Objective
I’d like to help others understand complex economic, political, legal, and social issues that are relevant to their community and personal life. I want to use my ability to condense complex issues into a more simplistic form that are easier to understand. I want to use my ability to view the big picture and show that the future is hopeful.
Experience
Avid Reader (since I was able to read)
• I have read most popular classic literary works, including the full works of Shakespeare.
• I have read a handful of college level Law, Philosophy, Economics, History and medical books.
• I have read incredible amounts of fashion and celebrity magazines.
• I have read many Children’s Books. My favorite is James and the Giant Peach.
• I have read many trashy love novels.
Writer (since I was able to write)
• I have written short stories, poems, three chapters of a book, and advertisements.
• I have written radio, television, and movie scripts.
• I have written journalistic stories for print, radio, and television.
• I have written graffiti with style and flair.
Editor (since I was able to critique)
• I have been a photography editor.
• I have been a broadcast news editor and newsroom manager.
• I have been a college paper editor.
• I have trained staff members in writing and vocal use.
Performing Artist (since I was able to dance)
• I have danced professionally in ballroom, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and tap.
• I have been professional choreographer and dance teacher.
• I have acted in film and on the stage.
• I have acted in radio and television advertisements.
• I have created character voices.
• I have been the singer for a big band orchestra and in musical theater.
• I have performed at Disney World, at a half-time NFL game, and with a Pops Orchestra with Erich Kunzel conducting.
• I have modeled for trade and wedding shows.
Event Planner (since I could)
• Graduation and birthday parties
• Business expos and gatherings
• Weddings
• Backyard BBQs
• Intimate gatherings and keg parties
• Meetings
Salesperson (since I was able to work it)
• I have sold perfume and beauty products.
• I have sold food and other groceries.
• I have sold furniture.
• I have sold lessons.
• I have sold vacations.
• I have sold alcohol.
• I have sold newspapers.
Parent (since my first child was born)
• I have nursed my children and fed them healthy foods.
• I have bathed, clothed, and occasionally bandaged wounds.
• I have provided a happy stable home with lots of love for my children.
• I have tutored into the late night over homework.
• I have had to hand out punishments for poor behavior.
• I was President of the PTA.
• I have passed on knowledge and family traditions.
Domestic Engineer (since my first home)
• I have cleaned, scrubbed, and de-cob webbed.
• I have painted and stained.
• I have landscaped.
• I have designed an interior of a home.
• I have prepared flavorful meals.
• I have scrapbooked, sewn and decoupaged.
Education
I have a Bachelor’s degree and am currently pursuing my Master’s degree. (Expected graduation 2017)
Certified Reiki Healer
Skills
Deciphering difficult subjects and putting them in laymen’s terms
Conversing, talking, and general use of my voice, includes yelling
Creating movement and stories
General pain in the ass from a tenacious attitude
A strong sense of intuition
Reiki healing and general massage
I really liked the experience section of your resume and how you successfully provide many details without providing specific information. The flow was interesting by starting with personal experiences, transitioning to work and returning to personal. This shift works nicely with your ‘Objective’ since both experiences are equally important for seeing the big picture.
The part I found slightly off was the ‘Event Planner’ section because it doesn’t follow the same pattern of the other sections. The same happens with ‘I was’ under ‘Parent’ since ‘I have” had been repeated in previous sections.
Hello Futura –
I’m glad you tried a summary since there is not one on your LinkedIn page.
“I’d like to help others understand complex economic, political, legal, and social issues that are relevant to their community and personal life. I want to use my ability to condense complex issues into a more simplistic form that are easier to understand. I want to use my ability to view the big picture and show that the future is hopeful.”
This is a good first draft, but it’s repetitive. You use the phrase, “I want to use my ability to…” twice and the word complex twice. All three sentences are drafts of the same idea.
As I said in the lecture, a resume summary or objective can be useful for defining goals, but it can’t be a request. Recruiters are like any audience. They don’t want to know what you hope to do. They don’t want to help you decide. Human Resources wants confidence. Try something like this:
Futura Bazaar is a futurist who focuses on economic, political, legal, and social issues. A lifelong broadcaster and performer, Futura uses both her journalism and artistic skills to analyze, envision, and report on the positive aspects of technological change.
See how the phrasing makes this a declaration rather than a hope? Do you know the word futurist? It is a profession now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurist. They even have an association: http://www.profuturists.org/
The rest of your resume is a great list of your talents, but again, the phrasing takes away the impact. I have read, I have read, I have written, I have written, I have been, I have been. Look at the resume for your classmate White Dogwood: https://whitedogwood.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/resume-for-white-dogwood/ She has a similar background to yours, but she uses short descriptions of her various projects to give meaning to her skills and wrap them in a narrative. She also shows a tremendous amount of focus.
I know you have stories to tell as well: “I have performed at Disney World, at a half-time NFL game, and with a Pops Orchestra with Erich Kunzel conducting.”
How do your past experiences convince us that you can investigate and imagine the complex changes in our future? A resume is not a list of what you’ve done; it is a selective narrative of your experiences relevant to your goals.
Think about this when you imagine a new resume/web presence in your rewrite assignment. Good work.
I want to first commend you on your experiences, positivity and optimism that shows with your resume.
I would have liked to have seen short descriptions of each of your experiences so I can follow them even deeper as the reader.
I’ve heard that the objective isn’t too important to include since it doesn’t say much besides what your looking to do, rather than showing what you “can” do.
I want to first commend you on your experiences, positivity and optimism that shows with your resume.
I would have liked to have seen short descriptions of each of your experiences so I can follow them even deeper as the reader.
I’ve heard that the objective isn’t too important to include since it doesn’t say much besides what your looking to do, rather than showing what you “can” do.