@Chai,
Chai wrote:
I review a dozen to 20 resumes a week.
For the benefit of those just starting out, or are morons looking for a new job, here are some examples of what NOT to do.....
These are direct cut & pastes, with certain words changed to protect the innocent
Lesson #1
Throw a couple of periods in there friend....
Professional Synopsis:
(Job Title) with the proven ability to manage various aspects within (blank) care units assisting licensed (job title) in an assistant position that requires and exemplary work ethic and self-discipline in addition to beginning highly capable assuming and delegating responsibilitiy.
Actually, I lied, that's all I have for now, but I'm sure I'll come across more.
One young fellow (who admitted to being mentally ill)
was
handwriting out his resume, for fotostating.
I tried to encourage him to type it
and I explained that many of them r professionally printed
and that he will have to compete for limited jobs.
Perhaps somewhat similar in principle,
I used to be chairman of a scholarship committee;
ex officio, I received many applications
for the free money, some of which were
SUPERB
and
poignant and others were written on napkins
or brown paper bags, in pink crayon;
something of a bell-curve distribution.
