More On The Importance Of A Resume
The other night I was watching the festivities at the Republican National Convention and something that one of the speakers said really brought home the importance of having a great resume.
“Imagine that you have both candidates resumes’ and the names and party affliliations are blacked out. Suppose that all you had to go on was experience? Who would you give the job to?”
Granted, most job interviews are not really much like the presidential campaign and in this particular election, it could be really dangerous to only go on experience, but it does illustrate a great point.
The hiring manager does not know you. There are no commercials about you or news people following you around reporting on your every move and making bold predictions about how good or bad a job you’ll do. All you’ve got is your resume to represent you. If you do not set yourself apart from the other candidates, you getting that job will be a longshot.
The other thing I heard while watching the GOP convention was Dennis Miller talking about bloggers. “They are people with absolutely no talent who think they are special for some reason.” Hey Dennis – you’d better be glad this is a G rated blog ;)
