[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Author Index (this month)][Thread Index (this month)][Top of Archive]

Re: Resume citation for ex-companies

Subject: Re: Resume citation for ex-companies
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:45:38 -0700


Bonnie Granat wrote:

That's
why most resume experts and career coaches suggest you put your work
experience on the second page.

Not the expert whose book I just edited. Work experience, she says, should
start on the first page.

Really? She suggests that the work history should start on the first page? Does she give the reasoning?

The reasoning I'm citing goes something like this: use the objective rather like a newspaper headline to draw interest. List your skills and accomplishment to validate your skills. The reasoning is that these are what the employer is interested in; the job history should simply provide confirmation.

However, I haven't been following this format long enough to have any opinion of the results, so I'm curious about other suggestions.


I don't get it, Bruce. Did you leave a "not" out of the paragraph or
something?

Yes, I did. Sometimes, living caffeine-free exacts its price - especially on Mondays.

- Two other major positions were judged not to be software-oriented
(never mind that the job description I provided clearly showed otherwise).

Did you apply for a developer's job or a writer's job?


A writer's job.

Of course, I might add that preparing a hardware manual often isn't much different from preparing a software manual.

--
Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177
http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield

"I had a dream and I gave it a name
The name that I gave it was your name.
- Sam Larkin, "Mirabeau Bridge"


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Buy ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 6.0, the most powerful SINGLE SOURCE HELP
AUTHORING TOOL for MS Word. SAVE $100 on the full version and $50 on the
upgrade. Offer ends 10/31/2002 (code: DTH102250).
http://www.componentone.com/d2hlist1002

All-new RoboHelp X3 is now shipping! Get single sourcing, print-quality
documentation, conditional text and much more, in the most monumental
release ever. Save $100! Order online at http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.


Follow-Ups:

References:
Re: Resume citation for ex-companies: From: Jeff Hanvey
Re: Resume citation for ex-companies: From: Bruce Byfield
Re: Resume citation for ex-companies: From: Bonnie Granat

Previous by Author: Re: Resume citation for ex-companies
Next by Author: Re: techwr-l digest: October 20, 2002
Previous by Thread: Re: Resume citation for ex-companies
Next by Thread: Re: Resume citation for ex-companies

[Top of Archive] | [Author Index (this month)] | [Thread Index (this month)]

What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:

Sponsored Ads