I Hate Resumes

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.

Dumb Spam from "Simply Hired"

I don't know how I got on the spamming list for "Simply Hired", but today I was brave enough to open the latest email they sent me. Their feature article of the day was

"Does Your Resume' Read Like an Obituary of Your Career?"

Hell yeah. It sure does!