Resume writing.

[Jiggyfly]

Can anybody recommend a good free resume writing program that will allow me to edit.

And that will conform to what is the preferred resume format now.

 

[Playmaker]

Yes please!

 

[dallen]

I can't but I think there are a few guys on here that work in HR so they should be able to give some advice

 

[mcnuttz]

you guys suck at punctuating¿

 

[boozeman]

Resumes are so overrated these days. It is almost like a term paper, someone can find an app to do it for them.

I barely look at them, honestly. I skim, look for relevant experience and typos.

Gone are the days where a resume makes it.

Just avoid being fancy or pretentious, state the facts and make it clean is the best advice I could give you.

You can have someone make it for you, but I can spot the "bought" resumes a mile away.

 

[Jiggyfly]

Resumes are so overrated these days. It is almost like a term paper, someone can find an app to do it for them.

I barely look at them, honestly. I skim, look for relevant experience and typos.

Gone are the days where a resume makes it.

Just avoid being fancy or pretentious, state the facts and make it clean is the best advice I could give you.

You can have someone make it for you, but I can spot the "bought" resumes a mile away.

I created a pretty good one on My perfect resume.

They faked me out with the Free part but for 3 bucks trial it was everything I needed.

So what do you use to screen applicants?

 

[Cotton]

To me the cover letter to the resume is more important than the resume itself. In terms of looks and how it reads, I mean.

 

[townsend]

I never even submitted a resume for my first job out of the military. I had a head hunter sell me through my Monster.com profile. After the interview I had to fill out an application.
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[boozeman]

So what do you use to screen applicants?

An underling.

 

[Cotton]

An underling.

Nice.

 

[Jiggyfly]

An underling.

So I'm talking to the wrong person.

 

[E_D_Guapo]

Resumes are so overrated these days. It is almost like a term paper, someone can find an app to do it for them.

I barely look at them, honestly. I skim, look for relevant experience and typos.

Gone are the days where a resume makes it.

Just avoid being fancy or pretentious, state the facts and make it clean is the best advice I could give you.

You can have someone make it for you, but I can spot the "bought" resumes a mile away.

I manage projects moreso than people and am not involved in the hiring process. Also, I have been at my company for 10 years & haven't been in the job market for a while so it is kind interesting to learn that the significance of "the resume" has diminished. It was still kind of important when I was last in the market but has always really kind of been more about the qualifications than the presentation of a resume document in my experience I guess.

 

[E_D_Guapo]

An underling.

<--- Booze

 

[fortsbest]

For the people I have had to hire for the department, relevant experience and the quality of the writing are what I look at. But to make sure the person I'm interviewing did the writing I usually ask them if the did the resume and then them to write something for me during the review or interview process. Checks honesty at the same time.