Resume writers

[JackReacher]

Has anyone paid a person or service to write your resume? I'm still using the same tired template I used a few years ago and am in need of an upgrade.

Any suggestions?

 

[Birdscribe]

I've done several resumes in the past for friends and acquaintances. Earned a little spending money in the process.

In the past, I used PageMaker. Today, I use Microsoft Publishing, although I designed my wife's with this ResumeMaker program. It has its pros and cons, but I'm more comfortable with the freedom Publisher gives me.

 

[JackReacher]

Done several for friends, as well. Send it along; I'm cheap.

Natty Light cheap?

 

[pallister]

Just make stuff up.

 

[Dickens Cider]

Just make stuff up.

Wait, you mean you're not a former executive vice president of the White Sox fan club?

 

[BYH]

Just make stuff up.

You say this even when you know there's a few Natty Lights in it for you if you can just pretend to be good at producing a resume.

Sometimes I think you WANT to fail. I really do.

 

[Dickens Cider]

Just make stuff up.

You say this even when you know there's a few Natty Lights in it for you if you can just pretend to be good at producing a resume.

Sometimes I think you WANT to fail. I really do.

He's holding out for the Miller Lite.

 

[pallister]

He never said Natty Light in a can.

 

[BYH]

He never said Natty Light in a can.

This is why I like you, Pall, even though you and your favorite team and your favorite band and your favorite political party all suck on a grand level. You get the give and take here better than just about anyone.

Oh crap wrong thread. Oh well.

 

[Stitch]

Does it make you look bad if you're looking for a newspaper gig and can't write your own resume?

 

[JackReacher]

Does it make you look bad if you're looking for a newspaper gig and can't write your own resume?

Who said I was looking for a newspaper gig?

 

[Ace]

Does it make you look bad if you're looking for a newspaper gig and can't write your own resume?

Who said I was looking for a newspaper gig?

Yeah. He may want a job in the business world and you need someone to throw in fancy words like cross departmental interactivity and actualization and process and such.

 

[JackReacher]

Does it make you look bad if you're looking for a newspaper gig and can't write your own resume?

Who said I was looking for a newspaper gig?

Yeah. He may want a job in the business world and you need someone to throw in fancy words like cross departmental interactivity and actualization and process and such.

Bingo!

 

[zebracoy]

Does it make you look bad if you're looking for a newspaper gig and can't write your own resume?

Who said I was looking for a newspaper gig?

Yeah. He may want a job in the business world and you need someone to throw in fancy words like cross departmental interactivity and actualization and process and such.

Bingo!

I was hoping that was the case. The ease of throwing together a resume in this industry - in which the thing is incredibly self-explanatory - is one of the best parts of a job hunt.

 

[Joe Williams]

Does it make you look bad if you're looking for a newspaper gig and can't write your own resume?

Who said I was looking for a newspaper gig?

Yeah. He may want a job in the business world and you need someone to throw in fancy words like cross departmental interactivity and actualization and process and such.

Ain't that the truth. Now that so much of the job search process is automated and the computers are programmed to look for "key" words, we have to do with our resumes precisely the opposite of what we're supposed to do with our good, clean journalism copy: Load it up with extra, pretentious stuff. In hopes that some machine won't eliminate us because we tried to stick with clear and concise.