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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 18:59:53 GMT -6
I know this is odd to bring up on a football site, but I'm curious to know if you guys have any "tried and true" format for writing job resume's.
I've farted around the last few times I've changed it, and I'm changing it again now. But I can't find anything new online that I like. Maybe I'm just being too picky.
Let me know if you have something. I'm not looking for the content, just the display format. Bullet points, underlined headers and placement. That stuff...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 19:01:36 GMT -6
If you're curious, I didn't lose my job due to the recession or anything. But I'm seriously contemplating a change right now.
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Post by johnboora on Jul 15, 2009 22:19:01 GMT -6
what type of job are you applying for?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 22:48:09 GMT -6
what type of job are you applying for? I think that's what part of the problem is. I've already applied for a government job earlier this year. But part of me is trying to avoid leaving one soul sucking career for another. I want out of the financial sector. But going to the government worries me, especially right now. So if I start looking at something totally different, I want to be able to alter the resume to fit whatever that is. I'm just trying to stockpile a few ideas.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 0:53:27 GMT -6
If the job you want is important, your best bet is to pay for a resume service. The last one I did, I paid $50 for, and my resume guy added a really nice creative style that I never thought was used in resume writing. i.e. he used the 3 dot technique (...) between "thoughts" in the job objective.
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Post by Neil (OC Outlaws) on Jul 16, 2009 13:07:25 GMT -6
what type of job are you applying for? I think that's what part of the problem is. I've already applied for a government job earlier this year. But part of me is trying to avoid leaving one soul sucking career for another. I want out of the financial sector. But going to the government worries me, especially right now. So if I start looking at something totally different, I want to be able to alter the resume to fit whatever that is. I'm just trying to stockpile a few ideas. We are in the same boat on this one Phish....feeling your pain (that's four dots, not three, I beleive). My opinion (which will probably be shredded here) is that your resume should not be eccentric or fresh (please realize that I'm a boring consulting civil engineer; I'm not about flash and style but more importantly about substance). It should be 1 to 2 pages depending on your profession and longevity, clearly show your contact information on top followed by your education and professional credentials. This will be followed by a brief written narrative of yourself that summarizes your career/profession and what skills you bring to the table. Lastly, you should have in reverse chronological order your work history with the company, location and dates of service with your responsibilities at that company. You can also show how you "climbed the ladder" at a particular company by displaying position, dates and responsiblities of that position under one employer. For my profession, I also provide my project history and break it down by project/area disciplines so that potential employers/clients can see all of my experience in a given area. I'm lucky in that my resume goes out in all of my proposals. I could provide some of those as well. Our marketing folks spruce those up quite nicely. If you like I'd be glad to send you a sample resume or two for you to peruse. Let me know.
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Post by Neil (OC Outlaws) on Jul 16, 2009 13:10:05 GMT -6
If the job you want is important, your best bet is to pay for a resume service. The last one I did, I paid $50 for, and my resume guy added a really nice creative style that I never thought was used in resume writing. i.e. he used the 3 dot technique (...) between "thoughts" in the job objective. As usual, James, brings up a good idea to consider. As I noted earlier, you need the proper substance to make this work to. I think that's the most important issue. If you go to work for somebody that picks your resume because it looks cool then what does that say about that person? Just my thoughts, but I suppose its all about what career field your in.
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Post by Bill (Fog City Force) on Jul 16, 2009 14:32:58 GMT -6
My experience, as someone who spends a lot of time looking through resumes to try and find quality people, my whole focus is trying to identify companies the person has worked for that I know and then I can place calls to my contacts within those firms to find out the real skinny on that someone.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 15:22:01 GMT -6
Thanks for the feedback boys. I suppose I could be overthinking this a bit. Although, the triple dot technique isn't something I've ever seen. Interesting. Obviously, it depends on the job you're applying for. I certainly understand that "professional" job types should have a pretty clean look to it. And that jobs that involve some creativity should probably have something a bit more eye catching when it comes to fonts and such. Maybe I should just focus on fluffing up my resume... even if it's all bunk. Exaggerating sales numbers a bit more, crap like that. What do you guys think about listing more than one previous employer? The reason why I ask is because I've been with this company for over 8 years now and my previous jobs were in completely unrelated fields. Typically, your employment history shouldn't cover more than your current/previous employer and one or two more ( in my opinion, and most people that I've talked to ). But I feel weird about not listing any previous employment since it was so long ago. Does that make sense? I should also mention that I've had someone who worked in HR for my current employer share some tips in the past. So I'm not totally out to lunch with what I have now. But I'm gonna start firing some resumes out before football season starts ( I know I won't be in the mood to be super active in the job hunt once September rolls around. ) And to Bill's point, I know that my current employer looks good on a resume since it's a major bank that is very respected among our "Big 5". I don't know... BLAHHHHHHHHHHH... I hate looking for jobs and working on resume's and cover letters! Why couldn't I have been a trust fund baby? FAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKK!
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Post by Gregg(Seal Fuckers) on Jul 20, 2009 8:37:03 GMT -6
happy birthday, hopefully you got the sailor you wished for
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