I really can't stand resumes. For one thing, they're usually extremely boring, and the whole tone of them is usually somewhere between self-promoting and self-aggrandizing. In general, they make your boring career sound even more boring than it actually was, and they make you sound like a real asshat.
Recently someone looked at my resume and said it didn't sound very enthusiastic. That was a rather perceptive piece of feedback, because frankly, I don't feel enthusiastic about obtaining anything resembling the majority of my paid employment.
I also don't like the advice to be sure to include all your great achievements, and to quantify them if possible. Like what? I bore myself to even force myself to think of most of that.
Maybe sometime I will try to write a resume that is not a complete buzzkill. Something lively, entertaining and fun. Maybe I won't send it anywhere, but I like the idea of creating it.
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