Desperation Resumes
Job Hunting? Seeking Job Candidates? We have both here. Recruiters, this is what you are looking for. A site for good people who are reliable and ready to get back in the work place to have resources and know what you are talking about.
This economy has a lot of people scared. Jobs are being removed and then added again with a smaller dollar sign attached. People who commanded a good job a decade ago are now finding themselves begging today. Everyone wants a piece of the pie, not many can figure out how to get there.
This website is devoted to the job seeker and the recruiter, both who are providing essential services to the community. The job seeker wants to feel validated for their years of hard work and effort. The recruiter wants to find the right candidate among the many who, whether qualified or not, are applying for the many jobs that are hiding out there.
Please take a moment to see if your resume has the following elements:
Your Header : Name, e-mail (at your own risk) and phone only for sites where you have to post your resume. Otherwise, add your address. We wish to cut down on over-ading.
Your Objective: What you wish the employer to know that you will bring to the table
Some sites actually recommend removing the Objective section and, instead, including an acheivements section.
Your Previous Employment Efforts: Chronologically from the most recent to the distant past. Try to keep it under ten years of Employment History, unless that narrows it down to just one or two for you. Use bullets, or space them out well for ease of reading.
Your Education: If you need to add your High School, do so, otherwise keep it to the college and above level. Also, this is the time to add in any certifications or special classes you may have taken that awarded you special acknowledgements.
Your Skills: Depending upon the line of work you are targeting, you need to list your skills in the most relevant to the industry way possible. Recruiters want to know you are capable of doing the work they are trying to fill. If you are trying to be an Administrative Assistant, for example, then list all pertinent skills related to Assisting VPs, SVPs, C-level Executives, or Attorneys, etc. (ie: Filing, preparing documents using MS products, Calendar Management, etc) If, however, you are the latest starlet to blaze the screen, your skills may be more pertinent to the odd-ball things you have managed to learn over time, like eating with chopsticks or juggling three lemons and hopping on one foot while singing glory, glory halleluiah.
Any Organizations or Affiliations you may have: Here you may enter that you were Phi Beta Kappa or Alpha Omega Nu, or the Children's New Symphony Orchestra what-have-you. These things may be of interest as an added extra to the hiring manager.
If at all possible, put it in Word Format, usually 2003 version, which almost everyone still has. The 2007 is still too new and costly for mass use. Try and enter your Data in Tables with no, or hidden, borders. Another cute trick to use is to enter key words that apply to the position you are trying to get at the bottom of your resume, but use white as the font color. The computer will pick it up, the recruiter will look at your resume. Use any advantage you can get.
This website is devoted to the job seeker and the recruiter, both who are providing essential services to the community. The job seeker wants to feel validated for their years of hard work and effort. The recruiter wants to find the right candidate among the many who, whether qualified or not, are applying for the many jobs that are hiding out there.
Please take a moment to see if your resume has the following elements:
Your Header : Name, e-mail (at your own risk) and phone only for sites where you have to post your resume. Otherwise, add your address. We wish to cut down on over-ading.
Your Objective: What you wish the employer to know that you will bring to the table
Some sites actually recommend removing the Objective section and, instead, including an acheivements section.
Your Previous Employment Efforts: Chronologically from the most recent to the distant past. Try to keep it under ten years of Employment History, unless that narrows it down to just one or two for you. Use bullets, or space them out well for ease of reading.
Your Education: If you need to add your High School, do so, otherwise keep it to the college and above level. Also, this is the time to add in any certifications or special classes you may have taken that awarded you special acknowledgements.
Your Skills: Depending upon the line of work you are targeting, you need to list your skills in the most relevant to the industry way possible. Recruiters want to know you are capable of doing the work they are trying to fill. If you are trying to be an Administrative Assistant, for example, then list all pertinent skills related to Assisting VPs, SVPs, C-level Executives, or Attorneys, etc. (ie: Filing, preparing documents using MS products, Calendar Management, etc) If, however, you are the latest starlet to blaze the screen, your skills may be more pertinent to the odd-ball things you have managed to learn over time, like eating with chopsticks or juggling three lemons and hopping on one foot while singing glory, glory halleluiah.
Any Organizations or Affiliations you may have: Here you may enter that you were Phi Beta Kappa or Alpha Omega Nu, or the Children's New Symphony Orchestra what-have-you. These things may be of interest as an added extra to the hiring manager.
If at all possible, put it in Word Format, usually 2003 version, which almost everyone still has. The 2007 is still too new and costly for mass use. Try and enter your Data in Tables with no, or hidden, borders. Another cute trick to use is to enter key words that apply to the position you are trying to get at the bottom of your resume, but use white as the font color. The computer will pick it up, the recruiter will look at your resume. Use any advantage you can get.
One recommendation I have both heard and endorse is attitude. You can have all the skills in the world, but if you lack the confidence to speak forcefully and with intelligence to your interviewers, then they have no reason to be confident in you.
Walk tall, head up, face forward and be clear. Tell them you are interested in pursuing the position further that they have in front of you. If you have proven you match the job description and have the required skills to accomplish the job in question, then they should be able to see what you want them to see.
Walk tall, head up, face forward and be clear. Tell them you are interested in pursuing the position further that they have in front of you. If you have proven you match the job description and have the required skills to accomplish the job in question, then they should be able to see what you want them to see.