The Workermonkey

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

one small step... 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 8/22/2006 11:42:00 AM

i applied for unemployment today and filled out all the stuff i needed to online. i don't know the companies registration number so i have to call on the automated phone system, and it has to be tomarrow. i'm not allowed to call mondays or tuesdays because my social security number ends in an 8. 0-4 on mondays, 0-7 on tuesday and the rest wednesday through friday. odd. oh well.

i'm updating my resume and was thinking it might be time for a total overhaul. anyone have any good layouts? designs? i kind of like mine because i spent some time on it but i think i could make a really classy one. nice layout, fancy writing. i've spent time looking over resumes before and it always kind of disapointing. i'm amazed at how many people simply use the basic MS office template. as someone looking at a dozen resumes or a hundred a day like big places, wouldn't this be negative points right off the bat? i know i used to think it was kind of silly because who the hell wants thier resume to blend in with all the others and not stand out? i want mine to leave an impression, even if i'm totally unqualified for a job, doesn't mean my resume has tobe forgotten. suggestions? anything stick in your mind? seen something creative on a resume? discuss!

14 comments

Print it on paper that has a huge marijuana leaf back drop. That will get you noticed.

I've had to look over multiple resumes also. The fancy ones never caught my attention. I looked for simple, well organized, not confusing, clear ones. I think the content is more important than the flash appeal. Just make it professional.

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:55:00 PM  

yeah, i was gonna say, if you want to do something different that's cool, but dont do anything TOO different. the content is still really what matters, and if the setup is too confusing or busy they might just think those characteristics apply to you as well.

By  josh, at Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:25:00 PM  

Try printing landscape instead of vertical. Then increase the margins to 5". Font should be wingdings.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:04:00 PM  

I used to have a slick looking one that got some comments until PSU told us we should keep them simple so companies could scan them, maybe that has something to do with getting rejected for 42 jobs. So clearly I don't have any good advice, but landscape with two or three columns would surely stick out.

By  Damon, at Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:02:00 AM  

i agree, landscape would stickout but most people are retarded with a computer and couldn't figure out how to turn the page to read it. i've had people send back resumes because i sent it in MSworks format, it opens in word you retards! AAAHHHHH!!

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:11:00 PM  

When you email it, make sure its a pdf.

use LaTEX, I've got an awesome format, for you totally classy and well spaced.

By  ron, at Friday, August 25, 2006 12:10:00 AM  

I don't think anyone would learn LaTEX just for a resume, but sending in pdf is a good idea. OpenOffice.org has a simple "Save as PDF" button, and it's free, open source, and not MS.

By  Damon, at Friday, August 25, 2006 3:10:00 AM  

not to sound totally outdated, but why dont you just mail the resumes? maybe it's standard practice in your industry to email them, in which case you should definitely do that, but i still mail mine (standard practice in mine). often people like a hard copy, especially the technologically challenged (perhaps the generation interviewing us?).

just a though, because i really dont know how the companies you'd apply to want it.

By  josh, at Saturday, August 26, 2006 1:20:00 PM  

i use PDF995 for that

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Saturday, August 26, 2006 2:31:00 PM  

yea, you all ways send a hard copy in too. LaTeX is easy to use. 90% of the time you just grab a template to cut and paste your text into.

damon, open office any good? I've been thinking about running a dual boot config om my PC, I'm getting sick of windows crapping out on me and I'm not a gamer anymore.

By  ron, at Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:44:00 PM  

Openoffice can do just about all MS Office can I think, but it's organized differently so it takes a little getting used to. It's rather big and slow to load, but other that those points it's a fully functional set of programs that I've used exclusively during on studies here and before, so I've created and traded files in the writer, spreadsheet, and presentation parts with no issues.

By  Damon, at Monday, August 28, 2006 2:30:00 AM  

what distribution do you run, I was looking at conectiva


... you any good with vi?

By  ron, at Monday, August 28, 2006 11:01:00 PM  

I run Gentoo and used to use Suse which is quicker to get going. I believe Connectiva merged with beginner distro Mandrake to become Mandriva, which may be good to start with.

I don't use vi or vim.

By  Damon, at Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:41:00 AM  

I'm going with ubuntu

By  ron, at Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:51:00 PM  

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