Hey, all of you FGGTS looking for jobs without resumes. (freebie inside)

[Joe]

@Avatar

Resume stock paper went out with the 80’s

If you have a BS, MBA, and a JD i would hope you could print your resume on toilet paper and get the job

[JoesTypeS]

@RedGoober4Life

Maybe it is perceived as lack of caring, but I wouldn’t want to work for that company then…

…this is exactly why I’m going to grad school.

So is everyone else running from the economy. In 3-5 years the market of job seekers is going to be so over educated it’s going to be insane.

That said graduate degrees will still allow you much easier entry into the 200k plus club down the road.

[Avatar]

@Joe

If you have a BS, MBA, and a JD i would hope you could print your resume on toilet paper and get the job

[Jared]

:spank:

[travisn]

I am required to take this gay computers 101 class (I wasnt able to test out due to being required to take the next class if I pass but it didnt fit into my schedule)

Well anyways the teacher just told us today that thick resume paper is a waste because most of the time a secretary photocopies the resume and sends it out to the various hiring managers so they never know what kind of paper you used. (Corporate world, of course)

Now bringing in a thick papered resume to an interview sounds like a good idea.

[StrokedZ28]

@RedGoober4Life

Maybe it is perceived as lack of caring, but I wouldn’t want to work for that company then…

…this is exactly why I’m going to grad school.

@RedGoober4Life

I do give a damn. I give a damn enough to not create unnecessary waste.

Awesome, more jobs for everyone… except you.

[RedGoober4Life]

@JoesTypeS

So is everyone else running from the economy. In 3-5 years the market of job seekers is going to be so over educated it’s going to be insane.

That said graduate degrees will still allow you much easier entry into the 200k plus club down the road.

There are still a limited number of graduate positions in ChemE departments. I don’t think the total number of people admitted has changed. I’m not really concerned given my proposed research focus…

Do you really mean “insane”?

There are many better ways to get into the 200k+ club… I’m not really driven by future personal wealth, although I no longer frown on people who are.

[RedGoober4Life]

@JayS

Not at most big companies you won’t. First interview is almost always with HR, who decide who gets to interview with the manager of the department you’re applying to.

HR people are impressed by confidence, communication skills, dress and a professional looking resume. They generally don’t try to test your knowledge to see if you really can do the things on your resume. That’s for the 2nd interview.

Is this how you got a job where you can post on NYSPEED all day!?

[travisn]

@RedGoober4Life

…There are many better ways to get into the 200k+ club…

such as?

[JoesTypeS]

@RedGoober4Life

There are many better ways to get into the 200k+ club… I’m not really driven by future personal wealth, although I no longer frown on people who are.

Not really. Connections can only help you to a certain point, and I don’t consider a SB owner taking in whole company revenue as phantom income to be the same as an executive making $200k+/yr. Graduate level education is the easiest way to climb ranks in a corporation.

[66impalass]

@travisn

such as?

PE license…

[RedGoober4Life]

@travisn

such as?

prostitution.

[RedGoober4Life]

@JoesTypeS

Not really. Connections can only help you to a certain point, and I don’t consider a SB owner taking in whole company revenue as phantom income to be the same as an executive making $200k+/yr. Graduate level education is the easiest way to climb ranks in a corporation.

Hm. You’re very right.

Cuddle?

[dmoffitt]

@Fry

… I’d ask them if I look like a fucking computer

stop all tha downloadn’

[TurboTSi]

@boardjnky4

Sending an electronic resume is the way to go these days. However, you should ALWAYS BRING A HARD COPY to the interview.

Get a nice leather folder with a pad to write down a note if you need to. Put a copy or 2 of your resume in there. When you get to the interview, give the interviewer a new copy on the nice resume paper.

I can’t tell you how many times a hiring manager has thanked me for bringing one. Most of the time IF they printed out a hard copy, they lost it. They almost always like to reference it during the interview.

Did none of you really know to do this? No wonder you are unemployed.

^ at least someone has some common sense in this group. Good god some of the people in here are fucking stupid. How do you even have jobs? Why wouldn’t you put your resume on resume paper?

[Toda_Party]

@RedGoober4Life

I do give a damn. I give a damn enough to not create unnecessary waste.

while admirable, you have to realize that unless you work for greenpeace, you will look like a noob when you show up to an interview of job fair w/o at least 1 or 2 hardcopies.

interviewers and recruiters lose resumes. you are one of hundreds of applicants.

its just like wearing a suit to an interview. you might not WANT to, but you sure as shit aren’t getting hired if you show up in a hemp clothing because you care about the environment.

if you think its suuuuuuch a waste to print it on resume paper, print it on recycled. most people won’t even notice a difference anyway, they just want a hardcopy.

[Toda_Party]

@khoveraki

this is a really silly statement

especially way down the line

“hey that guy with his associates has 14 years experience”
“hey that guy with the doctorate has 10 years experience”

tough choice

it would be an associates with 14 or a doctorate with 8 but word.

[khoveraki]

my bad. does that not depend on the field though?

[RedGoober4Life]

@Toda Party

while admirable, you have to realize that unless you work for greenpeace, you will look like a noob when you show up to an interview of job fair w/o at least 1 or 2 hardcopies.

interviewers and recruiters lose resumes. you are one of hundreds of applicants.

its just like wearing a suit to an interview. you might not WANT to, but you sure as shit aren’t getting hired if you show up in a hemp clothing because you care about the environment.

if you think its suuuuuuch a waste to print it on resume paper, print it on recycled. most people won’t even notice a difference anyway, they just want a hardcopy.

I print hardcopies. They’re just not on thick resume paper.

And judging by other people’s resumes, my resume is a work of art.

I mean, anything in helvetica is bound to be better than times new roman. :meh:

addendum: what’s with people centering their contact info at the top? Not only is is difficult to access information that way, but it’s an inefficient use of space). It also reminds me of something like,

MY
SUMMER
VACATION

[Toda_Party]

@khoveraki

my bad. does that not depend on the field though?

probably but usually its 4 years undergrad & 4 years professional/grad unless you’re in an accelerated program.