BIGUN 1,450 #26 June 10, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuote2001? 2002? College. I worked at the YMCA, should I add it? No YMCA - just the college. YMCA is not pertinent to the position you're applying for, but the college would explain the time gap. Good luck.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #27 June 10, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuote2001? 2002? College. I worked at the YMCA, should I add it? No YMCA - just the college. YMCA is not pertinent to the position you're applying for, but the college would explain the time gap. Good luck. Agreed. I've actually had more than three jobs in my lifetime, but who cares that I sold shoes when I was 18. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #28 June 11, 2005 Listen to ChasingBlueSky It's iSeries now, not I-Series Instead of: Responsible for the full implementation of the Patient Accounting Module ... try Implemented the Patient Accounting Module ... I treat every interaction with a customer/client/user as a chance to make them happy/satisified/laugh some/like me some/sympathetic to future fixes. If they are happy enough they'll write to my boss or his boss and tell them how great I am. (If you have letters like that have them on the top of the pile at the interview, if you don't, try to get them but be ever so discrete and light-handed about it.) Try to project a sense of how much the clients/users like you. So instead of "Worked with clients to customize data files and applications." which sounds like torture for them, try "Worked with clients until they were completely satisifed with application customizations" or "Customized the application until the clients were completely satisifed/happy/pleased/" etc. Objective - too long, be sure to customize it for each job Also how many desktops/users are you supporting? Numbers would help The fewer words thing may be the exact wrong advice if the resume is being read (and scored) by a computer. Buzzwords might work better for those, I dunno. I'd probably put an XP and a 2000 after "Windows" since you also have AS/400 on this resume to let them know you have modern PC skills. I'd give the Education section a little more uumph, probably bullets so it's formatted like the above sections. I found "Project Manager for INFS 4980, Design and Implementation of an Information System" kind of clunky, figured out it was a course, not a system or a book. maybe Peer-selected project manager for senior class project, a five-person effort implementing an OS-kernal which supported a serial interface to a widget counter. bulleted: - Peer-selected project manager for senior class project - Designed and implemented a Unix Kernal in C/C++/80x86 assembler - Implemented a serial interface to a widget counter My .02 and my sympathies, I hate job-hunting, hope not to do it for a long long long time now. Five years ago with multiple offers everywhere it was quite an ego-stoker, not that way now unfortunately. Blue Skyes You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #29 June 11, 2005 Yes.. good ideas, thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #30 June 11, 2005 Multiple resume's is a must. If you applying for a job, put the exact words from the requirements for the job in the resume. Ex: "Must be good with Excel." Even if you have Expert at Microsoft Office. change it to say Good with Excel somewhere. In a big company usually the first one to read your resume for a job knows nothing about what you do. They are just thinning out the unqualified. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #31 June 11, 2005 If you have time to do so, write the resume for the position. If it is government (especially) or a large company you may be able to get the actual human resources dept "position description" emailed or faxed to you, which, like Bolas says, you should match word-for-word, in order, if at all possible. This makes it easy for the over-worked low-salaried staffer to add points to your score. If you think you have a chance and really want a particular job, ALWAYS write that resume for the position. At a minimum the objective must match the position. Remember you don't need every job there is, just the one for you!!!! Also remember the resume's job is to get an interview, and be passed around the table for confiming thoughts within the hiring group. The interview is where you impress them with your mastery of detail, depth of knowledge, and how enjoyable it would be to have you on the team. Other wine-induced thoughts - have fun with the interviews. You'll likely have a few, and get better at them as you go. Soon (after three or four) you'll be able to size up the interviewer (and by proxy his/her company and/or group) in 3-5 minutes. And they do the same with you. You'd be surprised by how many people show up late - be early. Once place I interviewed at provided the interview questions upon arrival, so being early was quite beneficial. Good Luck! You can have it good, fast, or cheap: pick two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
