Yes, I used to have a page like that attached to my resume, but people kept tossing it aside.

I called it, “Buzzwords In My Background”.

I was constantly asked, “What is this? Why is it here?"

-David "The Tool Wiz" Schwartz



> On Aug 19, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Carruth, Rusty <Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com> wrote:
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> In some ways, I was in a similar situation.
> 
> FWIW, in my resume I have a 'buzzwords' list where I list EVERYTHING I ever worked with that I feel is reasonable to mention.  So for example my table said something like:
> 
> BUZZWORDS/Experience/etc (or something like that - I forget exactly the wording)
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> BASH   Perl  awk/sed/grep Linux ATE Python FreeDOS ssh csh cvs svn (subversion)
> ClearCase  
> 
> And so forth.  Don't know if it helped or hurt, but at least I was able to list EVERYTHING that I felt was appropriate without having to have a 20-page resume.   And my job searching experiences seem to mirror the rest of the world (and sometimes  think I may have done better than 'average', whatever THAT means!)
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