Ron Said:

Can someone give me some input on my resume?

We Answered:

I am good at resumes from a couple of decades of practice. Understand that your resume is the device that is intended to get you the interview. I recommend the following and we can correspond more at cadelarge@yahoo.com if you like.

1. Organize your resume around transferable and relevant skills first, then around work history on a subsequent page as employers are buying your skills not your work chronology.

2. Group your bullets by transferable skill as listed in the job description of the position you are applying for. Employers are interested in matches to the job description more than they are in your work chronology or irrelevant skill sets. Also, use words that the employer uses in the job description as most resume selections are done via keywords in company resume databases and internet job boards these days and they are likely to use their own words when they search.

3. Reference all relevant examples of relevant skills and experience whether from paid or unpaid work, i.e., management of your home and family, church and other volunteer or community work. If you exercised the skill and got a good result reference it.

4. Decribe the results your experience yielded, i.e., money and time made or saved, process improved, relationships built or retained. Untilmately, employers are buying people who can get results, where they results were achieved is secondary.

5. Prepare appendices to your resume which allow the employer to more easily access the information they need that shows you are qualified. I have an appendix of all the brands and categories I have done marketing in so that employers can quickly see this information. I only use it when going for marketing positions.

There you have it. I have used these tips faithfully for years and get constant complements, interviews and offers based on my resume.

Good luck and do not hesitate to contact me if you need further help.

Paraclete Performance

Holly Said:

proofread the following for coincision clarity grammar and punctuation......try to spot inconsistencies?

We Answered:

I am sorry, you break too many rules -- run on sentences, faulty paralellism, passive voice -- and no PPHs.

Start again from scratch and do the first few PPHs to get an idea how this should be written.

Eleanor Said:

Rate my resume on a scale of 1 to 10...and suggest scope of improvements..?

We Answered:

Your address should only appear once, not twice; it is the same so just consolidate it by saying Permanent address.

Remove the reference names and addresses and put "References available on request." Then put them on a separate sheet and give them out at the interview.

Remove the secondary school education entries. Not necessary.

Remove the Declaration. Also not necessary.

Remove the personal skills entry as well. Save that for the interview.

Otherwise, this is very good. As a personal preference, I would remove the "objective" as well (since you have a summary), and save it for the cover letter, but you don't have to--that's optional.

Good luck to you in your job search!

Darryl Said:

I'm a liberal studies major and I want to know what kind of job can I get in the Los Angeles Area (County).

We Answered:

That major is going to bring all sorts of partisanship into your answers. I dont even know if that major has a dang thing to do with politics......

If you go to monster.com, yahoo jobs, or wherever you can browse jobs. They have lots of search-specific data on jobs in certain zipcodes... even craigslist.

Just browse and have a good time.

Janice Said:

What is Personality psychology?

We Answered:

You have to be kidding. Do your own homework.

You do realize that professors and teachers google lines from their sheet right? And if they found this, which will always stay around as data, even if you delete it, that if anyone were to answer this and they compared it to your sheet that you would be charged with plagiarism, right? And that plagiarism leads to expulsion, a failing grade, and in post-secondary complete academic exclusion.

Do your own homework.

Andrea Said:

I need Help with my Psychology exam anyone waht to help?

We Answered:

If we give you the answers that won't help you.
I am studying SPED, PSYCH, AND HMNS and working on BAs in all of them. You should study.
good luck.

Mildred Said:

Ive been unemployed for 9 months, even though Ive applied for over 100 jobs.?

We Answered:

Yes your format to be plain sucks.
Start with personal info like you did
Go to jobs, bullet point highlights and experience in 1 line thoughts
Education at bottom skip the area of study you have a BSBA period they know what is involved in getting one (I have one also)
Then include skills especially if certified and be specific MS Office takes care of at least a few that you listed. basically skip the whole skills thing you have listed there that shows in your experience
get rid of the long list of experience most people reading have not made it past the first part of the list to read on.
Make sure you have a good cover letter