Ok I blogged about my job situation and the challenges I have faced there last week. Things just keep going downhill and my employer does seem to want to get rid of all the old hands. They are unaware of my looking for something else and I plan to keep it that way. I am turning to the BCTS family for help. Here is my problem I need a resume but am not sure how to write it seeing as the only job I have had in the last ten years is this one. References are no problem I have those in spades in my company and out of it. Does anyone have a template or know of one. The only types I can find are employment history. I am currently trying to adapt one of those but it just doesn’t feel right. I am really terrified of having to pound the pavement after so long. I have a few contacts in and around town for tech jobs some from ex employees of my company. I just don’t want to blow any opportunity I get by not getting across what I am capable of doing. If you folks have any ideas please post them here or PM me, and thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Eek! Job hunt coming up. Scary.
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I don't know what state your in, but in California the state EDD site has a format for making a resume, so check your state site. Also Monster Jobs site thru Yahoo also has a resume format avail as do several other sites, even MS Word has a resume format to follow. Good Luck!
Richard
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I've always found that HR people don't spend much time reading a resume. Best plan is to put personal contact info out there first and then follow with a SHORT, one or two sentence, bullet-type list of your accomplishments and why you'd be a good employee for them. (Research the company so you KNOW what they are looking for first!) That catches their attention quickly. Then list your job history. Go back about twenty years or to the end of school, which ever comes first. After that will be your personal references. Just use freestyle unless it's for a government position.
The main thing for the bullets up front is to nail their attention. Do that and they will continue to read. Don't, and it all becomes "blah, blah, blah and more blah" to them. Remember, they are scanned first and read second. Most of them go into the "NO" pile after not garnering attention enough to read in-depth. GET THAT ATTENTION up front.
Good luck and
Hugs,
Erica
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really sorry to hear about the job deal Jenn but baby you know you want out of there but like I'm really confused as to why you also wanna go dig up the dead? k-jo
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Eek! Job hunt coming up. Scary.
Did you have any summer jobs or after school jobs? Those will show a more complete work history about you as well as any references from any babysitting, yardwork or secretarial jobs done as a teen.
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Sheesh
She's been at the same job for the last ten years - you don't put jobs you had as a teen down on a resume!
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you might try your local library
several of them, mine for example offer resume workshops and will do a one hour class on how to create one. If they dont have one on offer, often there will be staff who can walk you through it at the reference desk. (try to ask when there isn't a line!)At the very least there will be several books dedicated specificaly to resumes that will come with cd-roms that have preloaded templates.
Have you had multiple roles
Have you had multiple roles or tasks in that same job? If so that would be the alternative to the employment history listing.
Depends
In the professional realms, like on monster.com or such then they do a lot of keyword searches and such and the resume is less so. General formats for resumes consist of contact information on top. A section for job objective under that and then your employment history section with the name of the employer, period of employment and then under that a bulleted list of job responsibilities and skill set and accomplishments under each employer section. Use as many key words for skills as you can because a lot of employers use a keyword search. The last section is usually for education.
A resume is essentially a sales brochure for YOU. It is a selling tool and it will outline the Features, Advantages and Benefits ( also called 'fabbing' in the sales trade) of hiring you. In a way, look at a sales brochure and look at how the features of a product are outlined for the prospective buyer. More than likely they are in a bulleted form.
Good luck.
Kim