resume questions

>>17506464
Put down whatever you did in the last few years, then try to spin them as things that contributed towards developing skills that are relevant, like teamwork or whatever. There are also non-job-specific qualities that you may be able to show off, like ambition, positivity etc.

>And will the employers check on that?
They may or may not. If you leave a conspicuous gap, they may question you about it anyway. They're most likely going to ask for references either way.

>Also, is a photo of me totally necessary?
Not at all. Actually, I'm pretty sure most people don't put photos in their resumes.

>And I'm gonna be sending my resume by email to some job offer sites, should I send it as a MS Word .doc file?
No, because recruiters are scumbags. PDF only.

>>17506547
Thanks!!

>But should I include both of those? Should I write them as "work experience"? Or under some other title and put no work experience part?
Put them under "volunteer work" or "freelancing" or something like that.

>And if I should write the shop part, what's the proper way to word it?
I don't know how you should word your work experience, it's you who did it. Just list the basic idea of what you did, and maybe the occasional achievement.

>Idk if they will speak a good word of me.
Have you considered asking them during your exit interview?

>>17506464
photo or not really varies from country to country. in many parts of west europe for example it's pretty much expected. I've heard that in other areas it's more uncommon though. either way, putting a very good pic of yourself onto your cv is a good reference, too. even if you're not super handsome or anything - show off that you're capable of wearing nice clothes and able to smile into a camera. that's not much, but will elevate your cv above any equally qualified one lacking a photo

>>17506464
Learn the following or at least list them:

LaTeX
MySQL
C#/HTML5/etc
SalesForce
VMware/Oracle Box/Hyper-V
Microsoft Server 20XX


You'll get a job with that

>>17506570
Thanks! I'll try to find out what's the norm here.

>>17506561
Thanks! And I'm not sure what you mean by exit interview, if you mean from the shop, the place simply closed down. But it was run by some people who are kind of nuts.
As for wording it, yes it was a silly question of mine, especially since English is not my mother language.

>>17506575
Thanks! I know some basic stuff about a few of those and some other languages, I'm gonna list them in the CV.

>>17506575
>at least list them
Shit advice. If it's listed in the resume, you're pretty much saying "I know this, grill me!". Also, LaTeX and SalesForce are highly domain-specific.

>>17506586
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_interview
Sounds like it's not an option in your case though. An EI was helpful to me, since it was a chance for me to gauge other people's opinions of the work I did with them.