Re: Resumes and other job-related stuff

[John Posada <john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM>]

Steve...

I might be in the minority on this...

First, it's an attractive web page.

Second...However, is that the purpose of the material.  Would you send out a hard
copy resume in the sane form, with sidebar, colors, logos, graphics, etc.?

My feeling about writing is to write for the targeted reader of the material...not
based on the capabilities of the medium, and my guess is that the people reading
resumes are still the same people that have been reading resumes for the last xx
years.

My recommendation would be to create a conventional resume for online and create a
separate web to showcase your web capabilities.

my $.02

By the way...if you're curious on what I have in mind, you can see mine at
http://www.tdandw.com/resume.html



STaylor wrote:

> I've been in the writing "business" for a quite a few years, both in public
> relations and newspapers, and have just recently done software documentation.
>
> I spent many years in the Air Force. Now that I've gotten my feet wet in a
> civilian job, and have (IMHO) effectively translated my "military" skills
> into "civilian" skills, I think two things:
>
> 1. I'm worth more than I'm currently getting paid
> 2. Therefore, I should get paid more than I am for what I do...
> 3. And I may have to change companies in order to do so.
>
> I put a resume on my web site. I would be greatly interested in
> professional tech writers having a look and providing me with some feedback...
>
> Is there too much, or not enough of the right thing? Anyone else take a
> similar, or different approach.
>

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