Resume Tips!

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Originally posted by violets
KappaStargirl,
Your tip was both useful and funny as hell. "imtoosexyformyshirt69.com" -- LOL!

It's such a good point though, I've worked in a "creative" industry and the emails on top of the resumes have really been "too cute for words". I always put those at the bottom of the pile.
violets

I ABSOLUTELY have to say that this cannot be emphasized enough - seemingly tiny things can SABOTAGE you.

I was the office manager for a small financial services company for awhile and my boss told me to find my own replacement - he placed the ad but I went through all the resumes, made the initial phone calls, and did the initial interviews. In a one month period, I learned more about interviewing than any book could have ever taught me.

EMAIL - Absolutely NOTHING scandalous, racy, political, controversial EVER. My boss threw out one resume where the applicant was perfectly qualified for the position but her email was something like "sk8erchick@email.com"

Keep it short and simple. If they want to contact you that way, make it easy for them - not a long string of letters and numbers that stand for something clever that your friends think is funny. The employer will make a typo, and you won't get the message.

make sure the email address is current - along with all your contact info, for that matter.

STRUCTURE - no typos or grammar. period. no excuses. if you aren't clever enough to find someone who will read one page for you and fix the typos, then you are too lazy to deserve this job. sorry.

ANSWERING MACHINES - guess what? sometimes, the employer might actually like your resume and want to meet you for an interview. 9 times out of 10 - they will use a telephone to contact you. so then they call and they hear some crazy music and you and your roommates screaming that "Sorry! we're too damn drunk to answer the phone right now! Leave us a message or just stop by with more beer!" Congratulations - you are on the Fast Track to the World of Unemployment.

LESS THAN ILLUSTRIOUS JOBS - ok, we're all college students. chances are, not all of your paychecks came from prestigious research assistantships and fancy law firms. that's ok. and obviously you want to show yourself in the best light, but for goodness sake, you are fooling NO ONE if you say you were a "customer service specialist" at Burger King. Dude, you were selling fries. get over it.