more confidence
Apr. 19th, 2012 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
simplyn2deepAbout 6 years ago I was with a temp agency and got one job, then my account executive had a hard time placing me with other employers, so I said I'd try someplace else. Someplace else didn't work out either. Now I'm back with the same temp agency and the same account executive, but I feel much more confident this time around.
She told me some things straight - things that I knew but didn't want to accept (when I first heard them). She gave me suggestions on how to change my resume around. She didn’t want me to be excluded from anything I was qualified simply because my work experience is with churches and I could come off as a "holy roller" (even though I’m far from that). She also said she didn't want me to date myself so I need to remove the years from some of my educational entries. She also said a lot of the clients who turn to the agency for workers are “Good Ol' Boys” and again, she wouldn’t want me to be excluded from anything because I was a member of the Black Student Union (I just removed that all together).
So I’m going to update my resume and e-mail it back to her so that she can look it over and send it off to the 3 clients she said she already had in mind. I have my fingers crossed something comes along in the temp-hire or direct hire positions.
She told me some things straight - things that I knew but didn't want to accept (when I first heard them). She gave me suggestions on how to change my resume around. She didn’t want me to be excluded from anything I was qualified simply because my work experience is with churches and I could come off as a "holy roller" (even though I’m far from that). She also said she didn't want me to date myself so I need to remove the years from some of my educational entries. She also said a lot of the clients who turn to the agency for workers are “Good Ol' Boys” and again, she wouldn’t want me to be excluded from anything because I was a member of the Black Student Union (I just removed that all together).
So I’m going to update my resume and e-mail it back to her so that she can look it over and send it off to the 3 clients she said she already had in mind. I have my fingers crossed something comes along in the temp-hire or direct hire positions.
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Good for you!!!
Date: 2012-04-19 08:04 pm (UTC)Keep us posted!!!
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Date: 2012-04-19 10:13 pm (UTC)It's always good having someone look over your resume especially an agency like that.
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