Yeah and if you are a fresh grad I doubt you can put yourself as "advanced" anyway.
And anyway the HR can see from the jobs/projects you did what kind of languages you actually used and the ones you only learn in class.

I also totally agree that once you know a couple of language learning new ones is just a matter of getting used to the syntax and the (usually small) specificity of the language, what's important if for you to understood the concepts and the algorithms anyway.

Also it would just take way too much space on your resume to list them all and put your skill level

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Aug 2 2010, 04:05 PM

As faceless said it's sometimes more to see if you have something "special" that sets you apart from the rest who always put the same stuff.

Personally I never put such section but if they asked for it you have to put something.
Try to think hard about some hobby or activities you do that isnt the "normal" stuff.

It depends of the company and the job yes, if its anything customer facing or if it's just the company's policy then yes, taking out the jacket during an interview or coming without one can be badly seen for westerners.

Depends of the field also, I personally work in IT and the dress code tend to be a bit more "lenient" than in other industry like banking or finance, customer facing or not, it's a different "attitude"
I would personally prefer to be overdressed for an interview than underdressed.

Like if you arrive in a suit and you see your interviewer is only wearing a shirt (no tie or jacket), then you can consider taking off the jacket and putting it on the back of your seat, or ask first if they mind.
To "level" the field with your interviewer (and be more comfortable yourself if you arent used to wearing a jacket).

Loosening the tie is usually considered quite a bad thing to do yes, if you wear a tie, wear it properly 100% of the time.
It's better to not wear one than wear a loose one definitely!

Well since he barred all the IT stuff or personal stuff (which I totally understand ^^) it has nothing much IT-specific so everyone can review ^^

But yar, you have the sections I also have on my own resume: product skills, language, certs, training etc.

If you are willing to travel, I usually add the standard "Travelling and overseas placement may be viewed as a perk" in the "Additional information" section at the bottom.

Overall I find the design to be quite good also, just maybe the Professional experience is a bit "wordy", or more like the presentation make it quite a bit block which usually makes it harder to read for the HR persons.

I usually try to make shorter sentences and split them into more smaller points, people told me it was easier for them to read as they told me otherwise they tend to "skip" the end of the point to go to the next one.
Like for your first Professional Experience paragraph I might try to split it in 2 smaller points:

- Highly experienced application developer specialist with extensive application life-cycle knowledge
- Main contact point for new incoming development request, which includes:
-- XX1
-- XX2

And do so for all your big points, that's how I do personally and it's more nit-picking. Both way are ok I think.

But on the other hand if you only had one professional experience, might good to do like you did and make the job description more extensive, otherwise you end up with a very short resume for someone with your experience already