Resume

What does todays resume look like? A company I know wants to talk to me but they need a resume to make it "official".

Do you still list objectives and whatnot?

txfour

skills: Overqualified

you're welcome.

txfour, keep it simple like on this sample. key words and association as well as tenure will go along way to getting you noticed.

I always though the objectives part was stupid. You want a job that's the objective.

I know right? I mean, c'mon, you yahoos called me. You obviously know I can sell stuff to people and stuff. And i can develop things that nobody can even figure out how to use. What more should I say?

So a three ring binder with my many accolades doesn't work? Why have I been saving all of these awards for all these years?

I also hate this part. As a hiring manager I see the same canned text in there every time.

Best resumes dont have that. Thats just IMO. Maybe that means something to someone else but not me.

You can use me as a referral if you wish. Just give them the URL for the OT and I'll vouch for you.

The objectives are important to know. If you as the employer are able to meet the objectives, there's a great chance you'll end up with a lasting, productive and happy employee.

Will you still be selling rubber and rubber accessories?

Jason Williams may want to investigate the difference between an "Analist" and an "Analyst".

The only thing I have been able to figure out is that nobody ever agrees what should be on a resume. Everybody will find something different wrong with it. No matter how much you change it, you will never please more than about 25% of the people you show it to.

Even it you spend money to get it professionally done and then take that to another place that does resumes, the new place will change it all up.

Just give it a decent effort and make sure there aren't any misspelled words. (Try to keep it to one page with a decent amount of white space for easy readability.)

Maybe he's a brown-noser?

Anal

It's a well respected trait in the corporate world.

Exactly what I was thinking MBradford, seems like there is at least one in every group.

Spanish fluent and Spanish fluent. He must have been a double Spanish major

Jason has been with nisson for over 20 years
probably retired by now

My wife has a degree in Human Resource Management and was a recruiter for 6 years until we started having kids. She can write a professional resume after a phone call with you and offers mock interviews over the phone. For a fee of course.

an(d) purchase versus lease

and misspelled annual (anual)

HR people never have to work with their hiring mistakes

I haven't read the previous posts, but as someone who screens resumes for financial analysts...(I start from the bottom up)
Honors/activities: I don't care
Education: I'm curious
Skills: I don't really care, I'll figure it out in a phone screen if you get there
Experience: Bread and Butter tell me more
Profile: Don't care won't read

Format: Either you make the most of one page or two pages better be packed. Lots of blank space on this one.

There are so many references on line - you may get some good input here. I would refer to google for many good options as well.

Hr people don't hire. They find qualified candidates, perform an initial interview, weed out the bad, and forward the good to the manager of the department that is hiring. The manager then interviews and makes the decision to offer the position or not.