put side work on resume?
put side work on resume?
(OP)
I have 2 questions.
1) Those of you that look at resumes, what is your reaction to resumes that show work from a side job? What if the resume suggests that you would continue to do side work at your new job?
2) For those of you doing side work, have you put it on your resume? What are the reactions you have gotten?
1) Those of you that look at resumes, what is your reaction to resumes that show work from a side job? What if the resume suggests that you would continue to do side work at your new job?
2) For those of you doing side work, have you put it on your resume? What are the reactions you have gotten?
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RE: put side work on resume?
1b)Immediate ping, not worth interviewing.
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Greg Locock
RE: put side work on resume?
The resume should be specific to the job opening at hand. It's distracting to give extraneous work information. The resume should focus on the skills and job at hand.
Some have recommended that resumes should be tailored to the job openings. (My FAA flight certifications have no place in my resume. Neither do my qualifications in landscape design.)
RE: put side work on resume?
It is interesting/depressing to see what headhunters do to your resume when they rewrite it.
If you are desperate/keen then rewrite your resume for each job.
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Greg Locock
RE: put side work on resume?
So its your call. If the extra work is real close to what your applying for and nothing else on your resume shows this type of experience then definately put it on there since you will surely be passed up if you don't. However, if the extra work is consistent with your regular job (and hence covered elsewhere in the resume) then leave it off so you don't risk getting passed up by someone like Greg.
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I know I got the interview for my previous job mainly due to my covering letter. At my current company we always get the covering letter with the resume to read.
Given that even a telephone interview costs about 150 dollars in lost charge-out time, it seems absurd not to spend 10 minutes reading a covering letter.
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Greg Locock
RE: put side work on resume?
They also show to the employer that you have done a little bit of research concerning their (will include the company name on the letter head and hopefully a salutation to a living individual and not just Sir/Madam) company instead of blindly sending out resumes to anyone.
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RE: put side work on resume?
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