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Subject:RE: Another Resume Question From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:52:08 -0500
Birds of a feather. I've found that if you are being considered by a
telecom, they like to see that you've been at other telecoms. Pharms like
pharms.
When I interviewed at B&N.com, they weren't impressed by any of the
Fortune500 companies, but that I was at a small company called FaxSav
because both companies had something in common...moving hundreds of
thousands of "messages" per minutes through a maze of systems. (here,
orders; there, faxes)
Therefore, on my resume, I include the company.
John Posada
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Brown [mailto:stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:33 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Another Resume Question
I'll dissent slightly from other responses you've
received.
I tend to think that *what* you've done is more
important than *where* you've done it, so I would not
necessarily list the individual companies where your
employer has placed you.
That said, if it's important to you to show potential
employers that you have experience in particular
industries, you might address that in your "objective"
or "summary" section of your resume (if you use them),
or in the cover letter that accompanies your resume.
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