Speaking of size of a resume, tiny resumes also work. If you're looking for work, especially straight from school, write a precis of your resume that will fit on a business card. The front is a business card WITH PHOTO, with the resume on the back or the inside fold.
Give them out in the same way you would if you were a salesperson, or as if they were personal cards. Anyone who impresses you as someone you'd like to work for or with. And the pictures are important.
You know, I see a lot of large women with "business cards" with cute little fairies. It's nice that they're showing how they feel inside, but it ought to square a little more with reality. You know, at least have a robust fairy. You want someone to remember YOU after getting the card.
Yes, we call them networking cards. I don't agree with the photo on it, but to each his/her own. Even though you are giving the card to someone, they may pass it on to someone else. We make judgements about people based on how they look. A picture says a thousand words, and they may not be the words that you want to say to someone. I personally hate the way I look (was in a terrible accident and gained 100 pounds that I still can't exercise enough to help get off) and would rather be "judged" on my accomplishments and experience than my looks.
Again, I would never advocate a picture...it opens a whole can of worms. But what works for Jack may not work for Jill. Do what works for you, try things that are comfortable for you, etc.
Next item I believe everyone should have is a portfolio of work. Nothing seals it like having a body of work to show a potential employer. You would be amazed at how effective it is to SHOW your work, not just talk about it. And everyone can create one, no matter how little experience they think they have.
Mine is a hoot as I look through it. For a while, I was a training manager and course developer, and you can see the evolution of our training...started on terminals with Samna, and when I left, was on CD and web-based.
When you're feeling down, or that you haven't anything to offer, look at your portfolio..you will feel better.
Don't you feel that way about your beadwork? When you look at the pictures you take and see your work? Or when you see the evolution between when you started and where you are now?
I teach classes regarding career marketing as well as being a personal and career coach, and it is so much fun to see the ideas that people have for marketing themselves and their experience.
I'm an advocate of the photo, because when you're applying for a job you're selling yourself. Doesn't matter what you look like, what matters is the confidence you present yourself with. It's not a beauty contest, and you don't want to work for someone who treats it like one, but you want your face to be attached to that resume... in a favorable way... so that when you walk up and shake your potential employer's hand that face rings a bell, as in "Oh yes, this was the one with the excellent work history and impressive education."
Reality is, some employers won't look twice at your resume if the photo with it is of a young black woman. OTOH, did you want to work for that person? Probably not. You'd never have gotten promoted, and your work environment probably wouldn't be pleasant.
The object of the game is to be memorable, not pretty, and a picture will help your interviewer remember you, regardless of whether you think you'd win a beauty contest. That's why realtors put their picture EVERYWHERE. It works.
Yes, the things you say about prejudging based on looks are true. Still, if I take a card from someone, I am much more likely to remember the conversation and other positive things if there's a face for me to link those things to. I'd rather be remembered as "the fat lady who ....", than be forgotten. If the card arrives without me, there'd be no point in having a picture on it.
You're right about the portfolio too. Aside from the goof professional reasons to keep one, it's always good to have on hand a reminder of how good you are. We all get enough negative comments already.
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kalera Stratton :
]The object of the game is to be memorable, not pretty, and a picture ]will help your interviewer remember you, regardless of whether you think ]you'd win a beauty contest. That's why realtors put their picture ]EVERYWHERE. It works.
when i went for the interview yesterday, the first thing they did was take my picture to attach to the application.
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
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's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis
yes, you are right about this. When my sister helped me update my resume, I was amazed at how good I look for someone who has not been in the "regular" employment world for the last 25 years. I have skills---I may not be a professional secretary, but I type faster than most, and can use Access, Word and Photoshop programs, build webpages, cook a gourmet dinner for 40 on less than $2.00 per person, and make beads!!! Sarajane
umm...I just got 9million points on the "Elvira and the Party Monsters" pinball game that we are babysitting while friends re-do their house...and got my initials on the backboard as the #2 score.
I admit it, I'm a pinball junkie. My kids have even gotten bit by the bug--they'll turn the video game off to come over to my side of the basement and play me a game. I got 6 million points on the first ball in a game last weekend, made Andy come witness for me---he said "Mother, you are scaring me" in his best trembley voice. Was a lovely moment I'll cherish...... Sarajane
that's the "mom" portion of me, I just can't stand to see people hurting or hungry and not DO something. So I make a lot of muffins and yak about vitamins a lot!!!!! Sarajane
I'm a pinball junkie too. I love going to the arcades. Where will you find me? Pinball. I always kick DHs butt. (big smile) My brother stopped playing games with me when he was a teenager. Of course, it was back in the Pac Man days.
Well, Starlia, you and Kathy might enjoy this site!
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this: it happens twice a year, next one is March of 2004, its listed on thesite above. That's where we went this summer on our trip to Las Vegas, that andWillaims Costume Co.!---------- Tim Arnold's Fun Night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Due to high demand, two nights are scheduled. Come to either or both! Fun starts are 6pm and goes until midnight--come anytime, leave anytime. Tim has one of the world's largest collection of pinball machines and arcade games--from
1930s to the modern games of today, hundreds of which are rebuilt to play like new and are available for play. All Games are on free play............... Raffle tickets will be sold, 100 percent of which will benefit the Las Vegas Salvation Army. Thousands of dollars are raised each Fun Night! Please give what you can, knowing that the Army will put it to good use. Bring a check made out to Salvation Army and get a nice tax deduction, or cash is also welcome. There will be hundreds of smaller prizes like shirts, backglasses, books, and pinball-related stuff. There will also be all the pinball repair videos, books, etc., for sale. There will be machines for sale as well.
What tables do you have, Carol? I started a post about this last night, then the connection broke....love that aol.
Our friends are into repairing and restoring, so we are learning too---I can reset stuck balls and do minor paint repairs, am learning bumper replacement, etc.
They have (so we have access to) Stratoflyte, Elvira and the Party Monsters, SeaWitch and Domino.
Here's the beady bit---I make alligator clips attached to a wired bead and pendant piece with 1-2-3-4 numbers, each set with a decorative theme for the table. If you are player one on Seawitch, you clip it to your clothes, and so on--that way if you are playing several machines you remember that you are 2 on one table, 3 on the other, 1 on the one in the kitchen.... Sarajane
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