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Author Topic: Rewriting resume. Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-21-2012 02:59 AM                     quote: Randy Stankey unionized ..wage will be good and job secured and guaranteed somewhat - non of this "at will" stuff.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-21-2012 11:00 AM                     Randy, It's time for you to play "mix n match." For each of the jobs you have held, emphasize the skills that apply to the new job that you want. (In this case, the Master Control job.) Never mind if a particular skill was only a minor aspect of the old job(s). Use the "Work Experience" segment to emphasize the skills that you have that match up with the skills required for the new job. Start with just listing each job and the skills you want to highlight, and then go back and work out the sentence phrasing around those key words. Now, just to be clear: I'm not suggesting a "dishonest" approach here. You're just taking the opportunity to put yourself in the best possible light so that you get an interview. That's exactly what your resume is expected to do. Once you are in a face to face interview, you can expand and say there was much more to the job(s) than what's on the resume. In that case, you'll be saying that you've got even more skills that may benefit them. But, for now, it's time to be brief and to the point. Think of the job posting as a "laundry list" and think of them reading your resume and saying "check, check, check..." Start with the job posting - what skills and characteristics do they want? Then look at your work history and figure out which job matches best with each desired skill. Best wishes!  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 02-21-2012 06:24 PM                        Six posts above: looks like a reasonable enough resume just by itself. Louis  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-21-2012 10:17 PM                     Seriously, it's just too casual to be a resume. (Obviously.) Mind you, I kind-of agree: if Randy spoke those words in the interview, it would certainly help his case. It's got the makings of an informal cover letter but, the truth is, that's not a resume.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-22-2012 10:23 AM                     First, you do have to tweak for each specific job, but I've always felt that you could keep the resume short, sweet, and generic, and do the specific pitch in the cover letter. One thing I never could understand, though, is that most headhunters will tell you they look for the dopey text at the beginning of the resume, such as " highly motivated self-starter with extensive experience in the ________ field looking for new challenges, etc, etc." I can't believe they really look at this stuff, but apparently they do. Hope it works out well for you.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-22-2012 02:17 PM                     They do look at that first line. They really do. Showbiz analogies: Professional story editors (aka "screenplay readers") will often bail on a script if the first 10 pages don't "grab" them. Studio executives rely on "pitches." If you botch the pitch, it doesn't matter how good the actual material may be. You're still dead in the water. It may sound cruel or unreasonable, but people who have to process a lot of material are happier if they are provided with summaries, digests, and extracts - anything that will help them do the job faster. And a huge part of landing a job entails keeping the gatekeeper(s) happy! To paraphrase "Jerry Maguire" Help them help you. So, just like in showbiz, the key is to provide resume screeners with an overview that will compel them to keep reading. To quote Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin" quote: Find out what they like And how they like it And let 'em have it just that way!  |  IP: Logged

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