The Greatest Hits Post

It's pretty obvious now that I'm really not blogging about recruiting anymore but I'm kind of honored how many people still read this and reach out to me via this site.  So, I wanted to do an update that kind of serves as "Jeff Moore's Greatest Hits" so those who stumble across this site can just go through all the good stuff.  With that....

Most popular post....this is actually a tie.  I have two posts, with almost the same number of page views and are VERY different.

 "My review of the Google Resume" is a pretty deep review of the book which is kind of a "how-to" guide for folks doing technical interviews - consider this my "Stairway to Heaven"


  "Thinking about a Career in Recruiting" is a post I wrote and figured no one would care...ironically, people still read this several years later.  I don't have a good Led Zeppelin reference here....maybe "Rock and Roll"

Another relatively popular (popular for a B list recruiter is really not that popular but whatever) is "Does your resume even matter anymore" which honestly rings pretty true to me.  I don't think resumes matter....even if you need one (most places have your LinkedIn profile) the resume is really just a piece of paper...how you interview is what really matters.

One of my favorite blogs is "Oh yeah, we'll keep your resume on file" it gives me a good chuckle when I read it and it's all very true.  Especially #4.

My first blog was this one, I wrote it almost six years ago and you know what.....46 people have read it.  You'd think it really sucks, like REALLY sucks.  I mean, it gets like 8 views a year.....but it's actually pretty good.

The least popular blog is a tribute to "Temple of the Dog" and honestly, it sucks...don't read it.

Most weirdly ironic blog is this one, crazy karma....

The most metal blog is "Welcome to my Nightmare" which is a tribute to Alice Cooper....yeah, that's right

Anyway, I hope people find this "Greatest Hits" to be helpful and make it easier to find some of my best content.  Feel free to connect w/ me via LinkedIn or catch me via @JeffreyTMoore.  Until then, keep networking and talking to people......your career is what you make it.

Jeff

The Resume Reconstruction Part I - Get rid of your Objective

Ok, so it’s been ages since I’ve blogged but honestly, it’s been a great 6 month break.  Much needed.  I feel refresh and energized to start blogging again so I hope you’re ready.  I’ve got a bunch of content lined up so it should be fun again...which is always important for me.

Quick update on me before this weeks topic….we are settled quite nicely out here in CA.  It’s farking expensive but the weather, availability of most everything and live at the Mothership it’s hard to complain.   I’m still a boy of the 603 but the 408 isn’t so bad.

With that, I’ve been talking to a lot of recruiter friends (nod to referrer!) and have come to a conclusion...it’s time for a resume revolution.  The whole state of resumes is terrible.  The entire thing is just messed up.  Most of them don’t tell the right story and get good candidates rejected without any conversation.  So, for me, that tells me it’s time to just nuke the whole approach and start fresh.  Let’s start at the top and take a look at the “Objective”.

Honestly, I’ve probably read about a million of these things and for the most part they all suck.  The objective of your resume is to get you a job (or the job).  Period.  End of story.  The objective really isn’t to get you a rewarding and challenging position that blah blah blah blah blah…..it’s to get you the job.

True story, I’ve received SEVERAL resumes where the objective has resulted in an instant reject.  I mean, instant.  Sending a recruiter that says “To find a role at WRONG COMPANY” will get you rejected immediately.  Last one I saw was looking for a role at Amazon….that’s great, I love Amazon but um, I don’t work there.  Trash.

Alright...so I’m not a big fan of just complaining so in lieu of an Objective what should you do?  Here are a few options.

1) Don’t stress it.  Start your resume with your best attribute (Education or Experience) so when a recruiter or manager sees your resume it JUMPS to their attention.  This is always my preference on a resume.

2) Start with a summary of skills or experiences.  I don’t love this to be honest but if you’ve got a bunch of skills/experiences that an employer will really value than sum them up, show them off and then dig into the details later in your resume.

Make sense?  I hope so, my big issue with resumes right now is that they are filled with junk and don’t truly show off what makes a person exceptional….so over the next few posts we’ll blow it up.  I leave on vacation this week but will be posting from parts unknown….until then, enjoy the week