The Resume Building/Interview Process/Job Hunting tips thread...

[Renkz]

Does anyone have a generic cover letter ??

I have limited work experience so I'm having a hard time drafting a cover letter......should I focus more on my academic experience ??

I'm tryna eat brehs

What is your degree, and the kind work you did the academic setting>=?

 

[SchrodingersStrapped!]

What is your degree, and the kind work you did the academic setting>=?

Business Degree majored in

Human Resource Management and Marketing....

off top....for example

Strategic Recruitment

- Put together a Recruitment package for an organisation as a mock firm...

Employment Relations and Legistlation

- Completed multiple Case Studies....my memories a little off on this

Workplace Health and Safety

- Did actual surveying using learnt model and used relative legislation to conduct risk analysis

Training and Development

- Put together mock training workshop - i.e. Employee Coaching Sessions

...................Thats just some of the HR stuff I remember off top

 

[Renkz]

Business Degree majored in

Human Resource Management and Marketing....

off top....for example

Strategic Recruitment

- Put together a Recruitment package for an organisation as a mock firm...

Employment Relations and Legistlation

- Completed multiple Case Studies....my memories a little off on this

Workplace Health and Safety

- Did actual surveying using learnt model and used relative legislation to conduct risk analysis

Training and Development

- Put together mock training workshop - i.e. Employee Coaching Sessions

...................Thats just some of the HR stuff I remember off top

Damn, I was hoping you were more in the tech field, but business is different animal

I would follow Morris's recommendation and talk about your at school, like you could take the cover letter samples and convert those past work experiences to your academic experiences and how it would be in their best interest to employ,

 

[HoldThisL]

Guys I am stuck, what do I do if I have been unemployed for 3 years? It seems like it is the thing on my resume holding me back. I have been sick and unable to work during those 3 years thats why,

 

[morris]

Guys I am stuck, what do I do if I have been unemployed for 3 years? It seems like it is the thing on my resume holding me back. I have been sick and unable to work during those 3 years thats why,

How to Explain Unemployment
Here are a few things you should know about how to explain unemployment on your resume:

1. List only years — not months — when writing dates for your work history.
Using just years achieves two things:

• It makes it easier for the reader to quickly ballpark the length of time you stayed at each job.
• It conceals gaps that happened within a span of two calendar years.

Let me show you an example to demo that last point. Notice the gap here:

11/09 - 4/12, Night Manager, Taco Bell, Woodmont, NY
3/07 - 2/09, Day Manager, Denny’s Restaurant, Milpitas, CA

If you use only years and eliminate the months, there is no apparent gap:

2009-2012, Night Manager, Taco Bell, Woodmont, NY
2007-2009, Day Manager, Denny’s Restaurant, Milpitas, CA

2. Explain the gap if you have a period of unemployment that spans two calendar years or more.
Consider everything you were doing during that time (such as travel, volunteer work, internships, training, family projects) and if possible, present them so they're relevant to your job objective.

For example, a person who cared for an ill parent for two years and is now looking for a position as a pharmaceutical sales rep might write:

2010-2012, Primary Home Care Provider for terminally ill relative

Someone applying for a position as a travel agent might list his vacation destinations:

2010-2011, Travel: Central and South America

A mother re-entering the workforce who wants to be a teacher’s aide might write:

2010-2012, Parent and Classroom Volunteer, Brio High School

How to Explain Unemployment on Your Resume

 

[beenz]

That is a good answer


And another tip....never give them your former salary. EVER....

No matter how much they pressure you. IF you find them insisting on this they are trying to lowball you

When they insist I simply lie and give them a figure close to what I want to make instead.

 

[SadimirPutin]

When they insist I simply lie and give them a figure close to what I want to make instead.

or this too

companies want to lowball you...if they already have the means to find out what you made let them do the legwork and get that information themselves

 

[FLASH]

To any former self employed brehs that transitioned back to Corporate America...how did you all go about it?

 

[HoldThisL]

How to Explain Unemployment
Here are a few things you should know about how to explain unemployment on your resume:

1. List only years — not months — when writing dates for your work history.
Using just years achieves two things:

• It makes it easier for the reader to quickly ballpark the length of time you stayed at each job.
• It conceals gaps that happened within a span of two calendar years.

Let me show you an example to demo that last point. Notice the gap here:

11/09 - 4/12, Night Manager, Taco Bell, Woodmont, NY
3/07 - 2/09, Day Manager, Denny’s Restaurant, Milpitas, CA

If you use only years and eliminate the months, there is no apparent gap:

2009-2012, Night Manager, Taco Bell, Woodmont, NY
2007-2009, Day Manager, Denny’s Restaurant, Milpitas, CA

2. Explain the gap if you have a period of unemployment that spans two calendar years or more.
Consider everything you were doing during that time (such as travel, volunteer work, internships, training, family projects) and if possible, present them so they're relevant to your job objective.

For example, a person who cared for an ill parent for two years and is now looking for a position as a pharmaceutical sales rep might write:

2010-2012, Primary Home Care Provider for terminally ill relative

Someone applying for a position as a travel agent might list his vacation destinations:

2010-2011, Travel: Central and South America

A mother re-entering the workforce who wants to be a teacher’s aide might write:

2010-2012, Parent and Classroom Volunteer, Brio High School

How to Explain Unemployment on Your Resume

Ok, how would I go about applying for jobs and being at the part where it says "may we contact your present or previous employer/supervisor". Do I put yes or no for this?

 

[morris]

Ok, how would I go about applying for jobs and being at the part where it says "may we contact your present or previous employer/supervisor". Do I put yes or no for this?

Yup. Always check yes unless you don't want then to contact someone

 

[beenz]

Does anyone have a generic cover letter ??

I have limited work experience so I'm having a hard time drafting a cover letter......should I focus more on my academic experience ??

I'm tryna eat brehs

Cover letters kinda went the way of the dodo bird. They aren't really necessary. Given that jobs are applied online, I personally don't see the purpose and I've never gotten a job with one. Btw, I just got done with a job search this summer as I was out of work for three months.

 

[SchrodingersStrapped!]

Cover letters kinda went the way of the dodo bird. They aren't really necessary. Given that jobs are applied online, I personally don't see the purpose and I've never gotten a job with one. Btw, I just got done with a job search this summer as I was out of work for three months.

Any tips?? what industry do your work in??

 

[beenz]

Any tips?? what industry do your work in??

I'm in healthcare. Work at a hospital now.

 

[dterpsss]

It all boils down to connecting with your interviewer, nothing else matters

 

[kareem929]

Keep several different version of your resume. Highlight areas of your resume that cater to specific jobs you are applying for.