Autocad

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen) 07/25/2014 at 13:46 • Filed to: None

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I am not highly proficient making autocad drawings, but I do on a day-to-day basis work with autocad reading drawings to help customers or fellow employees identify parts or part numbers. Anyone know how to best word this for a resume? Without saying I can't really use autocad, I can only look at it, because that sounds half-assed. Haha.

dogisbadob > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/25/2014 at 13:51

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Just list AutoCAD on your resume. You have to fake it until you make it.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > dogisbadob 07/25/2014 at 13:53

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That's one way to do it, but I am in procurement and have no designs on being an engineer, but I do want to convey that I have the ability to work closely with engineers and have the skills to interpret their drawings.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/25/2014 at 13:58

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the end of what you said there is a good starting point. Say something like you utilize autoCAD to collaborate with engineers and engineering drawings. be vague i guess. the interview is when they can ask you the details. and fuck resumes especially cover letters. writing that stuff sucks. good luck

Mattbob > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/25/2014 at 14:01

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Familiar versus Proficient. Thats how I see people do it most of the time. Familiar means you can work through it and look at stuff while proficient means you are a boss at it.

tromoly > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/25/2014 at 14:13

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Blueprint interpretation?

uofime > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/25/2014 at 14:15

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there you go, say "experience reading engineering drawings" maybe clarify 2d drawings.

FYI there's nothing special about them being from AutoCAD, engineering drawings are engineering drawings ( that's not to say that some aren't' better than others, just that the software package(or lack thereof) they were created with isn't' the controlling factor)

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > uofime 07/25/2014 at 14:20

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Yeah, I should probably specify engineering drawings, not autocad. Thanks for your suggestions!

vicariousILive > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/25/2014 at 17:14

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I would use... Ability to understand and interpret mechanical/engineering drawings

Goggles Pizzano > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 07/25/2014 at 20:42

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Sounds like it might fall between "Working knowledge" and "not having any knowledge".

Give yourself a a few hours to play, make some shapes, and "working knowledge" would work on a resume. Putter some more before the interview. During interview smooth it over with "it's been a long time" and "really only did straightforward work with it before". 3-4 more hours crash-course with the use of the Tubes before you start, and good to go. Personality and work ethic go a long way to make-up for technical shortcomings. ;-)x