Recently, while casually exploring what's out there for jobs in the market, I submitted my resume to Jobfox, a search-engine site for marketing and communications professionals. As part of their "free" service, I received a review of my resume from a supposed expert.
At the risk of sounding bitter, what I received was a form letter with slots that the "writer" had used to make the letter seem personally written to address my resume. The form says, "The appearance...doesn't say 'experienced Engineering professional'. Now come on! As a communications professional, that's ridiculous. While this made me "Hump!" I have to admit that it did make me question the organization and focus of this very piece that supposedly describes me and entices others to want to meet me. Ha! A new challenge.
I sat tonight and worked to write myself as an "achiever" rather than a "doer" (one of the good nuggets I did get out of the letter). It's somehow freeing, albeit difficult, to rethink my experience this way. Now to make it all gel together. Stay tuned.
