Comments on: I send my resume out, and do not get responses very often http://larry-perry.com/2010/02/14/i-send-my-resume-out-and-do-not-get-responses-very-often/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John S http://larry-perry.com/2010/02/14/i-send-my-resume-out-and-do-not-get-responses-very-often/comment-page-1/#comment-241 John S Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:43:59 +0000 http://larry-perry.com/2010/02/14/i-send-my-resume-out-and-do-not-get-responses-very-often/#comment-241 hard to tell without seeing it - but it sounds like you are falling into the "templated" rut. that means your resume doesn't compell anyone to pick it up and want more. you need to spruce it up a bit. try writing a narrative like Marketing professional self starter with x number of years experience... don't make it too long but try to customize it for each job. i hire a lot of people and sometimes resumes that are formatted like that stick out from all the other templated formats. good luck<br><b>References : </b><br> hard to tell without seeing it – but it sounds like you are falling into the "templated" rut. that means your resume doesn’t compell anyone to pick it up and want more. you need to spruce it up a bit. try writing a narrative like

Marketing professional self starter with x number of years experience…

don’t make it too long but try to customize it for each job. i hire a lot of people and sometimes resumes that are formatted like that stick out from all the other templated formats. good luck
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]]> By: Tim http://larry-perry.com/2010/02/14/i-send-my-resume-out-and-do-not-get-responses-very-often/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Tim Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:56:59 +0000 http://larry-perry.com/2010/02/14/i-send-my-resume-out-and-do-not-get-responses-very-often/#comment-240 Since you have a background in marketing, you need to market yourself. That means more than just mailing out resumes. You need to call and see who is hiring, follow up the resume with a call to ask for an interview. Put on you nice clothes and hit the streets. <br><b>References : </b><br> Since you have a background in marketing, you need to market yourself. That means more than just mailing out resumes. You need to call and see who is hiring, follow up the resume with a call to ask for an interview.

Put on you nice clothes and hit the streets.
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