as for me...i just went for an interview with an oil n gas company..in their adv, they wanted a 3.5 above..but as for me i am way-2 far frm there..but surprisingly they offered me at the end.. may be they just are looking for skill and experience.. best of luck .

btw what is ur company?

way to go !! congratulations.

i myself love hiding gpa score from the resume. juz wait for their phone call for the interview. if they asked, only i revealed it to them, but hopefully my performance during the interview will be good enough to convince them to overlook my shortcoming in gpa score. is juz numbers.

if i were to put my senior colleague as my reference, instead of my head of department. how? is it ok?

It should be ok as long as the person is your direct supervisor. Not a workmate or from another department.

If you only have one company, and you want to ask another trusted colleague to be your referral, then it's OK. People will understand why you can't use your direct supervisor as your ref

thanx!

i'm a fresh graduate and i have a degree in business IT.
i'm not interested in applying for programmer positions, do i still have to write down the languages i've used back in college? i would say i'm only a beginner since my course didnt require much programming. but my computer skills i only have microsoft apps (word, excel, etc) listed down. is this sufficient or do i need to include all softwares that i've worked with?

This post has been edited by bpk16: Feb 3 2009, 02:32 PM

Unless you can do something useful for your future employers with those languages - best leave them out, because if you get the job you may be expected to do something with them.

that's what i thought too. thanks for the reply

1st time here! just know a lot of useful info to get here...

just want to ask, if that is the case, that means we already get the job right, which is the real goal.
so why bother wether they (the company) hire us because of the languages or not?

No, the real goal is to do well in whatever role you have. If you get the job and you don't know those programming languages - and you need them, you're going to have a really tough time, which will be bad for your employer, and bad for you because

1. You won't have a good track record
2. You won't be promoted (If you do manage to even keep the job that is!)

oic, also i thought its third language, didnt know we talk about programming language...

how to know a good cover letter...any tips?

Would like to know if we have worked for few years do we still need to attach our copy of degree with our resume?

Nope... not unless they ask for it.

Normally they will ask for a copy during the interview, therefore you can save hassle.

cover letter and resume .. are they the same ??? If they're not, how to write a proper cover letter ??

Both are not the same...

Cover letter is use if you want to request a position in a company, make sure you point out your expertise, your objective to apply for the position...

Resume or called "Summary on Yourself Letter" is the summarize list of your working experiences, objective, skills and etc. This is important as your potential employers wil decide whether to hire you or not based on this letter.

for better chance to hire, better send both

You can find to write proper cover letter through internet. There's a lot of ways...its up to you decide.

want to ask something...

should we state that we r like "company X scholarship receiver" in our resume?