On February 11, 2018 at 18:11, Mac Burks (39) said...
I think a photo could play a role in getting a job. An attractive young woman will land a receptionist job if her competition is an old fat bald man like myself. Is that a good or fair thing? No...but in the real world it would make a difference.
I am not saying looks can never play a role, but you are missing the point. For the most part an employer will tend to get a lot more CVs, you need to weed out the useless one's, you need to separate the "just not right for the position but might be interesting for something else", and the they go to the next step.
Unless looks are important for the job (like an actor) or there is something wrong with the person making the decision, what is written below will be way more important than the pic of the person. Even if the job calls for someone attractive that can always be checked at the next step.
PS what if the person does not want an attractive girl as a receptionist because his wife tends to be jealous? what if the person looking to hire is a woman that is into fat bald dudes?
If i were to create a resume today it would have...
Name
Contact Info
Current Job
Skills list
OK
Photos of installation work
Screenshots of User Interfaces, logos and other graphical materials i have produced.
again mixing steps, if you have a portfolio that comes in the next step
I wouldn't even bother listing the 300 industry classes and certificates i have. I cant even remember them all.
you don't need it all, but you do need the most important ones.
My grilfriend on the other hand has always worked sub $75k per year jobs where the skills rarely matter at the next company. For example she has worked at 6 Whole Foods locations over the last 15 years. She doesn't want to work at a grocery store anymore so all of that experience is worthless.
skills and competencies are about what you bring to the table for that job.
Work experience is more about character and fit than just experience.
I asked all my friends on facebook. Not one single person has had a new company contact a previous employer. I dont think companies bother when considering entry level people.
It might depend on the job and it might be different in different places, there is also the reality of ignorance (do you think I called up past employees and said "hey X called to check your references" or told new employees " I called X and they said....")
Her current skills aren't worth anything right now because she wants to try something else.
maybe, but maybe not. that is up to the new employer to decide. Maybe for Best buy the geek squad AV guy needs no skills (don't know never tried them) but we are a full service firm, so anyone that goes on the field needs to be able to vacuum and clean the area up properly, needs to be able to patch up and paint any holes they make, needs to be able to update the paper work (Visio, excel, word) needs to be able to do the minimum with the controllers.
what skills are needed, how important each of them are and what can be taught depends on each job and employer.
I don't know if its childish but it does strike me as odd sometimes when i look at it. The goal was to make the resume stand out so there has to be some bling. that doesn't look like white paper with black text. I think the monogram does that. We all know people with monogram towels in their bathrooms. Is this childish? Or something people to do to stand out like custom rims on a car or fancy cuff links.
I got it, and did not mean to insult, you asked our opinion and I gave it. I don't see any benefit from bling, as an employer I am looking for what CVs are interesting (because the person might be up for the job) and what CVs are not
(the person might not be the right fit)
No work gap. The issue is that i make three times what she makes so when i decide to move she comes with and has to find a new job. For example she has worked at whole foods like 8 years but at different locations and at different times. Whole foods Gold Coast was her first job ever and her current job is Whole Foods Kildeer...those two jobs are 17 years apart with jobs at 4 different companies in between. So rather than try and figure all that history out i just included "WHOLE FOODS MARKET" with a list of locations and all the positions she has held.
agree, sounds good.
