Financial Independence
Escape the Rat Race
Resumes, Resume Building, and Finding the Right Job:
Resume Do’s and Don’ts, Resume Building, and Finding the Right Job
Resume:
- In your resume, don’t just list where you’ve been, but rather what your
accomplishments are and how they apply to the job you are applying for. If you can
quantify your accomplishments, that’s even better.
- Be sure your resume is completely free of spelling and grammatical errors.
- Avoid acronyms.
- Do not put irrelevant personal information on your resume, i.e. your age, gender,
political beliefs, religious beliefs, leisure activities, etc, on your resume.
- Your objective should be covered in your cover letter. Start your resume with: contact
info, and then skills, or education, or work experience. Decide whether your skills,
education, or work experience apply the most to the position you are applying for. Then
list the others.
- Remember to communicate to your perspective employer that you can and will help
them improve the bottom line. You want to be well worth your salary.
Resume Building:
- Spend your spare time learning new skills, whether it’s XHTML, CSS, Excel, NLP,
Spanish, selling, etc. You can get books from the library, or you can take a class or
seminar, and practice it yourself.
- While you are in school, it is a good idea to sign up for an internship. You can intern for
a business, in government, on Capitol Hill, and etc. Internships look good on resumes.
- If you have the opportunity to run or take an integral position in a business,
government, political, or other organization, it may be a good idea. You will learn to lead
and you are sure to make professional connections.
Finding the Right Job:
- Keep in mind that automation and outsourcing are here. Automation and outsourcing
will not go away.
- The things to do are: understand how these changes affect your industry, be able to
create and/or sell new products and services.
- Be aware of changing demographics. Consider the aging of the US population, and
other considerations. Change will continue.
- What professionals and skills are most in demand? This is an excellent place to start
planning your career.
- Following your passions can be a boon to success.
- In this pretty severe recession, why would someone get chosen for a job? Because
the candidate will have a record of making their employers money, saving their employer’
s money, adding value, and being proficient in the skills the job requires.
- A great idea is to ask your friends, your mastermind, and people in your personal
network if they know of a job opening.
- If a company is truly interested in you, the HR person will be straight with you and set a
start date. Don't waste your time with companies with vague disingenuous notions of
"professionalism" or "success", etc. If they run you around, don't bother with them. You
may have to contact your state's Department of Labor if a company breaks a law.
- Remember that bait and switch techniques by "potential employers" are very common.
Government agencies use bait and switch techniques on people they are supposedly
trying to help all the time. Have money for a good lawyer.
- In my opinion, the best idea is to start your own business and to save and invest for
retirement right now. Keep in mind some of the ideas here at this site.
- The median household income in the US is $44,389. That means 1/2 the population
makes $44K or less. That is not much money! While you are in school and/or living at
home you need to be saving money and learning to invest. That is what this site is for.
- Be aware that dead end job employers do not have to give you a raise (regardless of
how hard you work), fire you, train you, allow you to take classes, or provide a good
reference for another job.
- Do not believe "Blue Sky" thinking, when planning your career or your retirement. Blue
sky thinking is BS.
Resume:
- In your resume, don’t just list where you’ve been, but rather what your
accomplishments are and how they apply to the job you are applying for. If you can
quantify your accomplishments, that’s even better.
- Be sure your resume is completely free of spelling and grammatical errors.
- Avoid acronyms.
- Do not put irrelevant personal information on your resume, i.e. your age, gender,
political beliefs, religious beliefs, leisure activities, etc, on your resume.
- Your objective should be covered in your cover letter. Start your resume with: contact
info, and then skills, or education, or work experience. Decide whether your skills,
education, or work experience apply the most to the position you are applying for. Then
list the others.
- Remember to communicate to your perspective employer that you can and will help
them improve the bottom line. You want to be well worth your salary.
Resume Building:
- Spend your spare time learning new skills, whether it’s XHTML, CSS, Excel, NLP,
Spanish, selling, etc. You can get books from the library, or you can take a class or
seminar, and practice it yourself.
- While you are in school, it is a good idea to sign up for an internship. You can intern for
a business, in government, on Capitol Hill, and etc. Internships look good on resumes.
- If you have the opportunity to run or take an integral position in a business,
government, political, or other organization, it may be a good idea. You will learn to lead
and you are sure to make professional connections.
Finding the Right Job:
- Keep in mind that automation and outsourcing are here. Automation and outsourcing
will not go away.
- The things to do are: understand how these changes affect your industry, be able to
create and/or sell new products and services.
- Be aware of changing demographics. Consider the aging of the US population, and
other considerations. Change will continue.
- What professionals and skills are most in demand? This is an excellent place to start
planning your career.
- Following your passions can be a boon to success.
- In this pretty severe recession, why would someone get chosen for a job? Because
the candidate will have a record of making their employers money, saving their employer’
s money, adding value, and being proficient in the skills the job requires.
- A great idea is to ask your friends, your mastermind, and people in your personal
network if they know of a job opening.
- If a company is truly interested in you, the HR person will be straight with you and set a
start date. Don't waste your time with companies with vague disingenuous notions of
"professionalism" or "success", etc. If they run you around, don't bother with them. You
may have to contact your state's Department of Labor if a company breaks a law.
- Remember that bait and switch techniques by "potential employers" are very common.
Government agencies use bait and switch techniques on people they are supposedly
trying to help all the time. Have money for a good lawyer.
- In my opinion, the best idea is to start your own business and to save and invest for
retirement right now. Keep in mind some of the ideas here at this site.
- The median household income in the US is $44,389. That means 1/2 the population
makes $44K or less. That is not much money! While you are in school and/or living at
home you need to be saving money and learning to invest. That is what this site is for.
- Be aware that dead end job employers do not have to give you a raise (regardless of
how hard you work), fire you, train you, allow you to take classes, or provide a good
reference for another job.
- Do not believe "Blue Sky" thinking, when planning your career or your retirement. Blue
sky thinking is BS.
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