'T-shirt Chair' on Resume

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

You can't go through life being frightened of being derailed by someone else's psychosis.

I think this post is being overly dramatic. LOL.

The point of a resume` is to market yourself. You are not marketing yourself to yourself or to people who already think you're awesome and worth hiring. Collegiates and alumnae need to think about their target audience before putting ANYTHING on their resume`. That is why people edit and update their resume`. You figure out what works for what you're trying to accomplish and go from there. If including your GLO works, then put your GLO. If it does not work, you leave it off. If including that you planned the Occupy Someone's Street in your city works for your goal, then you put that on the resume`. If it does not work for your resume`, you leave it off. Such is life.

You = in general

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I think this post is being overly dramatic. LOL.

The point of a resume` is to market yourself. You are not marketing yourself to yourself or to people who already think you're awesome and worth hiring. Collegiates and alumnae need to think about their target audience before putting ANYTHING on their resume`. That is why people edit and update their resume`. You figure out what works for what you're trying to accomplish and go from there. If including your GLO works, then put your GLO. If it does not work, you leave it off. If including that you planned the Occupy Someone's Street in your city works for your goal, then you put that on the resume`. If it does not work for your resume`, you leave it off. Such is life.

You = in general

And this is what people are saying.

I fail to see (as NutBrn is saying) where people are saying that they aren't proud of their GLOs.

We're just saying that those experiences aren't always applicable to what we're applying for and when you have limited space in which to market yourself, you have to choose wisely.

Example: when I'm applying for educator jobs and I have limited resume space, I'm probably going to leave off being on my GLO's national magazine staff and include school volunteer experiences I've had and a fellowship with a local district. My writing experience with Sigma just doesn't really apply.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I think this post is being overly dramatic. LOL.

I was responding to the overly dramatic post portraying Sorority Obsessed File Clerk seeing a resume with Greek letters on it and tearing it to shreds with her teeth.