Something of a revelation
Sep. 14th, 2007 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alpharaposaI've been sweating over the revision of my resume. The book I have to help me isn't quite as helpful as I'd like, but something did break over me while looking at the jobs I've had.
Every single job I have had besides one temp assignment involved working with people. Most of them involved a lot of active time teaching or assisting others.
I have taught people about leather working, wood carving, basketry, dutch-oven cooking, roping, branding, and historical ranching- and that's just what was required by my jobs!
I have assisted people in creating publications, organizing large events, and understanding and using computer equipment.
I have led several volunteer events that I had previously planned, interviewed people for articles and research, and moderated discussion forums.
In all of this, I have had to learn networking and cooperative skills as well as hone my decision making and problem solving abilities. At times, I have led, while other times, I have allowed others to develop their own leadership.
And here I was wondering what I had to offer people who wanted to hire me. It's taken quite a bit of wandering in the wilderness for this ray of sunshine to break through. Now, how do I work that into my resume?
Every single job I have had besides one temp assignment involved working with people. Most of them involved a lot of active time teaching or assisting others.
I have taught people about leather working, wood carving, basketry, dutch-oven cooking, roping, branding, and historical ranching- and that's just what was required by my jobs!
I have assisted people in creating publications, organizing large events, and understanding and using computer equipment.
I have led several volunteer events that I had previously planned, interviewed people for articles and research, and moderated discussion forums.
In all of this, I have had to learn networking and cooperative skills as well as hone my decision making and problem solving abilities. At times, I have led, while other times, I have allowed others to develop their own leadership.
And here I was wondering what I had to offer people who wanted to hire me. It's taken quite a bit of wandering in the wilderness for this ray of sunshine to break through. Now, how do I work that into my resume?
