has to do with a bit of low self-confidence and estimation.
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Don’t have to wait until you complete a big project before you feel good about yourself. Give a lot of time, attention and effort to documenting the smaller victories (tasks, features or software applications) you either created from scratch or completed. Trust me, your resume would look much better than the other folks that don’t do use this technique.
One of the folks in my online training bootcamp applied the last technique to his business analyst resume and saw the activity on his resume jump by 300%.
Another professional did the same thing and started getting pulled into business analyst job interviews … he wasn’t even qualified to attend. When he saw that recruiters were taking him seriously and that he was getting a lot of calls for business analyst consulting jobs beginning at $30/hr. he decided to run back and complete his training … that is how powerful the techniques posted on this article are.
Note: You can adapt and use these techniques to improve your resumes and hand on experience for business analyst or data analyst or computer programmer jobs and careers.
This post is an answer to a question asked by Talibah Coleman on “How to put together a compelling ASP.NET programmer resume from watching ASP.NET software developer videos“. You may click here to read the original question or add your own question or comment to the discussion.
The original post is a No Holds Barred Discussion on challenges, problems or issues facing my readers. If you have a Burning Question or Challenge you need help with, be sure to add your question to that page and i will answer it fully just as I answered Talibah’s question above!
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Kingsley:
You talk about how programmers and business analysts can get good paying jobs after several months of study and using the right strategies.
When I was studying for my networking exams. I remember how a few people would start at $50k after the MCSE.
Well i actually heard of one and I think I met him but I think he did a contract job first than got a $50k a year job.
I heard of one through hearsay that got a $70k job after that person got their MCSE this was close to before or after year 2000.
You speak of getting good pay with a short amount of time of study with programming and business analyst.
Can you guide people who are studying networking how they can get a good paying job after their studies?
It seems like for networking, in order to get a good paying job or a networking job, people may usually have to pay their dues by doing help desk or start out as a desk side technician.
I have met MCSEs that had a hard time finding a job because of lack of experience.
It seems like employers have felt burned by hiring certified people.
So, it can be hard to get a networking job for that reason.
There are a lot of people who like networking over programming. So, will you be having articles related to computer networking?
Here is a post on computer networking careers titled: “How To Build A Career In Information Security”
http://www.it-career-coach.net/2010/03/14/how-to-build-a-career-in-information-security-infosec/
Paraq:
I will post some information about Computer Networking Careers if that is waht you need … and yes I actually worked in computer networking a long time ago
Am grateful for the replies and the commitment.
Thank you very much.
I want to wish you success in all that you do
Avy:
Thank you very much too … I wish you a great life.
I’m studying .net and oop and design patterns.
I see the .net ads and I studying as fast as I can so I start building something and doing some volunteer work to get hands-on experience.
Keep up the good work and I’ll let you know of my progress.
Frank
Frank:
Thank you for the feedback and for the encouragement.
I wish you the best in your career and please feel welcome to participate in the discussions on this site.
Kingsley
Good points, but to put all the project details would make your resume really long.
Mine resume is already 6 page long, that is after I cut out most of my Internet projects. I was told that most managers only read the first two pages.
Making your resume long or short doesn’t matter. Getting the job is all that matters.