For the record...

[smarriveurr]

... I hate writing resumes. I hate trying to build a new narrative for my life every time I see a new position for which I might be qualified. I hate trying to strike a balance between selling myself and overselling myself. I hate realizing that the primary goal of HR departments everywhere is to weed out people just like me as risky. I hate

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[laurensa]

Ah, a health plan with decent dental. The modern day equivalent of the Fountain of Youth, I think.

Good luck in your hunt!

[smarriveurr]

I must say, the museum job didn't pay well, but the benefits package was excellent. I do miss it.

[smarriveurr]

Thanks!

[lietya]

In the current climate, that *is* something devoutly to be wished. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Putting a resume together does indeed suck. I'm sorry.

[smarriveurr]

Thankee. It gets a little wearing after a while.

[smarriveurr]

I've moved from searching on "exciting" to "feasible". Anything I'm likely to earn a living at is becoming increasingly exciting.

[firynze]

*hug*

Resume writing really does bite. Especially the part where you have to try desperately to figure out WTF they want to read.

[smarriveurr]

That's really the worst. Knowing that different HR people want completely different formats and emphasis, so it's all basically a crap shoot on top of the qualification question.

Not to mention that I'm trying to get an entry level career... nearly any... so every resume is a whole new narrative from the ground up.

[firynze]

UGH. Yes, the "crafting a new tailored resume each time" is hideous. It's one thing when you just have to tweak the sucker, write a new cover letter, and send. It's something else entirely when you have to cherry-pick a "proper" narrative each time...

[smarriveurr]

Exactly. I don't have a dream job, and there's not really a field I'm qualified for so wide that I can just reuse my rez. Instead it's "Well, OK, this is a support job, play up doing support at the last job and all the personal skills, this is programming, play up the hard skills, this is webdev, play up being webmaster on top of everything else, this is clerical, play up organization skills and typing..."

And always knowing that the odds were really good that my resume would get a quick job-title-skim, "relevant positions" either wouldn't show or it would be my PT jobs from college, and they wouldn't bother actually reading what I did the last six years.