[UPHPU] brasto seeks new LAMP OSS opportunities

[Jason Jones]

Wow... I can't stay silent on this one, and I might have a bit of experience
that may help some of you make a more informed decision.

First off, my resume can be found at
http://www.poeticintensity.com/resume.html for reference.

I created my resume at least 5 years ago and have maintained the same
formatting ever since (take a look at the HTML...  I hardly knew any HTML at
the time I wrote this.)

For the past year and a half, I have used this resume to inform interested
employers of my qualities.  In that timeframe, I have given it out to 5
employers, ranging from monster.com to the UPHPU postings.  All five times,
I was asked to interview and three of the five times, ultimately offered the
job.  The remaining two, after extensive phone conversations, were deemed
sub-par employment opps, so I declined to be interviewed.

I'm no expert on resumes or graphic design, but I know that something about
it works.  It breaks a lot of rules (suggestions) stated in this thread, as
well.  It's much longer than 1 page, and it has some personal information in
it, including my mission / Eagle Scout.

Anyway...  Just wanted to chime in and give my $.02.

Also - If I were an employer, I would deem a mission very applicable to
almost any job, due to the hard work, study, problem-solving and creativity
required on missions, thus I see no reason to not list it on any resume.

--Jason

On 8/15/07, Mike Mackrory <mike at echovue.com> wrote:
>
> I like your idea of taking specific experiences and applying them to the
> job.  It would probably make sense to do this with any experiences you've
> had.
>
> On the last comment though...  Hopefully once they figure out where you
> stand religeously or even politically, they would already have gotten to
> know you and hopefully it wouldn't make much difference.  I'd just hate to
> miss out on a good opportunity, just because someone has a prejudiced view
> against something that I might be associated with.
>
> Mike Mackrory wrote:
> > I think including religeous references might show character, but it
> could
> also have the opposite effect as well...  Sure discrimination is illegal,
> but
> that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
> >
> > A mission or being an eagle scout would be likely be seen different by
> someone who themselves did both, and someone who has no real clue of
> either.
> >
> >
> Well, if you write 'mission' and assume they know what that means, I
> wouldn't say that's particularly helpful.  People who have been on
> missions, for example, probably know that they can be very different
> experiences depending on where you went, when you went, and who you
> worked with.  And people who haven't gone a mission might not really
> know what good they could get out of you for it anyway.
>
> But you could list your accomplishments in service projects, missions,
> and other volunteer work if that experience would apply to the career.
> Think of the problems you solved and the challenges you overcame, and
> list those that would make you more valuable in your field.
>
> As for discrimination, if someone's got a beef with RMs, they'd probably
> figure it out sooner or later anyway. ;-)
>
> -V
>
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