resumes?

[homersipes]

So I am trying to get a different job, was hoping someone in here could point me in the direction of doing a resume as I have never made one.  Been at the same craphole job since I was 20.

[Shuffler]

Do you have MS Office? It has a resume template.

You can also search resumes online to see what and how others form theirs.

Quick Bing search for "resume templates"

http://www.bing.com/search?q=resume+template&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=resume+template&sc=8-15&sp=-1&sk=

[zack1234]

Always embellish your experience and abilities 

Everyone does it

especially management

Write down what you think a prospective employee might require, youwill be suprised how much you have picked up over the years

Most importantly try and get a job you might enjoy

[mthrockmor]

Also, google 'what not to put on a resume' and 'what to do on resumes.' Keep in mind you will get great teasers under both searches, they want you to sign up for their professional services to finalize your resume.

You could also reach out to the local college and/or work force services/job placement department. Most states have offices that help people do job searches. It is key to first, not make mistakes on the resume, second get it right. I've read hundreds of resumes and mistakes will get it round-filed right away. I would even go so far to find an english major in college to read it for spelling and punctuation errors. If you went to college, most colleges have alumni offices to help them find jobs, even if you didn't graduate.

You are doing the right thing to ask this question. I would post some of the best resumes I have but they contain private information. Should be great resources for help, just keep looking.

Best of luck!!

Boo

[mthrockmor]

Zach, with termination litigation and google searches, Facebook etc I would strongly recommend against such activity. For the past four or five hires I've done I was amazed to learn that they googled and Facebooked me, and I was doing the interviewing.

Embellishments will get a resume roundfiled, or worse.

Boo

[Shuffler]

Never state something you did not do or do not have experience in. You will regret it in the future.

Always be honest... straight up... on your resume.

[zack1234]

I ment don't don't under play what your abilities are

[VonMessa]

Keep the information on the resume relevant to the job that you are applying for.

If it has nothing to do with the new job, leave it out.

It looks like bloat and fluff.

[homersipes]

thanks for advise, been for about 2 months at the job I am at. 

[PFactorDave]

And for goodness sake, spell check it.  Then have a few people you know spell check it.

I used to do the hiring for a company.  When we had a job opening, we would run a simple classified ad in the newspaper.  I would get dozens and dozens of resumes.

Just to make the task easier to manage, I would immediately trash poorly written resumes.  Also, unemployed people would be sent to the bottom of the pile.  So, if you have a job, keep it until you find a new one.  If you are unemployed, a potential new boss has to wonder why you aren't working.  Were you fired?  Did you have a tantrum and quit?  Not the kind of things you want a potential employer thinking about.

Also, be sure to show any advancements or promotions at your current job.  That will show that your current employer liked and trusted you.

[oakranger]

Your resume should ideally cover no more than two pages and never more than three. Aim to ensure the content is clear, structured, concise and relevant. Using bullet points rather than full sentences can help minimize word usage.  A basic resume may need tailoring with each job application to best suit the requirements of the role applied for.  The completed resume needs to be checked carefully for grammatical errors and spelling mistakes - which always leave a poor impression - and to ensure that it makes sense. Ask an 'independent' party to review the whole document before it is put into use.  Go to the nearest college and see the student career center.  They will have staffs that can assist you to make a good resume. 

[rogwar]

Even then the job market is all weirded out. My wife has 16 years of retail management experience with a very impressive, professional, well done, no mistakes resume. It has also been checked by a variety of people including a couple of professionals in that area. The company she worked for closed her store because of no fault of hers because the store was performing. The store chain Talbots is unfortunately failing.

She has had trouble getting interviews for store manager or even assistant manager where they just want a couple of years of experience and she has 16.  She has not been trying to ask for her old salary level either.

Maybe it's because she is 46, was with the same company for 16 years, we are baffled. She's even bilingual English and Spanish. 

[oakranger]

Even then the job market is all weirded out. My wife has 16 years of retail management experience with a very impressive, professional, well done, no mistakes resume. It has also been checked by a variety of people including a couple of professionals in that area. The company she worked for closed her store because of no fault of hers because the store was performing. The store chain Talbots is unfortunately failing.

She has had trouble getting interviews for store manager or even assistant manager where they just want a couple of years of experience and she has 16.  She has not been trying to ask for her old salary level either.

Maybe it's because she is 46, was with the same company for 16 years, we are baffled. She's even bilingual English and Spanish. 

It is the way it is these day. Unfortunately companies rather hire some young, un-experience kid over her so they do not have to pay her more and they can trained that young kids vulnerable mine to the way they want him/her to think.

[homersipes]

thats crazy man.  my wife went through the same crap, told her she was "overqualified"  wtf is that lol.  like the place I am instead of promoting from within they hire people that have NO CLUE about what we do and these are the people that tell us what to do.  this is how stupid some of my coworkers are, we found vermiculite in her house, this may have asbestos.  The state of vermont states that if we find it on the first or 3rd day doesnt matter when we find it, the job is closed, so anyways we find this and a cowork whom is telling us how and what to do on these jobs tells the lady "if its gone we will finish the work" so she uses a SHOPVAC to vacum this up.  Now this lady has 4 kids that live with her!! thats how smart people I work with are. sorry kinda off topic just saying

[rogwar]

Not intending to hijack the OP's thread here.


She also has a BA degree in Merchandising and is a nice looking, well dressed, well spoken lady. She could pass the background and credit checks required for such positions. It is generally known in the industry that Talbots was closing a bunch of stores. She would be listed as re-hirable at Talbots as well in a reference check.

She's now trying for some entry level positions in banking in addition to retail.