I think including religeous references might show character, but it could also have the opposite effect as well... Sure discrimination is illegal, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
A mission or being an eagle scout would be likely be seen different by someone who themselves did both, and someone who has no real clue of either. On 11 Aug 2007, at 14:35, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > All I know is that as someone who has been on the other side of the > interview table, I'm not interested in reading any more than one > page and nine out of ten resumes I receive are way too cluttered. > If nothing jumps out and strikes me, I move on. When hiring > managers are wading through mountains of resumes, they don't take > the time to walk through yours with a magnifying glass. I don't > care about cover sheets, where you went on your mission, or if you > are an Eagle Scout [1]. Tell me where you received your degree, the > last four places your worked, a brief list of your skill set and > major accomplishments, and then something unique about you. That's > the person that I would call in for an interview. > How about two versions of a resume? The terse version and the verbose version. > [1] Although I am a strong supported of both The Church of Jesus > Christ's mission program and the Boy Scouts of America, I don't > think it needs to be on your resumé. I like having those on my resume. I think they show character. Although in Utah they may be extraneous bits of information. _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
