I often joke that I've been going on job interviews weekly for over 30 years. Runnning a corporate photo business means constantly meeting with potential clients and selling yourself and your services.
Having recently put together an actual, job-seeking resume and looking for guidance, I've noticed an amusing trend...the thesaurus-assisted, attribute lister. Here's a few of the first sentences from a 'situations wanted' email from a media-related website:
"I am a driven, creative, strategic, astute and business savvy media research professional"
"Superior, tactical, tenacious, doggedly-determined, consultative, effective (self-effacing and humble, too...with a required sense of humor... Really!)"
"Driven, creative, strategic, innovative, astute and business savvy new media professional..."
Wow. I wonder how employers react to this steady stream of wordsmith one-upmanship. "Look at that. Tactical, tenacious AND consultative. All in one person. How can I go wrong hiring them?!"
Having recently put together an actual, job-seeking resume and looking for guidance, I've noticed an amusing trend...the thesaurus-assisted, attribute lister. Here's a few of the first sentences from a 'situations wanted' email from a media-related website:
"I am a driven, creative, strategic, astute and business savvy media research professional"
"Superior, tactical, tenacious, doggedly-determined, consultative, effective (self-effacing and humble, too...with a required sense of humor... Really!)"
"Driven, creative, strategic, innovative, astute and business savvy new media professional..."
Wow. I wonder how employers react to this steady stream of wordsmith one-upmanship. "Look at that. Tactical, tenacious AND consultative. All in one person. How can I go wrong hiring them?!"
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