Easy Day

It was a relatively easy day today. Just had to do some shopping for my mom and meet with the facilitator at the PSG office. PSG is a group for unemployed professionals run by the NJ Unemployment Office. It helps professionals to find jobs. It's pretty cool. Getting some great job hunting tips. Should be a big help. I also belong to a support group at a local Methodist church. It's non-denominational and it helps keep your mood up since job hunting and unemployment are stressful and can make you depressed. I have to work on my resume and then email it to the PSG facilitator to get her input on it. Once I'm happy with it, I'll start sending it out. Here's hoping. Have a great weekend everyone.

Resumé Writing

Update on the resumé situation. I got a draft of the "functional" style resume done and now I have to wait until this week to go to the resumé workshop to get some input. I need something that will be "good enough" and get the job done. I need to find a job ASAP. I'm looking at retail since I have a lot of experience in it and it's a way to make money until I can find something else. As I stated before, I really don't like resumés since they really don't give the whole picture of who you are. It's difficult to show what your true talents and abilities are in a page or two of text. Unfortunately, that's what we've got so I guess we'll all have to deal with it. Here's hoping.

Resumé Writing

God, I hate writing resumés. I know they're a necessity but I wish there was a better way to show an employer what you can offer. I'm working on a new one right now and I'm not quite done with it. I need to get some feedback on it from people who know more about writing them than I do. I hate that we've been reduced to a few words on a page to convey who we are. There are limitations to the written word and most employers look at resumés for an average of 15 - 30 seconds. You have to really grab their attention or they dump it in the slush pile. Even if they put it aside for further consideration, you still might not get the interview. It seems they've gotten extremely picky about who they call. Have to keep working at it and start applying to places. Good luck to anyone else out there who's looking, no matter where you are.