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From: asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain)
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Subject: Re: Advertising is bad (is not!!)
Keywords: DMA Suppression junk-mail recycling activism
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Date: 11 Feb 91 21:56:13 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.054640.1441@cs.ucla.edu> <156606@felix.UUCP> <1991Feb5.192632.20536@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1991Feb7.190250.12402@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Feb7.190250.12402@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott) writes:
> In article <1991Feb5.192632.20536@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> spm2d@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steven P. Miale) writes:
> >In article <156606@felix.UUCP> asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain) writes:
> >>> Advertising is evil.
> >>
> >>Guess what, your resume is advertising too.  If you really feel the way
> >>you do about *all* forms of advertising, remember, that resume is your
> >>personal ad.  Sending intro letters to potential employers is advertis-
> >>ing.  Better throw those applications in the trash can, now.
> >
> >Resumes aren't evil. Calling up bosses every day and say "Hey! Will you
> >hire me?" gets annoying. Doesn't it?
> 
> Furthermore, most of the resumes you send out are in direct response to a
> SOLICITATION to do so (help wanted ad in the paper, for example). And you
> only send ONE resume, not one every six months, not one to "John J. Ceo"
> and one to "John Ceo" and one to "J. Ceo." On top of all that, a resume
> is primarily informational. About the only similarity between junk mail
> and a resume is the fact that the vast majority of both end up in the trash
> can.

Better hope your mother hasn't rented out your room yet.

If you want a job, you don't limit yourself to only companies with ads
out.  This I can tell you from personal experience.  Sometimes a company
will open a position based on having someone to fill it, not the other
way around.  Sometimes a company may not have gotten around to placing
an ad yet (the requisition may still in the paperwork stage), and viola!
Here's someone who can fill the position already!

If you think all resumes are purely informational, I can tell that you 
obviously haven't read very many!

Let's face it, your resume is your personal *advertising* for your
expertise and ability to work.  To look at it in any other way is put
yourself at a disadvantage.  You'd likely put silly things in there that
your customer (the hiring agency) doesn't care to read, or worse, things
that make you look bad.

(Examples: Don't put your hobbies on your resume.  Potential employers
couldn't care less what you do once you leave the working site.  Use
that space to *sell* your ability to work hard and smart.  Tell them how
smart and responsible you've been in the past, and how hard and effi-
cient you've worked.  Don't put "RESUME" in big letters on the top of
each page.  They're not stupid, they know it's a resume!  Instead, put
your name up there, in case the pages become separated.)

You had better be putting your best foot forward on your resume, or
someone else is going to put their foot into that job instead of you.

Now then, you want to outlaw advertising?  You'd better think of
different ways to get your job first!
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