The No. 1 Question Your Resume Should Answer

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I think her approach to this was just slightly off key could be because of all the smoke at her office, after all she is chief of staff for the Marijuana Policy Project.
As a former human resources manager and recruiter I read the resumes but I wanted to meet the individual in person to make a decision. In nearly six months I have had three interviews out of the dozen of applications sent out. As well as only four rejection letters it's like they are posting jobs but not really hiring anyone just to make it look good.

David McGuire of IN 2:18PM August 25, 2009

I think the author gives good advice for those who do have achievements in their jobs, and who DID add value- surely people like that will get another job easily. But what about the rest of us? I am a hardworking, honest, reliable, no-bs person, but I am only middle of the road in my field. Its not because I lack talent but because I want to challenge myself. If I went for another lower-down job I'd surely be top dog, but I'd also be bored out of my brain. Unfortunately though there seems to be no room for us "plodders" instead if you can not show how special you are, how overqualified you are, then the company does not want you. Yet surely not everyone can be the best at something? Weren't some of us just destined to be average?

Unemployment Sux 12:14AM August 25, 2009

This is a typical "bad job market" attitude among employers. You're just one among many, and need to be reminded, now grovel. Very unprofessional. Some take it to the point of sociopathic behavior and arrogance. Would would want to work for such a company?

nomore of TX 12:01AM August 20, 2009

The reason our resumes are "Job Descriptions" is because that's what we're told to do by the so called experts. You can ask 100 so called experts how to write a resume and there will be 100 different ways or answers. Of course it depends on what job status you're in, for example; whether you're a big money maker, like an executive for example, then of course they could pay a professional resume service if they didn't write it themselves, but like many of us we can't afford it,or like most of us (the workers) just barely get by with the money we can make or what we can do. We may not have what employers consider accomplishments, but to us they are accomplishments.
We are all individuals and no one is perfect, except for the employer and/or interviewer (sarcastically speaking).
Our survival and/or existence is in their hands as well as our own!

Me of CO 9:38AM August 14, 2009

I've been in the telemarketing field for 10 years. What I've come across in the last 2 years are crooked businesses that lie to you when they hire you. Don't train you, and fire you for not being able to make the sale. And believe me if you are honest and don't want to hurt other people by deceiving them, you know right away, you don't want to work for them. How do you put them on a resume? Unfortunately they have the upper hand when it comes to justice, there isn't any. It looks bad when you have a lot of brief jobs on a resume. It looks even worse when you try to explain why you are no longer working for that company. These days you have to pass a background check, credit check, drug tests and caracter analasis before even being considered for a job. And if you lie, you have no chance.
So if you're not perfect, forget it. What can the average imperfect person do?

L. Lambert of CA 8:55PM August 13, 2009

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myleenefar of AZ 8:47PM August 13, 2009

Some bosses do not mind overlooking their role to acknowledge the effect of one’s work unless of course if it is a foul up. The workers would just take the next given task as if the next piece in the assembly line. Over time, they accumulate these completed tasks not knowing how they individually made an impact. Those tasks are what would end up shown in resumes in a typical list presentation, enough to take pride on since it can show the quantity of his output.

gerry 4:41PM August 13, 2009

Your comments are so funny.
It made me smile. It must be so very difficult to be as perfect as Melody of TX? Maybe we should give her a break. ha ha

Tracy of CA 3:47PM August 13, 2009

Well, Melody of TX - There are some poor uses of grammar and possible typos in the comments section. Fortunately, these comments are an informal discussion and not a formal document that should be proofread and carefully edited.
When posting to something like this, mistakes happen. For instance, your comment got posted three times. That's also somewhat annoying.
If this were a formal essay, it might be prudent to make sure it's properly edited before submission. Time and place. Some of your sentences are poorly crafted and at least one comma splice.

johnny of AR 1:19PM August 13, 2009

at most interview you will realized that those planers are less interseting in taking time to take down minutes when the canidate is speaking or stressing or point.most of them only care oabout what they have planned to was the canidate

G.DELINO BRYANT of MN 1:07PM August 13, 2009