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| igottaknow |
| I forwarded it to Quantico |
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| Import |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
There are no spelling mistakes... if there are then point them out cause I see zip. |
I'm not gonna take all the fun out of it, here I'll get you started.
Mystical Gramdmothers Stone Reiki Master
Shocking when its one of the most discussed lines on your resume |
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| Danny Ocean |
| i just think w ashley is a joke, online persona..not real.. |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Will, I've told you before; as a hireing professional, I would not even take the time to read that mess of a resume you have posted. If I did; I would immediately throw it in the shred bin, as it is an utter mess, full of information I don't need, unfocused, and indicates a cluttered mind. In short, your resume, as presently structured, is a barrier to employment as it creates a negative impression of you. Please don't get defensive like last time, I'm giving you frank and honest feedback here.
My advice: keep it simple and basic. For example; nationality, date of birth, place of birth, and relationship status have no place on a resume. Keep the personal information to your name, address, email, and telephone number. You state a clear objective but this should be the very first thing after your personal information. Limit the amount of information you're offering... you have some decent things to note on your resume but they are obscured by inclusion of too much meaningless stuff (ie. the St. John's Ambulence/Corel office/WHMIS certificates are good; however, unless you're applying for certain positiosn most people will stop reading after Professional hypnotist and Stone Reiki Master). No one cares about what you did employment wise when you were 13... keep your employment to your last three to four positions (or the most relevent ones if you are sending a targeted resume). I would leave out the extracuricular section all together unless you are applying for a position for which any of this is particularly relevant. No need to discuss: hobbies, the awards/merits you list, travel documents (they will ask if they are interested), key words (WTF, is that there for people who may be doing an internet search on those words?), or your employment vision. Finally, just list that references are available on request, as javier may not be too found of having his contact information sent out to all your perspective employers or made available for public consumption on the internet.
Try to produce a traditional resume; you do not have sufficient qualifications for a CV so this is just too much irrelevant info. Hireing professionals are usually quite busy and are disinclined to spend time sorting through something of this ilk in order to determine if there is anything of interest burried within.
Good luck. |
Do NOT listen to any of this, William. Recruiters are not quite busy and looking for relevant information. They are soulless hellspawn, trying to fit you in a narrow box of what they were told a good application looks like. They do not care for your skills, your individuality or your personality and they have no ing clue what that even is, since they have none themselves. All they want is conformity. After having thrown out everyone with the slightest sign of a genuine identity they will sit around drinking coffee for two months, periodically sacrificing a goat to satan, and then randomly pick one from the pool of identical twats that are left. Don't comply to their retarded sheme, stay who you are. |
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| Capitalizt |
| Sure, stay who you are. Just don't show that crazy on a professional resume. If tossing papers, mowing lawns, playing music, hypnotizing people, or healing them with magic stones is part of the job description, you can include it. Otherwise, don't. |
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| Boomer187 |
| This has to be the worst CV/Resume I've seen. Nice work. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
You have no idea what kind of employers ******** is looking for, and just because you don't know what Reiki is doesn't mean it makes sense to throw stones at it. I always prefer well rounded, independent people to cookie cutter types (as long as they aren't dangerous, arrogant, s, or bad employees as a result of their difference) My point is basically - the Reiki qualification is fine, regardless if you think ******** is insane. It may even be helpful in his particular search for employment, you have no idea.
You never know if your interviewer's mom is undergoing Reiki therapy for cancer. |
My mother had Reiki therapy for MS and I still think it's bull and I'd still throw this resume in the bin. The guy's applying for English teaching jobs and Reiki is not relevant to that in the slightest.
This resume is also ed up in all kinds of ways. Why does he have such in-depth descriptions of volunteer positions but no information of his actual paid employment beyond job titles? Why does the education section contain no information about what subjects he studied, but excessive information about the locations? He mentions studying for a degree, but I can't find any information about what he studied or what the result was. Why does he go to the effort of wearing a suit for his photos only to ruin any formality by adopting ludicrous Myspace angles?
Also, I laughed pretty hard at this line:
| quote: | Employment Vision:
My ideal work environment is in a tropical or subtropical climate, near water. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
My mother had Reiki therapy for MS and I still think it's bull and I'd still throw this resume in the bin. The guy's applying for English teaching jobs and Reiki is not relevant to that in the slightest.
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i just dont think it's a deal-breaker, and helps to show his uniqueness and self-motivation in some way. It may not seem completely relevant, but to me it shows that he is interested in working with and helping people, which is surely relevant to teaching. If he cleans the rest of it up so that it looks like a standard resume, it will be good to have something in there that makes him stand out somewhat.
"... hey Dave, the Reiki guy is coming in at 10 today..."
I've always included my music making and deejaying on resumes completely unrelated to music-making and deejaying, and it usually starts a nice conversation about music in general in the interview and it allows me to segue into other skills that i've related, like management, event production, etc. Then again I have only really worked in the creative industry.
I have the feeling both that ******** does not want to work for people who wouldn't want the Reiki line on his resume, and probably could not work for people who don't want his quirks and various interests, and though it might be harder to find a job, I applaud him for being himself. I always try to integrate all of my various interests in whatever I do - I could never work somewhere that didn't want or wasn't interested in certain parts of me.
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Why does he have such in-depth descriptions of volunteer positions but no information of his actual paid employment beyond job titles?
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I'm going to guess it's because he's applying for volunteer-ish/community/non-profit positions...
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Why does the education section contain no information about what subjects he studied, but excessive information about the locations? He mentions studying for a degree, but I can't find any information about what he studied or what the result was. |
Because he has not graduated and may be undecided? But yeah, this is weak. |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Also, I laughed pretty hard at this line: |
| quote: | Employment Vision:
My ideal work environment is in a tropical or subtropical climate, near water.
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I instantly thought of something like this.
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| colonelcrisp |
| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
I instantly thought of something like this.
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i was thinking more of this
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by colonelcrisp
i was thinking more of this
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:stongue: :stongue: |
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