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My life is just full of surprises.....

I'm just a person who's trying to survive in the real world.

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    [01:04] projectchaotix: What do u look for when u see people putting apps for gamestop?
    [01:04] projectchaotix: the biggest thing u look for mostly
    [01:05] Chris Peralta: legibility, experience, availability and professional references
    [01:06] Chris Peralta: a cover letter a plus
    [01:06] Chris Peralta: think of the whole thing being a presentation
    [01:07] projectchaotix: what do u do if u have jobs that u worked with apparently went out of business
    [01:08] projectchaotix: cause most of my resume 2/3 of the jobs i worked at went out of business
    [01:08] Chris Peralta: hmm i would still keep them in your job expereiences portion and notate what you’ve accomplished with that company and your primary role
    [01:09] Chris Peralta: anything 1 year or above is labeled significant
    [01:09] Chris Peralta: anything below 6 mo’s better be an internship or contract
    [01:09] Chris Peralta: those can also be considered
    [01:09] projectchaotix: yeah all the jobs on my resume is a year and above
    [01:09] Chris Peralta: o ok
    [01:11] projectchaotix: I kinda wanna put my state job even though I worked for 7 months but it feels weird put homecare down and the reason leaving is my patient deceased
    [01:11] Chris Peralta: you’re just telling the truth tho so i see no problems in that
    [01:12] projectchaotix: alright I just wanted an opinion on that
    [01:13] Chris Peralta: remember that in todays world, everyone is measured through skill. the more you have the more you’re marketable
    [01:13] Chris Peralta: the more people that will be interested in you and what u can do
    [01:15] projectchaotix: gotcha I’ve just updated my resume
    [01:15] Chris Peralta: nice
    [01:16] projectchaotix: does community service help on a resume
    [01:16] projectchaotix: ?
    [01:16] Chris Peralta: hmm not really
    [01:16] Chris Peralta: like how long?
    [01:16] projectchaotix: 2 years
    [01:16] Chris Peralta: oh than yea put it down
    [01:16] projectchaotix: at marriott
    [01:18] projectchaotix: yeah my mom worked at marriott doing room service and cleaning rooms and it was no picnic so when I got outta school i went to her job to help her work and got approval from management
    [01:19] Chris Peralta: o ok
    [01:19] projectchaotix: did that for 2 years (junior and senior year) 
    [01:19] Chris Peralta: yea throw it in there
    [01:20] projectchaotix: I also threw my college education
    [01:21] Chris Peralta: ok
    [01:22] projectchaotix: Done got to within a page with 12 font lettering
    [01:22] Chris Peralta: nice
    [01:22] projectchaotix: is it bad to have a 2 page resume?
    [01:22] Chris Peralta: yea try to limit it within a page
    [01:23] Chris Peralta: too much can be too confusing
    [01:23] Chris Peralta: keep it short and sweet with specific descriptions
    [01:23] Chris Peralta: that point out your success’
    [01:24] projectchaotix: gotcha
    [01:31] projectchaotix: after all the info u gave me wou should make a youtube movie about it .lol j/k
    [01:31] projectchaotix: you*
    [01:31] projectchaotix: great advice btw
    [01:32] projectchaotix: better than google and yahoo
    [01:32] Chris Peralta: hah i try lol

    Posted on October 26, 2011 ()

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