Posted: 10/4/2007 3:16:19 PM EDT
| What's a good thing to put in the "Objectives" section, without sounding like a cheesy fake? I think I remember reading in another resume thread, a couple guys leave that part empty. Yes? No? Something else? |
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I dropped the "Objective" section years ago. It's unnecessary. And before someone says it is necessary, let me state that no it is not, at least not anywhere I would want to work. Edited to add: I have an MBA and have extensive training in the human resources field. |
The way I figure, how do I know what my objective is for that particular employer when I haven't started working for them yet? |
True. Also, your objective should be described in your cover letter if you use one. If you hand your resume off in person to the person doing the hiring it is assumed that you will tell them what you're wanting. "Hi, I'm interested in your widget making job. Here's my resume." (obviously over simplified scenerio) |
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Objective " Getting a job better the the one I have / had." Resumes in whole are rather ghey, because they do nothing to describe the person they represent. Some sluff could pump up a bunch of big words, etc. on his resume and still be just a sluff, while Mr. Hard Worker has a less than perfect resume, but can swap a turbine engine before lunch. |
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Definitely don't leave it empty. The Objective is the "thesis statement" of your entire resume. It's the theme. Everything written after the objective should support it - you want to reenforce your objective to your employer with everything you say in the resume. It also makes a big statement about your personality, it states what you want to do and therefore what you will excel at. So make the objective pretty specific, you want the resume to be "targeted" to a certain job you want, it will stand out much more than just a general resume. If you can't think of a specific job, start with a specific objective. What kind of job do you want? |
Not one with an employer who's going to be looking at my degree like a doctoral thesis in English  They want to hire someone. I present them with my qualifications. They decide whether or not I am a good match for their job. That's the way it works. If someone has a stake up their ass and wants to see if my resume is "properly supported", I don't want to work there... that's the type of environment where they're going to be more concerned if I'm in at 7:58AM or if I'm wearing a piece of silk knotted around my throat, rather than can I do the work. |
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I'm actually helping my dad with his resume right now, and I'll be touching mine up later so I'm just looking for general do's and don'ts. Another thing, my dad's retired military, and has a lot of military specific alphabet soup...his MOS', courses he's taken, etc. How should I/we display that? |
In the plainest of English. Do not add military alphabet soup to a resume unless you're applying for a job with a miltary contractor and even then you need to go light with it. The HR department is often filled with middle aged, over weight women who don't know what the hell TACAN or IFF is. |
He's applying with a civilian contractor on Ft. Benning, working on tracked vehicles and such. That's what he did in the Army, 63-series. |
Most people there will be prior military then, huh? I'd fully describe his training then, including the military jargon. |