Wow... I can't stay silent on this one, and I might have a bit of experience that may help some of you make a more informed decision.
First off, my resume can be found at http://www.poeticintensity.com/resume.html for reference. I created my resume at least 5 years ago and have maintained the same formatting ever since (take a look at the HTML... I hardly knew any HTML at the time I wrote this.) For the past year and a half, I have used this resume to inform interested employers of my qualities. In that timeframe, I have given it out to 5 employers, ranging from monster.com to the UPHPU postings. All five times, I was asked to interview and three of the five times, ultimately offered the job. The remaining two, after extensive phone conversations, were deemed sub-par employment opps, so I declined to be interviewed. I'm no expert on resumes or graphic design, but I know that something about it works. It breaks a lot of rules (suggestions) stated in this thread, as well. It's much longer than 1 page, and it has some personal information in it, including my mission / Eagle Scout. Anyway... Just wanted to chime in and give my $.02. Also - If I were an employer, I would deem a mission very applicable to almost any job, due to the hard work, study, problem-solving and creativity required on missions, thus I see no reason to not list it on any resume. --Jason On 8/15/07, Mike Mackrory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like your idea of taking specific experiences and applying them to the > job. It would probably make sense to do this with any experiences you've > had. > > On the last comment though... Hopefully once they figure out where you > stand religeously or even politically, they would already have gotten to > know you and hopefully it wouldn't make much difference. I'd just hate to > miss out on a good opportunity, just because someone has a prejudiced view > against something that I might be associated with. > > Mike Mackrory wrote: > > 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. > > > > > Well, if you write 'mission' and assume they know what that means, I > wouldn't say that's particularly helpful. People who have been on > missions, for example, probably know that they can be very different > experiences depending on where you went, when you went, and who you > worked with. And people who haven't gone a mission might not really > know what good they could get out of you for it anyway. > > But you could list your accomplishments in service projects, missions, > and other volunteer work if that experience would apply to the career. > Think of the problems you solved and the challenges you overcame, and > list those that would make you more valuable in your field. > > As for discrimination, if someone's got a beef with RMs, they'd probably > figure it out sooner or later anyway. ;-) > > -V > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
