Off topic: My CV just isn't right, any..

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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 3:43pm
tips that you can give me on how to write an objective. I just feel my CV sucks. I want it to be amazing and just can't find that knack to make it great. I got the job stuff, just can't put it together. It's frustrating.

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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 3:55pm
What is the objective in your words? I think we can certainly help you tweak it. Just give is some sort of starting point.

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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 4:05pm
Well, I worked in the hotel industry; as a assistant manager/supervisor in Globally, Germany and in San Francisco,
Then in the consulting industry for Accenture the last 6yrs in the Global Marketing Department as an Executive Assistant, as well as recruiting department; then strategy department for Austria, Germany and Switzerland as an Executive Assistant.
Changed to Business Support and now work as a translator, proof reading from German to English and as a project assistant manager the last 2yrs along with that. As well as teaching Elementary and Middle School English and Business English to adults. I want to get out of the secretary position and more into the management supervisor position again, but I just don't know if I have enough stuff for them to take the bait. Not sure how to word it to get them interested. Any thoughts? I have no degree, so it kind of bums me out.
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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 4:13pm
Sweetie,
I hate to be the dumb butt here, but is a CV the same as a resume?
Tara

 

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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 4:14pm

You can certainly point out aspects of your current experience that lend themselves to a new supervisory/management position. As far as the objective, I think it's best to make each CV custom for the specific job you are applying for, so you might want to leave that part to complete once you have a line on a specific job. If I remember correctly, a CV is longer than a resume and explains more about what you did than a resume would, and is more the norm abroad, while a resume is more often used in the US. Since you are looking for a job in the US, are they going to want a CV? I had to do one when I applied at a former client, but they were an international company. Do you have an idea about what type of supervisory/management position you might be interested in? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to get a sense of it all.

How is Accenture doing as a company? They lucked out breaking from Andersen when they did (speaking as someone who went down with the ship).

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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 4:29pm
They got by with a severe scrape, but have been doing soooooooooooooo well now! It's unbelievable. Bumped back. It was the name change that did it. No one remembers Anderson anymore. Strange. Actually, if you mention anderson consulting or arthur anderson, you get fired in my company or sued. It is not allowed. Funny, huh? As you know even AA was an excellent company.
To be honest, I have no idea what I want to be doing! I am so stressed, because I want to get out of this Exec. Assist. position. I just see myself doing something else like assistant event managing or assistant convention manager. Something on the tourist line or project line that I can eventually work myself up if I can't get a shot at the real deal. NO CLUE. ARGH! It's so frustrating. I want to be able to somehow work myself up, but I'm starting to feel as if I'm to old now to change again or get into a whole new field from the experience I do have.
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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 4:36pm

The thing about my jobs is: I am familiar in these areas because of working in the marketing or strategy departments that when across the market unit. So experience in:
banking
insurance
automobile
industry
tourism
energy
SAP - do loads of translation for that. Huge boom right now.
airlines

those are the areas I've worked on. Projects that I can't mention here, but all Fortune 500 companies. In particular the project i am on now is big stuff. 5th or 6th in line of the 500 companies. Really huge accounts. And you know what I mean by huge if you worked for AA.

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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 4:44pm

Yes, Arthur Andersen was a great company to work for and there are so many ways the Enron thing could have been handled that would have been better for everyone involved. But, that is a debate for another time.

I know it's hard to think of breaking into something new. I don't think you can write your CV or resume until you know what is out there. My mom has had so many jobs, and her resume looked quite a bit different for each job she ever applied for. She always tailored it and I think that helped (she also read a lot of books about resume writing). It seems she was always starting over too. She did internal auditing, credit card policy, marketing (what her degree was in), database management (got a certificate in computer science for this), general management, director of a women in computer science program, and business process redesign and several other things that I can't remember.

Edited to add my point: I don't think you can write it until you know what specific job is out there and that you want, then you can tailor it to show how your experience will fir that specific job. Are you going to try to work with a recruitor or do it on your own?




Edited 2/2/2005 4:47 pm ET ET by firstamendment

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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 5:35pm

Ok, I'll tell you what they told me about my statement of purpose for grad school.


Use active verbs, not ing endings. And don't be afraid to say "I'm great at ____"


Like this...


SELL YOURself!!! Tell them what you're the best at, tell them what you did for other places you worked (innovations, hard work, numbers). AND tell them how you will fit in THEIR business and what you will bring to their staff. That you're a great _________ and you are good at doing ________ with people and your skills will do _________ for their business.


Here are a few things I would change, but you fill in the best parts. ok?


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Wed, 02-02-2005 - 7:13pm

As you are a single mom, I would really try to steer you away from convention management. That is what TT does and he works 70-80 hours a week (at least - he hit 112 hours a week for 6 weeks in a row twice in 2004). Granted, he's the Director - but his employees normally work really late nights and lots and lots of weekends. Before he left the company that he was with, he had to sit down with two of the managers that are moms and tell them while he understands and respects the demands of family and children, clients do not, and their inability to be at the clients beck and call was really hurting their performance.

A meeting planner. THAT is what you want to be. They work 40 hours a week except for the 2 or 3 conventions they plan every year.

And - just so you know, Catherine - TT started working in conventions 7 years ago after he had got his start in banquet set up - when he was 33 - and at 40 - he's the director of a 5 diamond property's convention services dept.

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Thu, 02-03-2005 - 7:12pm

Catherine,
I have been meaning to post two ideas for you.

Visit Monster.com - they have a lot of offers and a lot of tips for CV writing. I do like what Candi has put for you. Also, you may want to hire an online service to polish it up for you.

I was hoping, too, that monster would have some good jobs.

Additionally, you mentioned that you want to live in San Antonio - you may want to see what companies are there and then explore what they have to offer.

I did work for Hyatt hotels at one time and really loved that company - maybe you want to check them out, too.

Good luck to you!!

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