2005-06-24

Tools for the ALA job safari

Resumé
I printed ten copies of my newly polished resumé on linen paper.

My heartfelt thanks go to the people who responded to my plea for help. For the record, the respondents were mostly people I sent individual email to, which is what I expected. Depending on the kindness of strangers is probably not the best method in this situation.

Recent discussion on newlib-l questioned the value of asking lots of people to look at your resumé, utilizing the NMRT Resumé Review Service, for example. So often, you get conflicting advice. And then what?

There certainly reaches a point when more review is no longer helpful. If your resumé nets interviews more often than not, it's time to quite messing with it. But before then, lots of advice and lots of eyes are good things. The fifth person who looked at my resumé caught a typo!

What to do about conflicting advice? In this case, I used two criteria:

quickest implementation
gut instinct

In the end, the resumé represents only one person, not the committee that reviewed it. So what I feel represents me the best is what ends up on my resumé.

Portfolio
One of my resumé reviewers suggested that I develop a print portfolio for the times, like at the conference, when the person reading my resumé won't be able to click through all the links. I said I would and that I would post a picture:

Not to sound too much like a commercial, but I used Avery products and doctored versions of the templates on their website.

Clothes
I know that it's just as hot in Chicago as it is here. A blazer seems most appropriate for interviews at the Placement Center, but I can't quite seeing going with the pin-stripe navy suit. So here's my compromise: a sleeveless knit shirt under a linen jacket with khaki slacks. #

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