Hey, I Need Your Advice

[warhorse]

In the very near future, I will be locating from the busy, sustling atmosphere of Florida, to a more rural country setting in Georgia, near Macon most likely.

Well, when I locate, I will need a job, and I've always been hired fro word of mouth. Well, now, I'll be going at it by myself, and my big question is, how to write a really good resume.

Can you all help me?

Please?

[apolosangel8907]

First...don't lie about anything... and just write what you have done, and if you have never been fired from a job, I am sure everyone will have great things to say about you! I would also go to your local library and look and see if they have any books about job hunting. Also search on the internet. Hope that helps!

[warhorse]

Thanks so much for responding apolosangel8907. Good Idea about the library. An no, never been fired. I have actually stayed with the job until misfortunes had to close up shop.

[californiagrown]

Theres a character in the Song of Soloman (amazing boook) named Macon after the city

good luck with the job search

[Bella]

Try making your resume results oriented rather than a list of job duties. For instance, don't just state what you did, tell about what you created. Bottom line it.

I'm not familiar enough with your field to give you a relevant example, but I can give you an example from my field. Instead of saying "handled theatre bookings for a 3,200 seat historic venue", I say what was the result of my handling the bookings. That changes it to "increased booking revenue to a record high for a 3,200 seat historic venue". See what I mean? That kind of stuff really sticks out to employers.

Hope this helps.

[warhorse]

I wish I could say I contributed to production improvements with y company, but that is simply not the case. I mainly just inspect and do rigorous testing of satelite devices. I know how to test the stuff and talk in the terminology. I sometimes suggest to change parts to make the devices work better, but that's the limit.

I have basically a bench job now, but I want to get out in the open and be outside. Maybe I'll check out the local electric company. I've been also thinking of changing my career. I have been thinking of being a cop. Looks to be a fun job, sometimes.

[Ruffian of Old]

That's clever Bella, I'm gonna have to remember that!

Warhorse, I gotta say I don't have much advice to offer (not much experience with resumes). I might check out some books about writing resumes from the library tho. I bet they have a lot of good info too.

[warhorse]

Yeah, I have some free time on Saturday, so I might go then. I also think there is help at the library for people to guide you in making a good resume.

[teri]

Since you will be looking for a job in a non-local setting where you may not know what is available, you should check out some of the on-line job listing sites like Monster.com.

Many of them not only have job listings for all over the country, they also give advice on writing a resume, job interviewing, etc.

[warhorse]

Yep, I have an account with Monster.com and Career Builder, which I started today. They want me to post a resume, but my resume is kind of bland, and I was looking for hints on how to make it more eye catching.

[teri]

If you have moved around alot from job to job one of the most important things you can do is list along with the dates you worked the reasons you left the position (as long as they are not detrimental to you).

An employer wants to know that you are a stable, responsible individual who won't be looking to leave the job after a short period of time.

One of the reasons we turn down applicants just from their resume is due to limited time they stick to a position. We don't want to start someone in a position and then have to be interviewing for that position again within a year.

[amyurban]

I feel your pain. I just had to write one when I've not had a "real type" of job for 8 years. I've been home raising my child mostly, selling artwork on the side.

I just recently had to re-do my resume' and it was an all day thing but I've been getting calls and interviews on it, so I guess I knew what I was doing, even after all of these years. All the advice you've gotten so far is all actually very good. Go with it and you should do fine!

[CrimsonAngel]

Warhorse, PM me!