Regardless of your matchless sense of mirth, however, what you're saying here is very good advice. I particularly like the point about transferable skills. It's really important to know where your skills lie and how to use them to the fullest extent.
Erika with Qvisory
of WA
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Jul 24, 2008 19:18:52 PM
Happy to let someone else be the carmudgeon
Point well made and taken! Resume should not become an obsession or self-diversionary tactic. And sorry for digressing a little from the main "diversify!" theme of your excellent post, in which resume-crafting plays only a very small part.
My favorite take-aways here: "Start right now" & "Make many contacts"
almostgotit
of TN
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Jul 23, 2008 19:20:54 PM
Hmmm, resumes......
Yes, working on your resume is a great way to clarify your thinking. And to bask, a bit, in your accomplishments.
But I will say that we should be careful not to spend too much time on them! The tendency is to obsess (at least mine is).
Plus there's a little danger in that when we're resume-writing we feel we are job hunting. And we're not really. A resume is something you need to have, but working on one is not the same as looking for a job.
Guess I'm feeling a bit curmudgeonly today.....
Working Girl
of WA
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Jul 23, 2008 17:10:03 PM
Great Tips
Another great post, Karen. A good place to "start starting over," I've found, is by revamping the resume. It's hard work, but the process of reviewing my skills and accomplishments, *and* having to think of how to present them in the most positive and focussed way, helps me to be more positive and focussed, too.
Erika with Qvisory of WA @ Jul 24, 2008 19:18:52 PM
almostgotit of TN @ Jul 23, 2008 19:20:54 PM
Working Girl of WA @ Jul 23, 2008 17:10:03 PM
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