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47714, RE: Some tips from my multitudes of resume rewriting...
Posted by DrNO, Sat May-20-06 03:28 AM
>>It has to be one page.
>
>Yes. Absolutely.
>
>>Should I really bother to throw my
>>part-time retail job on it.
>
>Depends. Does it have some skills you might be able to
>embellish? Does it show you've worked there for a long time? I
>might consider it...I used my corporate job (mortgage
>collections) because I worked there for 3.5 years and it
>showed I had tons of phone/data entry experience.

Well it's 5 years at the same place, I could bullshit some kind of abilities it entailed.

>>Writing film related stuff is the
>>only non-school experience I have, is that a decent asset?
>
>Depends what. Details please. If it's personal stuff,
>then...probably not.

Published, campus paper.

>>Any other tips?
>
>Change your resume to cater to the job itself. I change my
>resume ALMOST every job I apply to.
>
>
>>I have to send one out this weekend.
>
>Don't expect much on the first 10-20 resumes. Yeah it's harsh
>but it's worth it.

Well, it's connected through my school and a former student has some pull, so I'm really competing with the 6 other folks heading down. New Line is locked, but I'd prefer a smaller company.

Thanks