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madrobinsSo I dusted off my resume from **mumble** years ago. It looks like me but, looking at samples on the web and stuff, I am clearly out of date and not assertive enough. But for some reason listing anything other than my experience, freelance stuff, and (at the end) specific skills looks wrong. I loathe having to list my objective (which on any given day goes from "not dying of starvation" to "to find a place where my energy and communication skills can be given free reign to organize people dumber than I am" to "to serve a cause in which I believe...for pay." My resume is publishing heavy, but my skills don't necessarily limit me to publishing: basically, outside the writing and editorial stuff, I'm good at making people play well together; I'm good at wading into muck-heaps and bringing order out of chaos; I'm pretty good at getting what I need from people. I can handle a budget or a database (tho' I don't love numbers) and I can balance three things at a time (and know when to say No to a fourth). How the hell do you sum that up in an Objective section? Or break that out into skills?
I was raised not to talk about, let alone praise, myself. I was also raised not to type too well, lest I be stuck typing for the rest of my life, and of that I have no fear. Expect me to be cranky about the jobhunting thing for a little while. Sorry.
I was raised not to talk about, let alone praise, myself. I was also raised not to type too well, lest I be stuck typing for the rest of my life, and of that I have no fear. Expect me to be cranky about the jobhunting thing for a little while. Sorry.