The joys of resume writing

[MODU]

If you are like me, writing your own resume is just as much fun as having thumb smashed by a hammer.  In fact, I would much rather write resumes for 10 people than sit down and work on my own, but I think I've found the next most annoying thing.

A friend called late last night asking if I would help her put together her resume for an interview she has tomorrow morning.  I said, "No problem.  Send me what you have."  Obviously, she had nothing.  After sending her my latest resume (that I did last year) as a guide, she sends me back an almost blank page with just one or two words describing what she did in each of her jobs. 

Really?  That's all you can do???

I sent it back to her with  questions for each entry, trying to pull some details out of her to attempt to fill in the blanks.  I do get more material to work from on the next version, but still, it's incredibly weak.

I don't mind helping, but I hate trying to figure out exactly what you do when all you list are responses to an AdLib game.  (If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out by now.)

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Mrs. Grumps has a Masters in Human Resources and her SPHR designation, so she make sure the resumes are el perfecto when she helps someone.......but it's frustrating for her to drag out all of the information....have fun, MODU.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Be liberal with words. For example, turn waitress into culinary delivery engineer.

[MODU]

Mrs. Grumps has a Masters in Human Resources and her SPHR designation, so she make sure the resumes are el perfecto when she helps someone.......but it's frustrating for her to drag out all of the information....have fun, MODU.

Is she for hire?  HAHAHA

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Mrs. Grumps has a Masters in Human Resources and her SPHR designation, so she make sure the resumes are el perfecto when she helps someone.......but it's frustrating for her to drag out all of the information....have fun, MODU.

Is she for hire?  HAHAHA

She's headed to Ireland Saturday so I suppose she'd like some extra spend money........sure

[MODU]

Uh oh, do I need to call in a babysitter for you? 

Here's an example of what I received (after asking for additional input):

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Translated that into:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

At east it is in a logical format (and sounds like something an adult did).  She's responsible for "polishing" the resume.  I can't do all of it for her.  hahaha

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Make sure you include any awards at work/school/community/etc....none are too small

[MODU]

Make sure you include any awards at work/school/community/etc....none are too small

^^^

One more reason why you should update your resume annually, so you don't have to reinvent the wheel each time you want to find a new job. 

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Resume, resume, ooh la la...

[DC Al Fine]

This one has been bugging me for a while. Do you guys explicitly link something in the job description with what you did?

Ex: I TA Intro to Business at my school

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Career centre has been encouraging students to do this, but it feels weird and slightly condescending to the employer.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm about ready to get my resume back up and running after I get back from Africa.

[Hash]

I'm in a co-op program so my resume is a bit of a special format designed only for co-op placements, but it's a real bitch to do because they want us to use "action verbs" and stuff like that to describe everything and we did and focus our entire resumes on skills we learned. Thankfully after two work-terms, there's actual meat in the resume, because before I started co-op my only jobs had been stuff like scrutineering elections and being a security guard for a day.

[MaxQue]

Yes, action verbs are trendy in resumes.
Begin sentences by action verbs apparently puts to focus on actions you did and it's always to look like an active person, I was said.