Why do I bother? Seriously...
I recently redesigned my resume for a couple reasons:
1) to move away from the chronological "employment history" layout I'd been using for years which, as I've encountered numerous times now, causes people to question my ability/desire to stick with a job thanks to the short contracts I've held as well as the gaps between them.
2) to focus prospective employers' attention on what I am capable of as opposed to "where I've worked" or "how long I worked there."
With that in mind, why is it that every single position I've submitted this new resume to for which I've actually received a response has requested my "employment history" resume or, even worse, claimed that the resume I submitted was incomplete due to the lack of employment history listing?
Every single one of them.
What's the point, seriously? Especially when I tell people (when they ask) that I want a long-term, preferably permanent position? I want stability, or some semblance thereof. Why should it matter how long I worked where, when the resume I submit shows that I am perfectly capable of performing the duties of the position at hand, and I've told the folks in charge of placing candidates that I want a long-term stable job?
Should I bother to even keep looking for work at this point? What I'm capable of do doesn't seem to matter to anyone who matters.
My unemployment is about to run out, and I will likely be homeless shortly thereafter due to the soon-to-follow inability to pay rent. No prospective employer seems to have any interest in talking to me on any serious or legitimate level.
...yay...
1) to move away from the chronological "employment history" layout I'd been using for years which, as I've encountered numerous times now, causes people to question my ability/desire to stick with a job thanks to the short contracts I've held as well as the gaps between them.
2) to focus prospective employers' attention on what I am capable of as opposed to "where I've worked" or "how long I worked there."
With that in mind, why is it that every single position I've submitted this new resume to for which I've actually received a response has requested my "employment history" resume or, even worse, claimed that the resume I submitted was incomplete due to the lack of employment history listing?
Every single one of them.
What's the point, seriously? Especially when I tell people (when they ask) that I want a long-term, preferably permanent position? I want stability, or some semblance thereof. Why should it matter how long I worked where, when the resume I submit shows that I am perfectly capable of performing the duties of the position at hand, and I've told the folks in charge of placing candidates that I want a long-term stable job?
Should I bother to even keep looking for work at this point? What I'm capable of do doesn't seem to matter to anyone who matters.
My unemployment is about to run out, and I will likely be homeless shortly thereafter due to the soon-to-follow inability to pay rent. No prospective employer seems to have any interest in talking to me on any serious or legitimate level.
...yay...