REFINE THAT RESUME FOR 2012! (Frazer Chronicle)
In Sunday's Green Bay Press Gazette, 1-22-12, I read with a growing sense of humor an article by Kaitlin Madden on how people should "refine their resume for the new year." If you are "resolved" to find new employment in the new year, "start off on the right foot lie," that would be my advice.
That's right, lie like an S.O.B. about recent job achievements, your position and your accomplishments, if your lucky, you'll slid through and hook that cherry job, the one with decent pay, nice benefits a title and cushy surroundings. You may last as long as 6 months if your lucky, long enough to snag unemployment benefits and even a buy-out of some sort.
And the best part, these companies won't protest, they'll just want to sweep their mistake under the rug and move on, with stronger resolve never to make the same mistake again. There will be a revamping of the Human Resource Department, a head or two might roll, but in the end, the company will move on.
As for the fired worker, well he'll be back on the street, "fake looking" for new employment and spending his new found unemployment wealth. Don't worry though, his search for another job will not be very extensive, nor will he spend much time at the search.
It is an excepted complaint that is voiced almost daily by somebody that our government representatives are completely out of touch with what is going on in everyday America, and I agree. Elected officials with very few exception have little or no understanding of what goes on in the real world of employment in today's world.
You now can add to that list the name of Kaitlin Madden, writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, TheWorksBuzz.com. Look, I understand that Ms. Madden is writing from a perfect world mentality her opinions on how people can better themselves, and for that I salute her.
But Green Bay Wisconsin is at best a blue collar community, and the most important things a prospective employer wants to know is if you speak English, can read and write it, can get back and forth to work, and can lift a 100 pounds repeatedly.
That's 60 to 70% of the working class in Green Bay, Wisconsin, medial $8 to $12 an hour jobs for men, and minimum wage to $10 an hour for the women. Supervisors don't care about reading a list of accomplishments, key words from the job description that you are applying to, or to worry about your "social media profiles," or how your answers on an application answered, or the grammar used. H.R. officers in the low end job view the hiring process as a pain in the butt, and anyway, need to get back to their other job, checking quality control on an assembly line down on the floor somewhere.
Many, many jobs that are available in today's work world are manned by unprofessional that were hired by unprofessional. It is and always had been the nature of the beast, don't make any mistakes, as with high end job searches, the searching process is a game, sadly one that has to be played and one where the rules favor the hire-or.
The rules change from job to job, business to business, and interview to interview. Confidence is probably a key factor, but not an intimidating confidence, knowledge of many things but master of few, if any. Be able to bow your head, to avoid eye contact, to have a firm handshake, but not one that is challenging. And always, always be puckered up, ready to kiss ass. All employers like that attitude. That said, good luck in your search.....and may the power be with you.
In Sunday's Green Bay Press Gazette, 1-22-12, I read with a growing sense of humor an article by Kaitlin Madden on how people should "refine their resume for the new year." If you are "resolved" to find new employment in the new year, "start off on the right foot lie," that would be my advice.
That's right, lie like an S.O.B. about recent job achievements, your position and your accomplishments, if your lucky, you'll slid through and hook that cherry job, the one with decent pay, nice benefits a title and cushy surroundings. You may last as long as 6 months if your lucky, long enough to snag unemployment benefits and even a buy-out of some sort.
And the best part, these companies won't protest, they'll just want to sweep their mistake under the rug and move on, with stronger resolve never to make the same mistake again. There will be a revamping of the Human Resource Department, a head or two might roll, but in the end, the company will move on.
As for the fired worker, well he'll be back on the street, "fake looking" for new employment and spending his new found unemployment wealth. Don't worry though, his search for another job will not be very extensive, nor will he spend much time at the search.
It is an excepted complaint that is voiced almost daily by somebody that our government representatives are completely out of touch with what is going on in everyday America, and I agree. Elected officials with very few exception have little or no understanding of what goes on in the real world of employment in today's world.
You now can add to that list the name of Kaitlin Madden, writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, TheWorksBuzz.com. Look, I understand that Ms. Madden is writing from a perfect world mentality her opinions on how people can better themselves, and for that I salute her.
But Green Bay Wisconsin is at best a blue collar community, and the most important things a prospective employer wants to know is if you speak English, can read and write it, can get back and forth to work, and can lift a 100 pounds repeatedly.
That's 60 to 70% of the working class in Green Bay, Wisconsin, medial $8 to $12 an hour jobs for men, and minimum wage to $10 an hour for the women. Supervisors don't care about reading a list of accomplishments, key words from the job description that you are applying to, or to worry about your "social media profiles," or how your answers on an application answered, or the grammar used. H.R. officers in the low end job view the hiring process as a pain in the butt, and anyway, need to get back to their other job, checking quality control on an assembly line down on the floor somewhere.
Many, many jobs that are available in today's work world are manned by unprofessional that were hired by unprofessional. It is and always had been the nature of the beast, don't make any mistakes, as with high end job searches, the searching process is a game, sadly one that has to be played and one where the rules favor the hire-or.
The rules change from job to job, business to business, and interview to interview. Confidence is probably a key factor, but not an intimidating confidence, knowledge of many things but master of few, if any. Be able to bow your head, to avoid eye contact, to have a firm handshake, but not one that is challenging. And always, always be puckered up, ready to kiss ass. All employers like that attitude. That said, good luck in your search.....and may the power be with you.
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