Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Job-hunting tips from the November 20, 2000 issue of QuintZine.
Wetfeet.com has a nifty feature -- a resume review section
where real resumes are reviewed by actual employers. Some of
the reviews are not very detailed, but you still have an opportunity
to see what employers consider to be the good and
bad points of real jobseeker resumes. Resumes in the
archives from March 2000 and before need to be downloaded
in .pdf format and viewed with Acrobat Reader (a free
downloadable program), but later resumes conveniently
open up in a browser window. You can even submit
your own resume for review, though it looks
like only a few are chosen for critiques.
Check out Wetfeet's Resume Review Section.
A recent survey of 416 U.S. recruiters by Manchester Inc.,
a staffing firm based in Jacksonville, FL, found that
82 percent of respondents prefer to receive
resumes by e-mail, reports Bari Faye Siegel in
Collegejournal.com. Of those preferring e-mailed
resumes, 44 percent prefer to receive
resumes as attached Word documents. Some
recruiters say that understanding how to attach documents
to e-mail is key to showing you grasp current technology.
One tip: Recruiters receive dozens of attached resumes
with the file name resume.doc, so personalize yours. Example:
SallyJonesResume.doc. Read
Siegel's full article.
Employers aren't hard to please, says Diana LeGere of
Executive Final Copy. In fact, they want only three
things:
A job candidate with skills (quality) who is a...
corporate fit (value) tucked into a ...
professional image (package).
Initially you acquire the interview by focusing careful attention to
developing your resume. It's important to remember that a
resume never buys a job. It merely buys an appointment for an
interview. By handling the interview as a champion, you will get a
job offer. Think of your resume as a product description. You are
the product! Once you entice the employer (buyer), you are halfway
there. A professional resume writer can easily convey
your skills in an accurate assessment appropriate to the position you
are applying for. Once you've accomplished that, the interview stage is
potentially easier than wading through the sea of good and bad
resumes.
-- This Q Tip courtesy of Diana C. LeGere, president of
Executive Final Copy and employment coordinator for
Greenbacks Bringing Hope Foundation in Salt Lake City, UT.
Wetfeet.com has a nifty feature -- a resume review section
where real resumes are reviewed by actual employers. Some of
the reviews are not very detailed, but you still have an opportunity
to see what employers consider to be the good and
bad points of real jobseeker resumes. Resumes in the
archives from March 2000 and before need to be downloaded
in .pdf format and viewed with Acrobat Reader (a free
downloadable program), but later resumes conveniently
open up in a browser window. You can even submit
your own resume for review, though it looks
like only a few are chosen for critiques.
Check out 