http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2014/12/26/stop-writing-resume-objectives-and-start-writing-these-instead/ Personal development meets professional aspiration Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2014/12/26/stop-writing-resume-objectives-and-start-writing-these-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-42882 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:13:00 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=17982#comment-42882 I have to respectfully disagree with Fvmh97c in that cover letters are necessary to show behavioural competencies (How you do the work) and shows me that you can apply your education and experience – however resume objectives – are totally useless because it is a bunch of garbage that may or may not be true but you really hope will sway someone who is looking at your resume for 30 seconds. The exercise described in this article will help to focus your job search by allowing you to reflect on your WHY you want to work for a company or within an industry. If all you want is a 9-5 job and money is the only thing driving you then ignore this article.

]]> http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2014/12/26/stop-writing-resume-objectives-and-start-writing-these-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-42848 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:30:00 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=17982#comment-42848 As a resume reader for a Fortune 500 company, I disagree with removing the objective statement unless your resume accompanies a cover letter (which I despise). Also, I HATE personal statements, as they are required to make you sound like a pompous jerk. Cut them out entirely because nothing in them is going to make me look more favorably on you than your experiences and how you interpret them. The key to a good resume is to remember not to share what you did, but why I should care what you did.

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