03-10-2002 08:58									#1
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at getting a job....

its not looking good at the moment, I'm looking like the poster child for rancorous lumpenproletariatdom, he's a rough draft of my resume would appreciate some assistance in getting in working order:


David Boshko

Campus:
*not going online*
dboshko@wesleyan.edu

Permanent:
*not goiong online*

Objective:
*insert tailor-made BS here*

Summary:
-Senior attending Wesleyan University, pending graduation in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History
-Two years office assistant experience, two years prep chef experience
-Working knowledge of Spanish and some knowledge of Colloquial Arabic
-Office and general clerical skills
-Extensive student activism experience

Education:
-Currently a senior attending Wesleyan Univeristy, Middletown, Connecticut
-GPA, as of the end of the Spring 2002 Semester of 3.23 on a 4 point scale
-Courses Taken or Currentingly Taken Include:
The Moral Basis of Politics, Introductory Calculus, Introduction to Environment Science, Introduction Microeconomics, Introductory Macroeconomics, Economies in Transition, Macroeconomic Analysis, Social Psychology, International Politics, Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, Modern China, Arab World in the 20th Century, Issues in Contemporary Historiography, Religion and History, Intermediate Spanish I & II, Levantine Colloquial Arabic I & II, and Senior Thesis Tutorial

Work Experience:
Prep Chef, May 1999 to August 2000
Seaweed Cafe, Southwest Harbor, Maine
-Extensive experience in cutting a wide variety of food products into rather small pieces

Office Assistant, June 2001 to August 2001
Center for Humanites, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
-Clerical work including document editing, phone answering, filing, photocopying, library reorganization and the like

Office Assistant, September 2001 to present
Ecomics Department, Wesleyan University, MIddletown, Connecticut
-Clerical work including filing, assistance in search for a East Asian Economics professor, filing, photocopying and the like

Office Assistant, May 2002 to present
History Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
-Clerical work including filing, tutoring of disabled professor emeritus in computer use, research assistance for professor studying the institution of the Apartied in South Africa, photocopying and the like

Univeristy Activities:
-Member and Tournament Housing Coordinator, Wesleyan Debate Society, 2001 to present
-Member, United Student Labor Action Coalition, 2000 to present
-Member, Workers' Rights Consorsium Committee of United Student Labor Action Coalition, 2002
-Member, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations, 2001 to present
-Member, Students for Peace in Iraq Now, 2002 to present
-Attendance and short-term organizing work for wide variety of marches, rallies, protests and mobilizations
-Member, Wesleyan Men's Crew 2000
-Token Non-Jewish Member, Shabat Cooking Co-operative 2000 to present

	03-10-2002 09:24									#2
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In that resume, might want to take out the politics (ie, a lot of your activities and the activism thing). It will hurt you.

It is also why I plan on not putting my Presidency of the College Republicans at Rutgers on mine. You don't want things that will alienate people.

	03-10-2002 09:27									#3
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what sort of areas would you be employable in?

as far as I see you could be a secretary or a chef...

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	03-10-2002 09:29									#4
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I guess you just have nothing that screams some career

so I would try anywhere that is looking for a beginning position

Jon Miller

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why dont you want to put your campus online, but then show your email (FROM THE UNIVERSITY).

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quote: Originally posted by UberKruX why dont you want to put your campus online, but then show your email (FROM THE UNIVERSITY).

that is his address, not his campus name or email

Jon Miller

	03-10-2002 09:37									#8
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I believe it included his adress at Wesleyan which he probably isn't comfortable with sharing right now…
Boshko, you should be like this guy…
http://www.theonion.com/onion3836/temp_hides_fun.html

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quote: In that resume, might want to take out the politics (ie, a lot of your activities and the activism thing). It will hurt you.

Right, depends on the job of course.
But things look pretty thin without the politics

quote: what sort of areas would you be employable in? as far as I see you could be a secretary or a chef...

About the same as any other history major
the upside is I really don't mind working for starvation wages if I get a half-way interesting job.

quote: I believe it included his adress at Wesleyan which he probably isn't comfortable with sharing right now...

Correct.

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Lose the "Objective:" line. When I read resumes I always ignore that kind of stuff. It is just generic BS and does not help distinguish you from any other candidate. Instead, use a concise sentence or two (or three) in your cover letter indicating why you would be good for the specific job you are applying for.

edit:
I would leave the politics in unless you are applying for an organization you know to be conservative. It indicates you have some people and organizing skills, and shows you have done something more than have your nose in a textbook for the last four years.

	03-10-2002 09:51									#12
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How about working for a UNION, your politics fit right in and your background in history is a plus.

	03-10-2002 10:41									#13
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Well if you are planning on working for a corporation the Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations might not be the best idea to put in.....

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Ooooh, nothing says 'employ me' quite like this line:
Member, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations

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- Summary too long. It's a summary.
- Move the activities up with your education. Did you receive any honours due to activities etc.? If so, put that in.
- Do you hold any offices in student bodies?
- Did you make any major contributions to the student bodies?

"Extensive experience in cutting a wide variety of food products into rather small pieces"

Okay, what else did you do? I am assuming you don't want to be a chef? What kind of transferable skills did you acquire at this job?

"Clerical work including document editing, phone answering, filing, photocopying, library reorganization and the like"

Document editing is good. Elaborate on the kind of documents you have worked on. Were your edits final? Did somebody else looked at your stuff? How good are you at organising the libraries?

"Clerical work including filing, assistance in search for a East Asian Economics professor, filing, photocopying and the like"

What did you do for the searches? Were you part of some research project?

"Clerical work including filing, tutoring of disabled professor emeritus in computer use, research assistance for professor studying the institution of the Apartied in South Africa, photocopying and the like"

The tutoring part is good. Make that stand out. Something along the lines of you have the personal skills to deal with disabled old folk and you have experience in tutoring. Also you are pretty good at basic computer operations.

What you want to do is to highlight your acheivements and skills. So cut out the photocopying stuff. Did you learn new skills at work? If you did, put that in.

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"Help Boshko beat Provost Harrison!"

You probably don't need any help.

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quote: Clerical work including filing, tutoring of disabled professor emeritus in computer use, research assistance for professor studying the institution of the Apartied in South Africa, photocopying and the like

It's "the institution of Apartheid".

	03-10-2002 22:16									#18
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quote: Lose the "Objective:" line. When I read resumes I always ignore that kind of stuff. It is just generic BS and does not help distinguish you from any other candidate.

thanks, sounds like good advice.

quote: How about working for a UNION, your politics fit right in and your background in history is a plus.

Ya, finding some union job openings are what finally got me off my ass to write this out.

quote: Ooooh, nothing says 'employ me' quite like this line: Member, Students Transforming and Resisting Corporations

That's one for the sig!

quote: Summary too long. It's a summary

Good point.

quote: Do you hold any offices in student bodies?

Most of the groups I'm in don't have officers.

quote: Okay, what else did you do? I am assuming you don't want to be a chef? What kind of transferable skills did you acquire at this job?

Learning to put up with an annoying boss

quote: Document editing is good. Elaborate on the kind of documents you have worked on. Were your edits final? Did somebody else looked at your stuff? How good are you at organising the libraries?

Helped do a final edit on a book that's now published, the author made sure I did things right.
As far as libraries go I know how to make card catalogues and put things in alphabetical order

quote: The tutoring part is good. Make that stand out.

Good point

will write out a second draft tonight...

	03-10-2002 22:25									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Boshko Most of the groups I'm in don't have officers.

Quite disorganised eh?

quote: Originally posted by Boshko Learning to put up with an annoying boss

Effective interpersonal and communication skills

quote: Originally posted by Boshko Helped do a final edit on a book that's now published, the author made sure I did things right.

Hot damn. That's excellent. Why don't you ask the author to be a reference and permission to name the book in your resume?

quote: Originally posted by Boshko As far as libraries go I know how to make card catalogues and put things in alphabetical order

Hm... organisation skills and attention to details

	03-10-2002 22:30									#20
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quote: Quite disorganised eh?

I take it you've never participated in consensus decision making and affinity group spokescouncils

quote: Hot damn. That's excellent.

Only problem is its about the american gay experience and whatnot and I don't want to be targetted by homophobes without even being gay
But yeah, I should give more info on it.

	03-10-2002 22:43									#21
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You're too late, I have a job

It's only a bit of temping but it pays the bills. At least it doesn't mean I have to apply to any job that is there, I can be a little more selective (I mean, a lot of those positions were for worse money than I am on now) and they are keen on keeping me for as long as is possible (although I will see about that if I get a better offer).

	03-10-2002 23:05									#22
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Congrats on finding work Provost!

	03-10-2002 23:38									#23
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This is why my online presence is curtailed so much lately, and the major reason why I was missing from poly for such a long time (well, a month, but by my standards, that's a long time )

	03-10-2002 23:47									#24
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12 hours is a long time by your standards...

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Cheeky bugger

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he needs a clip around the ear'ole

	04-10-2002 00:07									#27
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The temp at my place drives 1.5 hours to get to work... have you had to go so far?

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That is mad!?

No, I am about 15 minutes from where I work which is quite fortunate...luckily I don't tend to get too bad traffic from where I live, it is about 4 miles south of my house...

	04-10-2002 00:22									#29
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I am working for Reckitt Benckiser...they make Lemsip and Gaviscon and Dettol and lots of stuff like that...

	04-10-2002 00:46									#30
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Boshko

I've looked into my glass ball and with skills like a BA in history combined with some clerical skills and left wing student activism I see a future in substitute teaching