Comments on: The Best Places For Students To Write Their Resumes http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/03/19/the-best-places-for-students-to-write-their-resumes/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Linda Aragoni http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/03/19/the-best-places-for-students-to-write-their-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-18166 Linda Aragoni Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:17:34 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=3336#comment-18166 I think the value of the resume as a job search tool for teens is almost nil. They would be much better off practicing completing job applications. Resumes rarely give the information an employer needs -- or that a student needs to complete a job application. I worked a couple summers in the Human Resources department of a resort which had many jobs for entry-level, unskilled workers. By law, we had to have a completed job application in order to consider a person for a job. We could not accept an application that said "see resume." One of my tasks was to watch to see which applicants had information with them to complete an application and which had to borrow a telephone book or make a couple cell phone calls to get information needed on the application. Those people's applications went to the bottom of the pile. An article based on my experience in that office gives advice to job seekers: http://bit.ly/aJa94R I think the value of the resume as a job search tool for teens is almost nil. They would be much better off practicing completing job applications. Resumes rarely give the information an employer needs — or that a student needs to complete a job application.

I worked a couple summers in the Human Resources department of a resort which had many jobs for entry-level, unskilled workers. By law, we had to have a completed job application in order to consider a person for a job. We could not accept an application that said “see resume.”

One of my tasks was to watch to see which applicants had information with them to complete an application and which had to borrow a telephone book or make a couple cell phone calls to get information needed on the application. Those people’s applications went to the bottom of the pile.

An article based on my experience in that office gives advice to job seekers: http://bit.ly/aJa94R

]]> By: Micah Johnson http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/03/19/the-best-places-for-students-to-write-their-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-4535 Micah Johnson Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:42:09 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=3336#comment-4535 Thanks for the mention in your post! We've recently completed a major update to the GigTide application and website. Please feel free to check us out - we'd love to hear some feedback on the upgrade. Thanks for the mention in your post! We’ve recently completed a major update to the GigTide application and website. Please feel free to check us out – we’d love to hear some feedback on the upgrade.

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