Self-promotion example

[prog]

Blogworthy because I've been pointing it out to people as an example lately is the professional website of Ralf Engelschall.

I consider this a nice self-promition site for an alpha hacker in the same field (though with a few years and many accomplishments (to say the least!) up on me), and in the vein of what I intend to do with my own new domain. I like its small size and subtle humor.

(Is it customary for Europeans to put their age and marital status and suchlike on their CVs? If an American mentioned their children in their résumé, I'd likely assume that it was a cynical attempt to look all family-values-ey, but I dunno here.)

Comments

[jazzfish]

All the European resumes/CVs we've seen have come with head-shots and personal information. This American thinks it's a little creepy, in a 'mixing professional and personal' way.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Good to keep in mind. I've already received some criticism along these lines for having jmac.org stuff spilling all over my current self-promo page.

Because I'm positioning myself as a service provider and not a potential employee, I can get away with more shenanigans, but I don't want it to get into the level of annoyance or distraction.

[doctor-atomic.livejournal.com]

Is it customary for Europeans to put their age and marital status and suchlike on their CVs? If an American mentioned their children in their résumé, I'd likely assume that it was a cynical attempt to look all family-values-ey, but I dunno here.)

Yes, it is common in Europe. But your take on why Americans don't do it seems naive to me. People get passed over for jobs in the US because of information like that:

* Women who mention they have children in an interview
* Women who are not married (so you better be married *without* children, ladies)
* Men and women over a certain age

The list goes on. This probably happens in Europe too, I don't know. What I do know is that employers are not allowed to ask you for that type of information when you are applying for a job, because it can be used to discriminate against you.

[prog.livejournal.com]

In my defense, I was speculating on how I'd feel if I saw an American do it, versus wondering why Americans don't do it. But otherwise, yes.

[doctor-atomic.livejournal.com]

Also, that guy's web site made me embarrassed for him kinda.

[radtea.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the weirdest thing is he has his "eneagram" profile as part of his CV, which is equivalent to including a horoscope. Regardless of their past achievements, and this guy's look impressive, I prefer the people I hire to believe things based on evidence and reason. I certainly wouldn't ever hire him for an architect's or designer's job, as I want people in those positions who can build classification systems based on evidence and built out of jointly exhaustive and mutually exclusive categories.

[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

He is both trying too hard and a lot smarter than me.