RE: Getting Hired...Opinion #2500

Subject: RE: Getting Hired...Opinion #2500
From: "Tariel, Lauren R" <lt34 -at- saclink -dot- csus -dot- edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:51:51 -0800

"this makes me feel like I'm chasing butterflies"

I'm in a really bad mood today and I think that I would rather chase butterflies right now. Is chasing butterflies a feather merchant skill?

Okay. Good writing is written for the audience. Just because a group of documents are written for end-users, does not mean that that group of documents will all be written for users of the same skill level or for readers of the same attention span. I doubt that readers of resumes can be grouped so that we can say that all resumes should be written for the same audience. A recruiter can read several hundred resumes for one job and develop a rather short attention span and may simply ignore anything written past the middle of the second page. A manager replacing a 20-year veteran employee may spend more time reviewing a resume to find the right "fit." Small business managers will look for someone quick, eager, and inexpensive. Large corporations will look for someone stable that will not question authority. Yada, yada, yada...

The end of my tangent is that how you write your resume depends on who will read it and what kind of job you want. Do you want to jump to another contract that you can quickly vacate? Keep it short and sweet. Do you want to land that dream job that you will stay with for many years? Organize yourself with a good cover letter and well-compartmentalized resume and let your personality spill out over the pages, but keep it short and concise. Looking to market yourself for a unique or high profile job? Get a very good portfolio and hone your presentation skills. Do you want to land a government job? 5 page resume. Minimum.

Anyway. So as I was navigating the freeway system today, I yelled to the ignorant drivers on the road, "Idiots, idiots everywhere! and not a gun to shoot!!!" Whose the idiot now? oh... never mind.

Lauren


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From: techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com on behalf of Ned Bedinger
Sent: Tue 1/23/2007 1:23 AM
To: Gene Kim-Eng
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Getting Hired...Opinion #2500



Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
> Not really, because the real conflict is just getting upper management
> approves a req, any req. They seldom make much noise over 2 years
> experience vs 10+

OK, check me on this scenario:

You publish the job order and a recruiter copies me on the description,
which says 1-2 years IT experience writing training material.

I read it, hunt for any information between the lines, find none, and
call the recruiter back. They don't know any more, but will look into
it. I call them 2 hours later, they still can't tell me more.

I make a management decision to send a resume. I don't know enough
about the job requirements to fine tune, but these job orders get filled
quickly, so I can't wait around if I want it. The resume I send says
I've got 32 months of IT Training Writing spread over a decade. I have
Instructional Design skills, which don't get old, but the relevant work
history is embedded in 14 years of jobs. So I add a cover letter saying
" Please see work history items 7,19,20, 27-30).

At the same time, a gal trained in IT Training Writing by the army (she
just got out after 2 years) also applies, with a short resume containing
the words IT, Training, and Powerpoint featured prominently, followed by
a quarter page of acronyms describing her two years as training writer
in the army.

If I am reading this thread correctly, I think you'll discard my resume
and hire the ex-army writer. Your advice to me would be to pick a
different cross-sectional view of my experience and make my resume
totally readable at a long glance, right?

I hate to say it, because I think the advice is business-like, but this
makes me feel like I'm chasing butterflies, or being reorg'd. Tell me
again why my resume isn't OK at 5 pages? Is it too fiddly paging back
and forth from cover letter to resume? Or generally not considerate
enough of the other demands on your time and attention? For me, this is
a challenge, putting myself in your shoes....

--Bigfoot
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References:
Re: Getting Hired...Opinion #2500: From: Mary Arrotti
Re: Getting Hired...Opinion #2500: From: Ned Bedinger
Re: Getting Hired...Opinion #2500: From: Gene Kim-Eng
Re: Getting Hired...Opinion #2500: From: Ned Bedinger

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