The girls who get flowers
are sweet
attractive
agreeable
Their faces make you smile
their voices make you laugh
they restore your faith in beauty
they make you comfortable
They are called
cute
beautiful
pretty
hot
We don't get flowers, you and I
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Resume Tips from a Hiring Manager
This started out as a lesson for my 11th grade English students and morphed into something useful for many more people than I believed.
A Resume is not your life story, it is an opportunity to present yourself in the best possible light to a possible employer. How you express yourself on paper or in an email is even more important in many cases than how you express yourself in person. Think of how many of us apply for jobs now; we send a resume to a company and hope for a response. To make sure you get that response take the following DOs into consideration:
1. Included Your Name
I have seen so many resumes where I wasn't sure who I was considering. Put your name at the top of the page and slightly larger than the rest of the text.
2. Include contact information
I've read your resume and I want to talk to you, but I don't know how! Include a working phone number and an email address at the very least. Standard resumes also have a place for you to write your address.
3. No more than 1 page
Hiring managers read hundreds of resumes a day, if the information isn't important enough to be on the first page, don't include it.
4.Include your work experience
Employers want to know where you've worked, it lets them know if you have experience in the field. You don't have to include everywhere you've worked, resumes usually show Recent Work Experience or Relevant Work Experience but you need to let the employer know which set you're using.
5. Include your job title
Employers need to know what you did at your job even more than where you worked. Always include your job title before the job description.
6. Bullet point your job descriptions
Hiring managers taken less than 10 seconds to read each resume, so many won't read the well-written paragraph you used to describe you previous experience. Use Bullet points and action words to describe your duties.
7. Include the dates of your employment
One of the best ways to prove yourself a good employer is to show how long you've worked at a position, it shows tenacity and consistency. If you're a job-hopper, list the dates at the right of the page where they will be noted but not emphasized
8. Include educational achievements
Include any relevant degrees earned but if you graduated more than two years ago, don't include your high school information.
9. Include relevant certifications
This is a great opportunity to show what you bring to the table that other candidates might not. If you're applying for something related to computer, include your C++ certification; if applying to be a lifeguard, include your CPR and First Aid training.
10. Include achievements only as they are related to previously work experience or education
Except in specific circumstances such as including your publication history for professors or art exhibits for artists,achievements should be listed as in bullet form under the appropriate school or job.
The list above is a great start for a resume, when editing yours, make sure to include each of the above but also to remove any of the below:
1. Don't include hobbies or extracurricular activities
2. Don't include the address or phone number to anywhere you have worked or gone to school
3. Don't include "No Duh" statements such as "References available upon request" or "Available for Hire"
4. Don't include anything that might be used against you such as Age, Gender, Race, Religion, Sexual orientation, Marital Status, Parental Status, Politics etc. If people can be prejudiced about it, don't mention it.
5. Don't include your opinion of your previous employers or jobs
6. Don't include why you left any previous employment, if the employer wants to know they can ask you.
7. Don't have spelling or usage errors
8. Don't include a picture of yourself unless the position is as an actor or model or in another area of the arts or media where looks are important.
9. Don't send out a resume that isn't up-to-date
10. Don't send out a resume without a personalized cover letter.
There you have it, ten things you need to do and ten things to never do to create a good resume. Below is an outline you may find helpful (formatting preferences vary with the industry but Microsoft Word has some useful templates):
Name
Phone Number, Email Address, Address
Experience
Name of Company City, State Dates of Employment
Job Title
Name of School City, State Graduation Date (Or Expected Graduation Date)
Major, Minor
Certifications
Name of Certification Date of expiration
Achievements
Achievement/ Award Date this occured
*** Feel Free to share this but please, this is a handout that I created from scratch for my students so be a good person and cite.
APA style
Leader, D. M. Resume tips from a hiring manager [Facebook Note]. Retrieved from Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/notes/dana-leader/resume-tips-from-a-hiring-manager/10150162108571051
MLA Style
Leader, Dana. "Resume Tips from a Hiring Manager." Facebook. Web
A Resume is not your life story, it is an opportunity to present yourself in the best possible light to a possible employer. How you express yourself on paper or in an email is even more important in many cases than how you express yourself in person. Think of how many of us apply for jobs now; we send a resume to a company and hope for a response. To make sure you get that response take the following DOs into consideration:
1. Included Your Name
I have seen so many resumes where I wasn't sure who I was considering. Put your name at the top of the page and slightly larger than the rest of the text.
2. Include contact information
I've read your resume and I want to talk to you, but I don't know how! Include a working phone number and an email address at the very least. Standard resumes also have a place for you to write your address.
3. No more than 1 page
Hiring managers read hundreds of resumes a day, if the information isn't important enough to be on the first page, don't include it.
4.Include your work experience
Employers want to know where you've worked, it lets them know if you have experience in the field. You don't have to include everywhere you've worked, resumes usually show Recent Work Experience or Relevant Work Experience but you need to let the employer know which set you're using.
5. Include your job title
Employers need to know what you did at your job even more than where you worked. Always include your job title before the job description.
6. Bullet point your job descriptions
Hiring managers taken less than 10 seconds to read each resume, so many won't read the well-written paragraph you used to describe you previous experience. Use Bullet points and action words to describe your duties.
7. Include the dates of your employment
One of the best ways to prove yourself a good employer is to show how long you've worked at a position, it shows tenacity and consistency. If you're a job-hopper, list the dates at the right of the page where they will be noted but not emphasized
8. Include educational achievements
Include any relevant degrees earned but if you graduated more than two years ago, don't include your high school information.
9. Include relevant certifications
This is a great opportunity to show what you bring to the table that other candidates might not. If you're applying for something related to computer, include your C++ certification; if applying to be a lifeguard, include your CPR and First Aid training.
10. Include achievements only as they are related to previously work experience or education
Except in specific circumstances such as including your publication history for professors or art exhibits for artists,achievements should be listed as in bullet form under the appropriate school or job.
The list above is a great start for a resume, when editing yours, make sure to include each of the above but also to remove any of the below:
1. Don't include hobbies or extracurricular activities
2. Don't include the address or phone number to anywhere you have worked or gone to school
3. Don't include "No Duh" statements such as "References available upon request" or "Available for Hire"
4. Don't include anything that might be used against you such as Age, Gender, Race, Religion, Sexual orientation, Marital Status, Parental Status, Politics etc. If people can be prejudiced about it, don't mention it.
5. Don't include your opinion of your previous employers or jobs
6. Don't include why you left any previous employment, if the employer wants to know they can ask you.
7. Don't have spelling or usage errors
8. Don't include a picture of yourself unless the position is as an actor or model or in another area of the arts or media where looks are important.
9. Don't send out a resume that isn't up-to-date
10. Don't send out a resume without a personalized cover letter.
There you have it, ten things you need to do and ten things to never do to create a good resume. Below is an outline you may find helpful (formatting preferences vary with the industry but Microsoft Word has some useful templates):
Name
Phone Number, Email Address, Address
Experience
Name of Company City, State Dates of Employment
Job Title
- Describe Job Duties
- Present Achievements
- Employ Action Words
Name of School City, State Graduation Date (Or Expected Graduation Date)
Major, Minor
- Include leadership roles in honor societies or fraternities
- Include achievements such as Dean's list or Cum Laude Honors
- Do not include sports or clubs unless you were in a leadership position OR the club won some sort of competition
Certifications
Name of Certification Date of expiration
Achievements
Achievement/ Award Date this occured
*** Feel Free to share this but please, this is a handout that I created from scratch for my students so be a good person and cite.
APA style
Leader, D. M. Resume tips from a hiring manager [Facebook Note]. Retrieved from Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/notes/dana-leader/resume-tips-from-a-hiring-manager/10150162108571051
MLA Style
Leader, Dana. "Resume Tips from a Hiring Manager." Facebook. Web
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
It occurred to me
...that many of you don't know exactly what happened while T*** and I were together. Living in Norfolk with people who knew me only during and after that I realized exactly how much he cut me off from my friends at school. I spend a lot of the time saying "Where was I when THAT happened?" but I also figure this should be told because I've found out that some people have had similar experiences and blame themselves. I did, for a long time.
We had gotten into a fight, T*** and I. Our fights were always nasty but this was especially so because it was the first time he had done more than scream or wheedle. About half way through the fight he raised his hand and I flinched. I'd grown up with the distinct possibility of a slap or a punch if I said something someone didn't like. He just smiled because he knew that he could make me do whatever he wanted just by pretending he was going to hit me. He never ended up hitting me just would stop before his hand would have connected. This time was the first and the worst because I was living with him and knew I couldn't go anywhere else. So when he told me to lie down I did. I asked him if we couldn't just go to sleep and talk in the morning when we were less angry. He just raised his hand and when I flinched again, he pushed me onto the bed.
According to H.R.3, a bill sponsored by Rep Chris Smith (R-NJ), this doesn't count as rape. Because I didn't have bruises or cuts, because I didn't physically resist, if I had gotten pregnant, I would have had to keep the baby. The baby of a man I am STILL afraid of, of a man who cut me off from my friends and family for 2 years, a man who so completely destroyed my personality that I had to start from scratch, beginning with what my favorite color was and what food I liked.
Please, for the sakes of every woman who can't fight back or didn't have a chance, who was date raped, drugged, sleeping, married to him or too scared to say "No", write to your congressman and tell him to stop punishing survivors of rape and sexual assault.
Sign the petition here and here. Please email them here.
We had gotten into a fight, T*** and I. Our fights were always nasty but this was especially so because it was the first time he had done more than scream or wheedle. About half way through the fight he raised his hand and I flinched. I'd grown up with the distinct possibility of a slap or a punch if I said something someone didn't like. He just smiled because he knew that he could make me do whatever he wanted just by pretending he was going to hit me. He never ended up hitting me just would stop before his hand would have connected. This time was the first and the worst because I was living with him and knew I couldn't go anywhere else. So when he told me to lie down I did. I asked him if we couldn't just go to sleep and talk in the morning when we were less angry. He just raised his hand and when I flinched again, he pushed me onto the bed.
According to H.R.3, a bill sponsored by Rep Chris Smith (R-NJ), this doesn't count as rape. Because I didn't have bruises or cuts, because I didn't physically resist, if I had gotten pregnant, I would have had to keep the baby. The baby of a man I am STILL afraid of, of a man who cut me off from my friends and family for 2 years, a man who so completely destroyed my personality that I had to start from scratch, beginning with what my favorite color was and what food I liked.
Please, for the sakes of every woman who can't fight back or didn't have a chance, who was date raped, drugged, sleeping, married to him or too scared to say "No", write to your congressman and tell him to stop punishing survivors of rape and sexual assault.
Sign the petition here and here. Please email them here.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Chapbook Published
My first book of poetry has been published. Here it is on amazon: Tuesday Night Remnants
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