Well since I am moving soon I thought that I would start applying for jobs and see what happens. It has been a challenge. I re-did my resume a couple of months ago and had several people go over it and I had them tell me what they thought. It was a lot of hard work but worth it because now I have a resume that I am satisfied with...Except the objective line. I am still trying to work that one out.
My goal is to apply or send my resume out to 4-6 different companys a week. It is hard because the majority of the jobs want you to apply online and don't give you a specific person to follow up with. So you just kind of send it out there hoping that they get it and take a look at it and give you a call. When you don't hear from them you wonder if they even received anything you sent. That is one of the downfalls about applying online. So far I have meet my goal though of applying to different places for different positions.
It has also been a challenge because I don't live there yet and so I am finding that it is harder for people to take a chance on you and settle for a phone interview. I am really trying to keep a positive attitude and I know that it is still early. It would just be nice if people would call or e-mail so I knew if they received my information.
I talked with a person who works in our human resource department today. We just talked about the road blocks that I am coming up against. He said that he would take a look at my resume and then tell me what he thought of it. That was good to hear. I didn't go to him in the first place because I thought that he would say he couldn't because the conflict of interest thing but I think because I am moving out of state he is willing to help me out. I will be sending him my resume tomorrow for him to look at. Hopefully he doesn't have to many changes he feels need to be made as I have sent it out a few times :) Oh well I would rather know now then not at all.
If any one has any advice please feel free to share it. I am taking any and all suggestions in this area :) Keep your fingers crossed that I find something before I move as well!
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I would go back to Gregory and the girls-along with our adventures, but not back to all the other crap! I had to ask, where do you get your templates...they are just too cute! It was good to hear from you!
Sorry I had to delete the other post, but I do have some really good news for you. One you have a ton of expreience so just look for jobs that are similiar to what you do now. Any employer will take exprience over a new hire any day. Two: We use online resume stuff at work and when I need to hire someone I always go through the resumes and do call all the ones that look good. I'm sure you have a good one so it's all good. You will be fine.
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