Resume Facts or Fiction:

1.  Resumes must be one page in length.  Fiction......Your resume is YOU.  If you are a recent college graduate you probably don't have a lot of experience and a one page resume should do fine.  If you have 20+ years experience, you can't begin to "tell your story" on one page.  Rule of thumb:  One Page:  recent college graduate or less than 10 years experience.  Two Page:  20+ years experience and/or a 4 year degree and 10 years experience.  Three Page:  You have a Masters Degree and a thesis to write about.  You have a lot of experience and the positions you're applying for require a lot of experience.

2.  One must have an "Objective.  Fiction.....The concept of an objective is to tell the employer what you want to do...either in precise or vague terms ("want to work for a growing company").  Honestly, companies don't care what you want to do.  They care what "can you do for them".....or what do you "bring to the table".  This information is brought to light in the first 7 seconds in what is now known as the "Summary".

Do you agree?  Disagree?  Let me know.  I will continue this blog as I see reactions!!

We are a couple of weeks away from our next ProNet meeting and we have received only a few RSVPs....hmmmm.  Wonder why.  Going to try to install a comments section on this blog.  Maybe you can give me some suggestions?  Have you been on our web site at www.pronetcareerresources.org or on our LinkedIn page or (yes finally) our facebook page?  Let me know your thoughts.

Our next ProNet Career Resources meeting is August 26th.  Due to an embarrassing turnout in July, we are asking for RSVP's to Howie at hra246@gmail.com  It has been a rough summer and many members are reevaluating their job search tactics and techniques.

I am looking for a venue that is more convenient, but no one has stepped to the plate to help me.  Both June and July meetings had overcast skys and some rane...could that have kept people away?  The price of gas is not coming down any time soon.  Is that stopping people from coming to meetigns?  If one goes for an interview only to find that it was an exercise in futility, is that a waste of gas?

Our goal is to help people in their job search.  Email campaigns are a means to that end.  Ken Countess of The Countess Group is in expert in this area and he will be our guest speaker.  Your joining us will show him that our group is vital to the support of those in transition.  He has volunteered his time.  Let's show him a large group.  Please RSVP as soon as possible.  Thanks.