Hacker News Reader

It's possible the University of Bedfordshire role at the top makes it look like you're a student - to a lazy recruiter who doesn't read. The first bullet point "as part of a research project" again suggests you might be back in college - again to a recruiter who doesn't read.

I may be wrong - just a suggestion.

View on HN

I think is partly because he's omitted any job titles.

And partly because he omitted education. I recognize that aging yourself or revealing a lack of technical degree (despite work history) may do you a disfavor under some circumstances, but it's also one of the first things a non-technical (read: HR) reviewer is going to look for and round-file if not found.

Yeah that's a good shout, thank you! I hadn't considered that.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com