Thursday, September 06, 2007
10 Ways Your Resume Irks Hiring Managers
The Best Article Every day: "Fashion designer Coco Chanel had a personal rule: Before she left the house, the style icon always removed one piece of her ensemble to avoid the faux-pas of wearing too many accessories. Were Chanel alive today and working as a hiring manager, she would likely offer similar advice to job seekers: You don’t have to include everything."
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I think this is very handy hearing advice from actual hiring managers. Though some points are obvious, others I would not have thought of. I question the activities section. They say only list if it has to do with the job. Obviously it is important to show why you are qualified, but why not show them you were well rounded as well?
I agree with Brian. In trying to shape a Stage Management resume, i think it is important that people know i am capable of cad'ing and hand drafting. In addition, having down that i can get my hands dirty on a load crew, or that i know my way around black and white photograpy make me a more well rounded applicant.
If i was hiring someone whose resume only had one type of job, even I, a man of very few interests, would think, 'well... what else do you do'
Resume tips are something that everyone can learn from no matter what in what industry. It's your one chance to tell them what to do and how well you do it all on one page. You don't want to leave out too much, but overload reflects bad that your bragging. When I start to write a resume I try to figure out what information will reflect everything from my work ethics to my personality. It's a balancing act thats hard it to get right the first time.
My main goal has always be to have a clear, concise resume. What I find difficult right now is phasing out the high school work, as it makes my work history look a little bare-boned. In looking at various resumes online of recent graduates, I personally think it looks more professional to have a resume that's a little skimpy than one jam-packed with your run crew experience at LittleTown High School. In response to Rico, CAD and Crew Participation are not unrelated to Stagemanagement as it umbrellas over a lot of areas; I don't think that is the kind of "extraneous work history" the author was referring to.
Many of these points were touched upon when we got into "resume mode" last semester. I remember a lot of people being some of these situations last year, and some were resolved while some were never quite clear. All of these are fairly straightforward, but the one bullet "Details of every task you’ve ever performed in every job you’ve ever had" is something I'm not sure quite how to approach from my summer internship. Last semester, we were encouraged to explain what the item on each line was - what were your actual responsibilities? The job title doesn't necessarily explain that well, if at all. So for my internship just saying "Electrics Intern" would not be enough. Although I'm not sure what the right amount would be. There are responsibilities, and then specific shows and designers I worked with. I will need to find a middle ground for that. And also then, phasing out High School and other non-college or non-professional work. I just don't have enough experience outside of that to remove that information completely.
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