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jhunter46
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I maybe getting laid off in the very near future (we're a contract shop and our contract is nearly complete) so I've been retooling my resume.
The downside is, I'll be student teaching this time next year so I really only need a job for about 12 months. It's been a while since I've done my resume and with the way the job market is I think I'll need it to look pretty good. Can you guys take a look and make any suggestions please?
The downside is, I'll be student teaching this time next year so I really only need a job for about 12 months. It's been a while since I've done my resume and with the way the job market is I think I'll need it to look pretty good. Can you guys take a look and make any suggestions please?
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Try putting your most recent jobs at the top of the list, not the bottom. It looks more impressive
No offense, but there's also nothing I see that makes your resume stand out from any other resume.
First thing I thought of too. I haven't submitted a resume in years so there might be some newfangled way of doing it, but I've always put the most recent jobs at the top.
Definately move you're more recent experience to the top (unless your are applying to the Hut!)
Tailor your objective to the business you are submitting your resume to or delete entirely.
I would caution you about telling employers you are only looking for a year of work. Don't volunteer that, if they ask you where you see yourself in 5 years respond 'hopefully working for this company, management training, etc.' something like that. Even though you know you are gone in a year as long as you give notice before that year is up you've done nothing unethical by not volunteering you knew this all along.
I don't mind your interests being on the resume. They are unobtrusive enough and make you seem like a person.
Good luck!
This.
SKILLS are what they care about. Make a list. Check it twice.
As far as deleting your interests, you really only do that if you run out of space.
As other have said, make a list of skills and include it, as well as a "notable accomplishments" section, detailing some high level goals you have achieved.
(There were also some additional writing samples, which helped me out a bit.)
A few notes:
- I wanted to include lots of skills, because I had lots of relevant skills.
- I emphasized my education in terms of what I knew how to do, and not just my degree. In fact, I didn't even disclose my degree on the resume, just because it was totally irrelevant (Religious Studies).
- Included ONLY my previous work experience that was directly relevant to the job ad. Each one of my little internships directly matched what they wanted. Plus, I emphasized skills that I had learned and practiced on the job.
- Since it was a non-profit, I included a robust Community Service section, which included relevant skills, etc.
- I used the full width of the page, unlike your resume, which includes a huge margin on the left side.
I'd love to see the new and improved version!
Plus, your school should have a career counseling center which should be able to provide resume counseling.
Yeah, I've been checking out some of what they have. A lot of it is retail/medical. I'm just anticipating a lay off at this point. Unemployment will be fine until I find something.
The downside about a History/Secondary Education degree is outside of teaching, it isn't worth a whole lot.
I was just joking with an interviewee about that the other day. You can teach, write a book, teach, or become a lawyer (a lot apparently have history degrees)
I think I'll end up teaching in Arizona for a few years and when the housing market picks up and my wife and I can actually sell, I'd like to find a nice MLIS program and work on my masters.
I majored in Religious Studies and got a job editing newsletters and journals, with no prior experience as an 'editor.'
There are other avenues besides those. Market your degree in terms of skills you gained, instead of the factual stuff you learned. I may not need to know the 5 Pillars of Islam every day, but I certainly do use my degree every day I write something.
You probably have more options than you think.