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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Have a Wonderful Weekend!
If you did not hand in Project #1 today, you must hand it in first thing Tuesday afternoon. We will begin The Formal Letter on Tuesday. Read Chapter 4 pp. 75-92 in Technical Communication Fundamentals
The article "The Ten Worst Things to Put on Your Resume," by Kelly Eggers, makes various points regarding making a bad resume better. Personally I feel that adding a job you did when you were in your late teens to early 20's, like lifeguarding for example, is important if you learned things that made you ready for the real world. Not saying that one should want to grab their baby book and start writing about their first days on Earth to their most recent years. One should also never want to lie about anything they do or have done. People these days are more then capable of being able to tell when a person is lying or they have the resources to find out if something on one's resume is falsified.
I agree with not including things that will jeopardize one's chances of receiving the job. For example one's age, race, political affiliation, anything about one's family members, home ownership status, a headshot, or salary expectations should not be included on a resume. References in my opinion are one of the most important things on a resume. The employer could be debating whether or not to hire you, and if they decide to call your references for a more substantial interview on yourself that one person could separate you from being employed or unemployed. One should always want to make sure their references always speak highly of them.
In the article "Are Social Media Making the Resume Obsolete," by Doug Gross, it is shown that many people hiring insist on e-mails instead of paper resumes. Many people including myself feel that technology is slowly taking over the business world. Ten to fifteen years ago, people did not have sufficient computers or smartphones. The business men and woman used beepers and letters to communicate. I agree with paperless resumes because nowadays people are always running from place to place not being able to sit down and read a piece of paper that was stuffed in their briefcase with all their electronics. It is easier to e-mail your resume then the person who receives it can look at it on the go.
In the article, it was said "if Linkedin and Twitter have replaced the fax machine ten years ago, what might a resume look like a decade from now?" Technology has taken over and it will continue to. Resumes are not going to be obsolete, they are going to adapt to the new technologies of the modern world. Resumes are adapting like humans and animals have to adapt to their surrounding environment.
The article "The Ten Worst Things to Put on Your Resume," by Kelly Eggers, makes various points regarding making a bad resume better. Personally I feel that adding a job you did when you were in your late teens to early 20's, like lifeguarding for example, is important if you learned things that made you ready for the real world. Not saying that one should want to grab their baby book and start writing about their first days on Earth to their most recent years. One should also never want to lie about anything they do or have done. People these days are more then capable of being able to tell when a person is lying or they have the resources to find out if something on one's resume is falsified.
ReplyDeleteI agree with not including things that will jeopardize one's chances of receiving the job. For example one's age, race, political affiliation, anything about one's family members, home ownership status, a headshot, or salary expectations should not be included on a resume. References in my opinion are one of the most important things on a resume. The employer could be debating whether or not to hire you, and if they decide to call your references for a more substantial interview on yourself that one person could separate you from being employed or unemployed. One should always want to make sure their references always speak highly of them.
In the article "Are Social Media Making the Resume Obsolete," by Doug Gross, it is shown that many people hiring insist on e-mails instead of paper resumes. Many people including myself feel that technology is slowly taking over the business world. Ten to fifteen years ago, people did not have sufficient computers or smartphones. The business men and woman used beepers and letters to communicate. I agree with paperless resumes because nowadays people are always running from place to place not being able to sit down and read a piece of paper that was stuffed in their briefcase with all their electronics. It is easier to e-mail your resume then the person who receives it can look at it on the go.
In the article, it was said "if Linkedin and Twitter have replaced the fax machine ten years ago, what might a resume look like a decade from now?" Technology has taken over and it will continue to. Resumes are not going to be obsolete, they are going to adapt to the new technologies of the modern world. Resumes are adapting like humans and animals have to adapt to their surrounding environment.