Comments on: Your Résumé… and Beyond http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/ Job search training Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lena http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-1566 Lena Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:36:53 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-1566 Thank you. But I still have a problem.... What if a person is pretty unsure about herself? Wouldn't it be better if somebody else would tell her what the strengths are? I mean, I know my strengths well, but it's stuff nobody needs and my degree actually...well, has nothing to do with my strengths - so how to prove em? I went to Japan to interview Sumo wrestlers and washed dishes to make a living. Now tell me who'd employ me for that. Am a super-geek in a very special subject (nobody needs). Want to work in the country of my 3rd language (not all of us are English-natives, so we darn have a problem competing with you guys AND the natives of the 3rd country.) Getting depressing.... Thank you. But I still have a problem….

What if a person is pretty unsure about herself?
Wouldn’t it be better if somebody else would tell her what the strengths are?
I mean, I know my strengths well, but it’s stuff nobody needs and my degree actually…well, has nothing to do with my strengths – so how to prove em?

I went to Japan to interview Sumo wrestlers and washed dishes to make a living. Now tell me who’d employ me for that. Am a super-geek in a very special subject (nobody needs). Want to work in the country of my 3rd language (not all of us are English-natives, so we darn have a problem competing with you guys AND the natives of the 3rd country.)

Getting depressing….

]]> By: Willy Franzen http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-1452 Willy Franzen Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:32:07 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-1452 Pretty cool work J M. The great thing is that it not only says what you're good at, but it shows it. Pretty cool work J M. The great thing is that it not only says what you’re good at, but it shows it.

]]> By: J M http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-1423 J M Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:53:40 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-1423 Probably too late to get responses, but maybe others on the reply board can offer suggestions/encouragement. My portfolio website, in case it doesn't show up above, is http://jmmpro.zzl.org. That would be the closest equivalent. If you view it and like it. Send me a message saying so! (BTW allow the video content a moment to load, I am on a free server...) Probably too late to get responses, but maybe others on the reply board can offer suggestions/encouragement. My portfolio website, in case it doesn’t show up above, is http://jmmpro.zzl.org. That would be the closest equivalent. If you view it and like it. Send me a message saying so! (BTW allow the video content a moment to load, I am on a free server…)

]]> By: Sujin http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-1422 Sujin Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:25:35 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-1422 Here's a very early draft of a strengths document (and by early, I mean I registered the domain this week). I've been meaning to make a website for something similar to what you describe for awhile but never got myself in action until coming up with a nontraditional concept that would fit my nontraditional background. <a href="http://www.sujinh.com" rel="nofollow">You can probably tell where this is headed.</a> Here’s a very early draft of a strengths document (and by early, I mean I registered the domain this week). I’ve been meaning to make a website for something similar to what you describe for awhile but never got myself in action until coming up with a nontraditional concept that would fit my nontraditional background. You can probably tell where this is headed.

]]> By: Alexandra Shields http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-1205 Alexandra Shields Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48:39 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-1205 Total stab in the dark for a strengths page, but I'd love any advice on it! Total stab in the dark for a strengths page, but I’d love any advice on it!

]]> By: Jason Seiden http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-1168 Jason Seiden Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:05:38 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-1168 Eric, I'm ambivalent. A blog is a blog; use it to demonstrate your strengths, not to talk about them. If you happen to be a good writer, write. If you're knowledgeable about a topic, write about that topic. Blogs are meant to be dynamic and fluid and timely... that's something a bit different from a strengths doc. Eric, I’m ambivalent. A blog is a blog; use it to demonstrate your strengths, not to talk about them. If you happen to be a good writer, write. If you’re knowledgeable about a topic, write about that topic. Blogs are meant to be dynamic and fluid and timely… that’s something a bit different from a strengths doc.

]]> By: Eric Rutledge http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-1165 Eric Rutledge Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:09:45 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-1165 What do you guys think about using a blog as a strength document? I'm kind of taken with the idea of using wordpress to bring together my online job search. What do you guys think about using a blog as a strength document? I’m kind of taken with the idea of using wordpress to bring together my online job search.

]]> By: Jason Seiden http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-187 Jason Seiden Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:59:15 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-187 Awesome 1st crack—lots of good stuff, clean organization, easy to follow, nice diversity of strengths. One suggestion to tighten things up: lead with punch! For instance: * I assisted one of my professors (Ms. Elena Rodriguez-Falcon) in the development of an engineering module. I was paid for my assistance... <em>This tells me nothing so far, as lots of students assist their professors. It's how many students subsidize school!</em> ...and even got the opportunity to lecture my course mates on the Citicorp Tower Ethics Case Study. Click here to read more about “The Fifty-Nine Story Crisis”. <em>Now we're talking!</em> flip it: * Delivered a lecture on ethics in engineering (Click here to review "Citicorp Tower: The 59 Story Crisis") based on an engineering lesson I worked with my professor to develop. Nice start! Awesome 1st crack—lots of good stuff, clean organization, easy to follow, nice diversity of strengths. One suggestion to tighten things up: lead with punch! For instance:

* I assisted one of my professors (Ms. Elena Rodriguez-Falcon) in the development of an engineering module. I was paid for my assistance…
This tells me nothing so far, as lots of students assist their professors. It’s how many students subsidize school!
…and even got the opportunity to lecture my course mates on the Citicorp Tower Ethics Case Study. Click here to read more about “The Fifty-Nine Story Crisis”.
Now we’re talking!

flip it:

* Delivered a lecture on ethics in engineering (Click here to review “Citicorp Tower: The 59 Story Crisis”) based on an engineering lesson I worked with my professor to develop.

Nice start!

]]> By: Ivan http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-184 Ivan Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:51:25 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-184 Thanks for the free lesson! I tried to create a strenghts document for an analytical position in finance. Check it out at <a href="http://www.ivanrybar.com/strenghts.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ivanrybar.com/strenghts.com</a> if you get a chance. Thanks! Thanks for the free lesson!
I tried to create a strenghts document for an analytical position in finance. Check it out at http://www.ivanrybar.com/strenghts.com if you get a chance.
Thanks!

]]> By: John Peden http://www.onedayonejob.com/job-search-prep/foundation-zero/your-resume-and-beyond/#comment-183 John Peden Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:32:05 +0000 http://www.foundyourcareer.com/?p=1339#comment-183 Hey Jason, First attempt at my strengths document. I thought it might be an idea to make this public on my blog. Feel free to be brutal the feedback can only help me improve. I'm really enjoying the series thus far and I'm looking forward to what's coming next. http://johncpeden.com/accomplishments/ Feedback from other readers is also welcomed. John Hey Jason,

First attempt at my strengths document. I thought it might be an idea to make this public on my blog. Feel free to be brutal the feedback can only help me improve. I’m really enjoying the series thus far and I’m looking forward to what’s coming next.

http://johncpeden.com/accomplishments/

Feedback from other readers is also welcomed.

John

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