Resume writing 101

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Heather — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:04:00 GMT

Any ideas of how to approach a resume when you're in the first job after college?

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HeatherLeigh — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:17:44 GMT

Ooh, Brad, please tell me you will do that someday just for fun!

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Bad_Brad — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:56:31 GMT

Yeah, I was kind of trying to imagine how that went down in the interview setting as well. If I had that kind of a story to tell, I would play it up. I would, you know, stare down the interviewer and maybe twitch just a little like a madman.

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HeatherLeigh — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:04:09 GMT

Tim - I wonder how she said it....like "ho hum, killed my husband, that's all" or did she stare down the interviewer and say it like a pirate?

tod - many recruiters have stories about candidaes like that. I had a candidate like that too, but I'm not sharing the story (it was really troubling...along the lines of To Catch a Predator).

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tod hilton — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:37:28 GMT

“One of the weirdest things that I ever saw on a résumé…was a candidate who explained a 10-year lapse in work experience as being in jail during those years for killing her husband”

Yep, that would definitely be weird to see on a resume!

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Tim — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:08:17 GMT

Had to laugh at the story about the woman with the 10-year gap in her resume caused by "killing her husband". True enough, there's a job for everyone.

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HeatherLeigh — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:48:18 GMT

Well, I graduated from college more than ten years ago, but what I did was list "previous employment" and just put jobs and dates. That way, it's there but it doens't take up much space.

I think we are linear and very into story-telling. SO interviewers really want to start with college and know what happened then scene by scene. I have to admit that I would probably ask you that too. You have to consider that they may be asking to get more info about who you are as a person (were you doing something interseting, did you make a major shift in career, etc.).

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Bad_Brad — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:36:18 GMT

I held a job when I was just out of college (a tad over 10 years ago now) that I do not show on my resume today, as it is irrelevant to anything that I would apply for today. Nevertheless, interviewers constantly ask about it. That's always blown me away. When I'm interviewing a candidate, one of the last things I care about is "what was this guy/gal doing 10 years ago?" I guess #7 (no outdated info) and #9 (no gaps in work history) can be contradictory, and evidently #9 trumps #7.

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Alex — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:53:51 GMT

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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HeatherLeigh — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:02:48 GMT

Lauren - it's not really a search engine thing. I think the recommendations were in light of the fact that people are reviewing the resumes. Re: #6, the difference is the depth and the substance and what can be substantiated.

Regarding GPA, you know my opinion. Ten years into your career, let's hope you have somehting more interesting to talk about than GPA! Well, if you had my GPA, you'd certainly have many more intersting things to talk about!