I’d be very grateful if someone would kindly volunteer to read my new revised resume. The last time I revised my resume I had a Business Communications class where about 5 people, including my professor gave feedback. I had it tweaked to perfection. I just added my recent job and took out stupid things like ‘answered telephone and cooked pizza’ as skills. I didn’t think that they were that impressive. Anyways, I have an updated resume. Of course it is just for fun, I’d never leave my current job (hehe). Do you people still put ‘objectives’ in your resume or not? I was told in my Business class, that objectives were no longer necessary and weren’t the ‘cool’ thing anymore. My resume is currenty squeezed on one page but I honestly don’t know if it is good or bad for it to be two pages. I was always told it should fit on the front of one page, but what am I supposed to do … start leaving out jobs and having big gaps between employment dates or list every stupid job I’ve ever had?? The only job I haven’t included is my two-week nightmare at Taco Bell. I didn’t think anyone would miss knowing that I handed sewage out of a drive-thru window until I nearly died from the nastiness and had to quit. If you were wondering why I absolutely refuse to EVER eat at Taco Bell, now you have your answer. Oh and I left out the job I had on the maintenance crew where I kicked some serious ass in my steel-toed boots and lost 10 pounds in sweat everyday from painting on a roof that was 150 degrees. I kind of liked that job though, oh well.
I will look at it if you want – you can email it to me. I like looking at resumes. I’ve had mine picked over with a fine-toothed comb by the people at career services at Katz several times, so hopefully I can add some insight. Oh, and I don’t have an objective on mine. My sections are education, experience, skills, awards & achievements, and community involvement.
Your friend,
Amy Grant
Thanks! I’m emailing it now … give lots of feedback!