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Eurytol		#81	[-]
Posts: 4640 (12/23/08 04:58 PM) Badass motherfucker-er Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Forum Love Remove this ad Beep is girlie, Beep is girlie! /taunt
quietsurvivorfan		#82	[-]
Posts: 16490 (12/23/08 05:09 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Latt14, while you are looking for a job, I would recommend that you get some books on Sarbannes Oxley and figure out how you can help a small business comply with that shit law. My company recently went public and next quarter, when I hire a CFO, I have to have someone that with a lot of experience with compliance with SOX. I also expect we will need to hire some newer grads that can implement the financial controls that are required in that law. So far, as a start up, I have been able to avoid making that a priority. I bought some SOX books to learn about this, but they put me to sleep after I read one page. Regarding resumes, I want good formatting, and a really good summary, bullet points, and NO mis-spelled words. Good grammar and punctuation is nice. I want action words, not drivel, when people describe their work history. Avoid "assisted with", etc. Instead replace with, "I did". I look for self starters. I want people who will take ownership of their work. I want people who aren't just there to trade time for money, but instead want to get a real sense of satisfaction from a job well done. I don't want to hear about their private life clubs and activities in a resume, I don't care. If I want to know, I can bring the subject up in an interview about "community involvement". I don't want to know if they have kids or are married on a resume. I don't care. However, if I end up hiring someone with kids and they need time off to go to a school play or something, fine, we can work that out, but it is not relevant when I will be deciding WHO to talk to from a resume pile. Last Edited By: quietsurvivorfan 12/23/08 05:11 PM. Edited 2 times.
viva la blonde		#83	[-]
Posts: 272 (12/23/08 05:47 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Latt14 wrote: Just thought I'd throw this out there. I'm a relatively recent college graduate (May 2008) from the University of Scranton (yes it really is a shitty town) in the northeast with a B.S. in Finance. Three weeks ago, I finished up a temp position that I had since mid-September, and have since not been able to find any leads on a new job. The temp position didn't really give me any real world experience, but I needed the money so I took it. Any advice my fellow sucksters could give me that are in the industry and possibly what I should look to get into would be greatly appreciated! I'm currently in the Philadelphia area if anyone is hiring.... check your pm's.
BitterBetty		#84	[-]
Posts: 73 (12/23/08 05:49 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	isn't drinkinghotchocolate the human pez dispenser? should she really be giving advice about ANYTHING? just wondering.
factoryhurl		#85	[-]
Posts: 5098 (12/23/08 06:04 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	gosh, qsf is a big wheeler dealer!
1000Proof		#86	[-]
Posts: 8958 (12/23/08 06:19 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	THE definitive resume paper answer: 1. Most resumes are either emailed or uploaded into a database so no need to worry about paper 2. If you're attending a career fair or an interview fair, you would be foolish to not use resume paper (not the scrap booking paper, but conservative resume paper). You are probably competing against a lot of others for the attention of the recruiter/interviewer so why would you not want to stand out. 3. If you're invited to interview with the company at their place, 95% of the time the individuals who are conducting the interview already have your resume. It doesn't hurt to have extra copies on hand (using resume paper). 4. Snail mailing a paper copy of your resume on cheap paper you stole from the copy machine is uncouth, unprofessional, and that you just don't love yourself. Now no more discussions on this paper topic. I have responded. Shut this bitch down.
leeter		#87	[-]
Posts: 2531 (12/23/08 06:20 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Ahem People who say "I refuse to accept multi-page resumes" are fucking idiots - or they work in lower-lower class jobs. If you've been employed for longer than 5 years, and all you did was being a fucking Janitor, then yeah, one paragraph would about do it. A one page resume tells me jack shit about what a person accomplished at previous jobs and why I should hire them. If you've only been at ONE job for the past 5 years - and you want to come work for me - you better have more than one page worth of projects, results, methods and accomplishments to tell me about. Of course, if you're mediocre and you essentially sat on your ass and did the bear minimum for 5 years - fuck off. I can hire somebody in India to do the bear minimum for me.
YoureJustJealous		#88	[-]
Posts: 547 (12/23/08 06:25 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	wow i appreciate all the replys. i can see how some resumes would need longer explanations, but essentially i'm just looking to scrape the gunk off teeth. sooo really not too much to say there.
SonOfAbraxas		#89	[-]
Posts: 7869 (12/23/08 06:29 PM) BB Forum Moderator Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The only thing I've learned from this thread is that the resume doesn't really matter ... All that matters is if the person who receives the resume likes how long it is and what kind of paper it's on. =/
leeter		#90	[-]
Posts: 2535 (12/23/08 06:52 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Forum Love Remove this ad 1. Send it by email. Paper is paper and it gets lost in the shuffle 2. I've interviewed based on cover letters before. I've won interviews when I wouldn't have normally got interviewed because of cover letter copy. 3. A resume is a fucking marketing document. It's an ad for your brand. If your brand is "scrape gunk off teeth" that's great.
GnarlsInCharge		#91	[-]
Posts: 2932 (12/23/08 09:34 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	GlamsSlam wrote: Its all about being white, male and between the ages of 24-35 What industry is that I want in.
Latt14		#92	[-]
Posts: 572 (12/23/08 09:40 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	quietsurvivorfan wrote: Latt14, while you are looking for a job, I would recommend that you get some books on Sarbannes Oxley and figure out how you can help a small business comply with that shit law. My company recently went public and next quarter, when I hire a CFO, I have to have someone that with a lot of experience with compliance with SOX. I also expect we will need to hire some newer grads that can implement the financial controls that are required in that law. So far, as a start up, I have been able to avoid making that a priority. I bought some SOX books to learn about this, but they put me to sleep after I read one page. Thanks for the advice QSF. I never thought about brushing up on a specific topic like SOX. From what my business professors in college have said in college, they agree with you about SOX. What were the books that you read? I'm not extremely intersted in accounting stuff like yourself, but learning about something that is relevant to today's business world would definitely be beneficial. I also wanna give you a HUGE thanks...I don't post too often but I have been reading your BB updates for years!
GlamsSlam		#93	[-]
Posts: 3451 (12/23/08 10:41 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I used to send my resume printed on the ass of panties.. its one page.. well half I have a small ass.. and you would not believe the job offers I got!
hatebrigade		#94	[-]
Posts: 2995 (12/23/08 11:12 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	craigslist again?
GlamsSlam		#95	[-]
Posts: 3452 (12/24/08 12:14 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I don't use it for job seeking.. well jobs with salaries... I do Dom work as a hobby only.
Ramona Balboa		#96	[-]
Posts: 2620 (12/24/08 01:21 AM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Ok, since I hire for an entry level job and I get every kind of application known to man, I'll weigh in. Last time I hired, before the economic downturn, I had 389 applications in two weeks. All applications come in via a web interface handled by HR. My pet peeve is that people use fancy fonts, upload their resume, and don't proof it. The fancy fonts are substituted in the system and I get an unformatted mess. It's possible that they can't see the problem since they have the fancy fonts on their own machine. So I'd say with the e-mail resume question, use standard fonts or PDF the resume. Fancy fonts to me are like the tinted paper anyway--somewhat suspect attempts to stand out. Beep--a nice weight of cream paper is ok, but white is probably better. I like cover letters--shows use of language in a more free-form task (critical in the job) and also I like to get an explanation of why the person thinks that this particular job is a fit with their background or goals especially if their previous experience isn't an obvious match. Or they live in Maryland and they are applying for a job in Chicago. I definitely agree with excluding the hobbies, family, personal information. That's for the interview when I'm trying to figure out which applicant is the axe murderer. I expect an interviewee to bring in the list of references at the interview. And length/number of pages is less important to me than padding. I hate it. I get quite a few applications from people changing careers, so those with extensive experience legitimately stretch over to a second page. When I switched careers, I minimized the jobs from the other career so the resume fit on one page and I was criticized by the HR person, who thought I might be trying to hide something. The world of academics is a whole other ballgame--CVs are supposed to be bleepin' books. Back to the original question--if you are just getting resumes out to every dental practice, definitely just e-mail them. If they aren't hiring, they are just going to delete or throw it out anyway.
jamesriver		#97	[-]
Posts: 2954 (12/24/08 01:22 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Resumes should only be more than a page if you're applying for an executive type position. There's no need otherwise to go into so much detail. Like Trixie or someone said, hobbies don't matter. Unless somehow it is directly related to the job you seek. And I mean directly. Like you're applying to help write the SATs and you really do read the dictionary for fun. For the love of all that is good, have at least two people read it over before you send it out. One lady once sent us one with her own name spelled wrong. Virtually all our resumes come to us through e-mail.
Tres Gay		#98	[-]
Posts: 4214 (12/24/08 01:34 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I always get a job offer if if I get the interview. I've been fairly successful in getting interviews, though I don't run 100% on that. The last two jobs I got I used a different resume format. Instead of going chronologically, I lumped like jobs together. Programming work, insurance work, credit work, etc. I like that format much better, it makes it easier for the reviewer to skip over shit they aren't interested in. Someone on Sucks, maybe Trixie, told me about it. I didn't bother with any of my summer/break jobs from high school and college. I'm a lot older than most of you so I have plenty to put on there. I know the younguns feel pressure to make their resume "meatier."
hatebrigade		#99	[-]
Posts: 2999 (12/24/08 01:39 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Question for people in the bidness: how can a company (this is entry level crap, sometimes a person's first job) require two references and then justify have a policy of not giving references? If I apply elsewhere the only reference I can give is the job I has two years ago before this one. Does that seem like I'm trying to hide a bad period in my working history?
SurvivorArctic		#100	[-]
Posts: 13366 (12/24/08 02:56 AM) Not a team player Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Forum Love Remove this ad The world of academics is a whole other ballgame--CVs are supposed to be bleepin' books. Oh sweet Jaysus, you are not kidding! My CV, with no padding or extraneous details, is over 20 pages long. I am so glad I am at the updating stage of it so when I start whoring myself out to Universities it is all ready to go.

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