Something of a revelation

[alpharaposa]

I'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?

Comments

[zeeth_kyrah]

You write it down almost exactly as you've described it here, with a few pointers to the actual jobs where you did these things.

[collinsmom.livejournal.com]

You put a heading titled: "Experience." Then you list three for four places you have experience doing this and under each place you tell the skills you used.

Or you could do a heading called: "Skills" and list the skills you have developed. You might make a cover letter to go with your resume where you could elaborate on your skills and where you learned/used them. I think applications also have a spot where they ask you to list other skills you have developed. There you could list your skills and where you learned/used them. This is where you would elaborate on your volunteer experiences.

Good luck on getting a job.