This. ^^^^My personal bias when reading resumes was for a compelling summary on the first page; if the first page did not catch my attention, I might not even read the rest.
You should write or re-write your resume for every job you apply for. It’s more work, but job hunting is a job. Get at it.
By far the most important help in this thread is ^^^^^^here. They are all good but this one is top dog.This. You need to anticipate the buzzwords that they are looking for in a potential applicant and make sure you have those words so the screening algorithms move your resume to the folks doing the hiring.
Even if you just write them in white font at the bottom of the document
I would look online at some examples and create my own. This is just one more thing I'll never have to do again. Know what I mean, @svtf150 ?
Based on candidate discussions I've been involved with, I would agree with you. Having been involved with other places known to require skills similar to that which were looking for is a plus.What captures their attention is specific experience with other employers they recognize in the applicant’s immediate past. Everything else is sort of crap shoot.
Both!Write your own, or pay someone?
I’ll write you a resume old timer, but it requires a night in front of the firebowl, and a stenographer.What's a resume, never had one.
I’ll write you a resume old timer, but it requires a night in front of the firebowl, and a stenographer.
It might not get you a job, but we might be wildly entertained with the results here.
That is a tough position. On one hand, you’ve likely got job security in that you’re what they need and want. On the other hand it clearly isn’t fulfilling enough for you.Damn fella's, I really appreciate all the info/advice. Luckily, I'm not having to find a job right now, it's just I'm just stuck in a position at work where I can't move from, and I want to move to a different department and learn new skills to better myself. Talked to plant manager, and was told that I'm where they want me, lol. I get it, I really do, but I also want more for myself. Hard decisions ahead.
The very best time to be looking for another job is when you don’t need to.Damn fella's, I really appreciate all the info/advice. Luckily, I'm not having to find a job right now, it's just I'm just stuck in a position at work where I can't move from, and I want to move to a different department and learn new skills to better myself. Talked to plant manager, and was told that I'm where they want me, lol. I get it, I really do, but I also want more for myself. Hard decisions ahead.
How many years to you see left in your career?See, it's a double edged sword. A little backstory. I started here in 1994, it's a print shop, getting on a offset sheet fed Heidelberg Press. Worked there ten years, then left to start my own photography company. Fast forward to 08, when the crunch happened, things got too tight with my business, so I went back into printing. Fast forward again, current company calls me in 2014 and ask if I want to come back, but not on a press. I go back, work about 3 months, and the pressman that took over my press when I left, leaves the company. So they try and find a replacement, but off set pressman (on a big press, and good ones at that) are very hard to find in our area. So they come to me, and ask if I can come back over to the press I use to run, and help them out. I tell them I will, but I don't want to get stuck back on the press (hahaha), and go back on it. That was 2014, and I'm still on it. Now, it's obvious where the double edge is. I'm in demand, in a field that is hard to find replacements. So, I have all the job security I could ask for, I'm paid pretty well, and I don't have to worry about anyone coming in and taking my job. But, the other side of that blade, it's hard to find good pressman, so I'm kinda stuck, in a position that is not growing at all. Offset printing has been on the decline for awhile, we are just very lucky to have the clients we have, that still want what I do. There are other areas in our shop that are busting at the seams growing, and I want in on learning the new stuff (I know some of it already, in other shops I worked). It makes making a decision to move VERY hard. Leaving that job security and money is tough, but I didn't go back to be doing what I'm doing. Sucks really, lol. I know, first world problems. Sorry so long, and thanks again for the replies.
Damn fella's, I really appreciate all the info/advice. Luckily, I'm not having to find a job right now, it's just I'm just stuck in a position at work where I can't move from, and I want to move to a different department and learn new skills to better myself. Talked to plant manager, and was told that I'm where they want me, lol. I get it, I really do, but I also want more for myself. Hard decisions ahead.
Sounds to me like this is one of those jobs where outside help is going to be hard to find and they’re going to need to recruit, train, and apprentice someone from within. That they’re not, that the OP is stuck for 5 years now on a job he said he didn’t want to make long term tells me a lot.A good employer wants their employees, especially the ones with drive, to learn as much as they are willing to learn.
Same job for 54 years for me so Yeah^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^What's a resume, never had one.
You may not get a resume, but you would probably land a book deal.I’ll write you a resume old timer, but it requires a night in front of the firebowl, and a stenographer.
It might not get you a job, but we might be wildly entertained with the results here.
I did too. In Vim. I guarantee you those on here who even know what that Is are a minority. An even smaller minority who would know that it’s pronounced Lay-tech.I wrote my own using LaTeX.
Same job for 54 years for me so Yeah^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^