Resume

On the first day of the month an employee asks his boss for a raise. Boss says, "I am not sure that I can really justify paying more money. I don't know that it really makes sense to pay your more money, but if you work hard and improve, we can talk in a few months about a raise."

So, the employee sends his résumé out into the world to find him a better job. For the next month, the employee is focusing his efforts on finding new work... writing cover letters, conducting interviews and making follow-up calls.

After focusing more of his time looking for a new job instead of doing his current job, he gets a new job offer worth 10% more than his current job... he is ready to jump ship.

The employee goes back to the boss and says that he is putting in his two week notice because he has accepted another job.

Two possible responses:

For a valued employee, the boss says, "If I can match the job offer, will you stay?"

For the mediocre or bad employee, the boss simply says, "Pack up your things." continue reading...

I get so many resumes that use the Office templates for their format.

DO NOT DO THIS!! A person will say they have great experience with Office then use a template. How does this show experience? Yes they can find a template, but can they design a document?

Today most large companies have software packages that will take a resume and automatically upload it into the company database. Many of these packages are not too good at reading templates. So your resume gets somewhat messed up as it transitions from your file to their database.

Your education becomes your references or something like that. You also end up wasting so much space!! You have volumes you could say about yourself in all of the those empty spaces. You have to be active using the space effectively. Every square centimeter of your resume has to be thought out. A template shows you are a bit lazy and this is not something an employer wants in an employee; unless you are applying to hang out with Paris Hilton.

She probably appreciates sponging, lazy, freeloaders. continue reading...