Many of our Clients today want to review resumes and take a more active role in the selection process. Submitting your resume is simple and opens many more opportunities in your search for a new career. There are three ways to submit your resume for employment consideration. It is important to remember that you will not be considered for employment opportunities without a resume for most assignments. Please select one of the following methods to provide us your resume information:
1) Complete our online Employment Application. Select the Resume icon below and follow the instructions.
2) E-mail your resume to recruiting@alternativestaffing.com. An Alternative Staffing representative will enter your resume into our database of skills. If you choose to e-mail your resume, keep it simple. Unusual fonts, graphics such as borders and text boxes, and images can lead to problems uploading. Attach your resume as a separate document saved in a MS Word format if possible.
3) Take a copy of your resume to your local Alternative Staffing office. When you schedule your appointment to register with Alternative Staffing, the representative will remind you to bring your resume if you haven't presented it already.
DO's AND DON'T's
You want the person reading your resume to enjoy the experience. You want them to become so interested in your story that an interview is a MUST. Here are some suggestions to help when writing your resume.
DO
- Focus the resume on the type of work you are seeking. It's okay if you are changing career fields as long as you are able to illustrate a steps taken in the new direction.
- Include FULL dates of employment. At least the month and year you began and left a position. No dates leaves an employer with the impression you don't care or are trying to hide something (i.e. poor tenure).
- Give a brief description of duties performed on each job. You many know what a "screed operator" does, but the reader (a.k.a. potential employer) may not.
- Keep the resume to one page--no more than two pages. You are writing a resume, not a curriculum vitae.
- Check your spelling! An employer won't believe you're a "detale" oriented professional if you cannot use the spell-checker function on your computer or at the least, a dictionary.
DON'T
- Please do NOT provide personal information such as your date of birth, SSN, gender, sexual orientation, family status, or health condition.
- Do not leave gaps in your employment history without some kind of explanation. If you attended school between two jobs, include a one-liner with those date even if you reference the schooling in the education section of your resume.
- Don't lie about what you have done in your work history. If the truth does not come out during the reference checking stage, it will be painfully evident when you interview.
- Finally, don't go negative. As when you interview, keep your resume positive and don't make negative remarks.
