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Sep. 17th, 2011 09:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshToday was resume-building day. In other words, a day of misery and crankiness unrivaled since the last resume-building day. I suppose I could have just kept using my previous resume, since nothing much has changed, but it was too long - two and a half pages of tiny font with half inch margins all around. Too much information for any of it to stand out. I formatted the new one with a different style, cut out a lot of superfluous information, and simplified it visually. (LP and ANM, I actually made some dramatic changes to it after sending it to you so it's not quite what you saw).
I didn't get much else done today, though, as the fight with the resume took about six hours and all of my mental strength. If I could just get a job in the library/archives fields, then building a resume for other such jobs would be easier. Today's task required a lot of creativity when it comes to finding ways to relate actual experiences with desired job skills, and I don't know if I was really successful.
But, I really need to find a new job. I'm hoping to find something by the end of the year, but that might just be wishful thinking with the economy still so sucky. Regardless, I'll continue to work on it.
I didn't get much else done today, though, as the fight with the resume took about six hours and all of my mental strength. If I could just get a job in the library/archives fields, then building a resume for other such jobs would be easier. Today's task required a lot of creativity when it comes to finding ways to relate actual experiences with desired job skills, and I don't know if I was really successful.
But, I really need to find a new job. I'm hoping to find something by the end of the year, but that might just be wishful thinking with the economy still so sucky. Regardless, I'll continue to work on it.
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Date: 2011-09-18 01:36 am (UTC)=D
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Date: 2011-09-18 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 01:36 am (UTC)BTW, I now do remember packing that HP book into a box of stuff I sent to you one Christmas. A lot of my grad school friends had been raving about it and saying I should read it, but I decided to let you test the waters! I don't remember all what else was in the box, but I think I put in some boxes of instant Thai food and other odd but potentially useful stuff. If I had actually read the book I would have had to pack an old unpaired sock or paper clip as an Uncle Vernonish gift.
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Date: 2011-09-18 01:42 am (UTC)Incidentally, after closer examination, that job I found was not one I'm actually qualified for. Which I only figured out after I'd gone through the painful process of creating a woefully inadequate CV at HigherEDJobs in order to be able to apply for it. Note to self: skip jobs that are posted through HigherEdJobs.
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Date: 2011-09-18 02:06 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-09-18 12:06 pm (UTC)Here's hoping your lovely new resume will lead to a lovely new job with excellent pay, benefits and job security!
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Date: 2011-09-20 03:12 am (UTC)