Re: length of service--how often to change jobs
>From: "Susan W. Gallagher" <susanwg -at- ix -dot- netcom -dot- com>
>Reply-To: "Susan W. Gallagher" <susanwg -at- ix -dot- netcom -dot- com>
>Sue said:
>
>Granted, a functional resume isn't mainstream and won't be
>acceptable to <stereotype>prissy little HR ladies at big
>stuffy corporations</stereotype>, so if wearing a blue
>suit suits you, don't represent yourself as "outside the
>box". But I always used it to filter employers, so I told
>those that called for a chrono that I just didn't have one.
><g>
>
>Bottom line is that your resume is your advertising piece
>and you have to be comfortable about the way it represents
>you.
>
>-Sue
I look terrible in a suit of any color, so I don't own any. I think that's my filter. If they don't like how I dress (professional but often in slacks and never in a suit), I don't want to work for them either. I suppose I waste more time on fruitless interviews this way.
However, over the last 20-odd years, I've had lots of jobs in non-big-corporate environments, so I don't really think that chronological is, by definition, the direct route to Dilbertville. But I'll try another method, what the heck.
Maggie Secara
Follow-up: I just got a call to interview for an Entry Level job as an indexer at $13.30 an hour. I had applied for an editor's position. Presumabley HR keyed on the word "indexer" and stopped. If the phone doesn't ring again before the day ends, I may have to call them back. Entry level, hunh.
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