For Oerdin and Lonestar...

[Al B. Sure!]

Everything when they call your references.

Nah I'll just have them call my one boss that I play fantasy football with. He'll hook me up.

And you missed my DanS. I could say I 'took a year off' White people do that, you know.

[Egbert]

I've been a supervisor at McDonalds, a manager at Checkers, a manager at Burger King, and a manager of a 100+ employee, $12M/year Sodexo operation on a college campus.

I hope that sentence is in either your CV or your covering letter. A succinct summary that sounds good for the roles you mentioned you had been applying for in another thread.

Caveat. My initial reaction is also "The $12mill Sodexo operation would not have 100 full time employees".

[Docfeelgood]

As an officer you have to pay for all your stuff.

[Al B. Sure!]

I hope that sentence is in either your CV or your covering letter. A succinct summary that sounds good for the roles you mentioned you had been applying for in another thread.

Caveat. My initial reaction is also "The $12mill Sodexo operation would not have 100 full time employees".

Why not? $12M but on a college campus so it was seasonal. $12M in sales during the fall and spring semesters.

[Asher]

Nah I'll just have them call my one boss that I play fantasy football with. He'll hook me up.

And you missed my DanS. I could say I 'took a year off' White people do that, you know.

"took a year off" means you lack initiative.

[Asher]

I hope that sentence is in either your CV or your covering letter. A succinct summary that sounds good for the roles you mentioned you had been applying for in another thread.

Caveat. My initial reaction is also "The $12mill Sodexo operation would not have 100 full time employees".

It's mostly part-timers, I would think.

[Lonestar]

And Lonestar, if I could get a job scrubbing floors that pays me $10+, I'd take that, too. It's not about being the low man. I'll be the low man if you pay me right.

You (apperently) have housing and day-to-day costs covered. Nothing is stopping you from getting a job to fill the gap on your resume. I sure as hell wouldn't hire anyone with a 1+ gap on their resume, unless there was a good reason that explained the gap.

And witty comments from "Things White People Like" won't save you when you say "I took a year off". It tells the potential employer that you are someone who has enough money and complete lack of interest in working that you drop everything to sit around with your thumb up your butt. I had some jerkoff tell me that he hiked the Appalachian Trail during the gap in his resume, and of course he didn't know that hiking was my main form of recreation(he was soon givien a pop quiz about it). Even if he wasn't lying, I would have recommended against hiring him. Who drops everything to "take a year off"? Someone who doesn't want to work.

Working in, say, a bowling alley? Sure it sucks, sure it's minimum wage, but at least the potential hiring manager knows that you are willing to work.

[Al B. Sure!]

"took a year off" means you lack initiative.

Not to white people.

Stuff White People Like

[Lonestar]

Not to white people.

Stuff White People Like

Me and Asher are both white, jack ass. Both of us just told you that if we were the guys doing the hiring seeing that on the resume would tell us you lack initiative.

[Asher]

I'm also cynical and will actually assume if there's no job on there for a period, they got fired and don't want me to ask any questions about a position.

[Egbert]

Why not? $12M but on a college campus so it was seasonal. $12M in sales during the fall and spring semesters.

That was an aside. My main point was "do you have that good summary in your job applications"?

[Al B. Sure!]

Well here's my resume... I actually just added a bit about me opening/closing for Sodexo. I want to express that I would run the day-to-day operations of a full-staff kitchen and a very large retail operation. It was not small potatoes.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Business Administration, magna *** laude
Major: Finance Minor: Economics
GPA: 3.66, Dean’s List: Fall ’03-Spring ’04, Fall ’05-Fall ’07
2nd Place, Temple University Business Policy Competition, class of 2008
Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society


Sodexo, Philadelphia, PA August 2006 - January 2010
Manager, Sodexo Campus Dining Services at Temple University
• Shift-responsible supervisor with both opening and closing responsibilities at campus food court with annual sales in excess of $12 million
• Promoted from administrative role to management
• Managed 120 employees at main operation as well as field locations
• Oversaw 12 concepts, including 3 national brands, ensuring operational compliance with franchisor directives

Wachovia, Philadelphia, PA March 2008 - October 2008
Lockbox Data Entry Associate
• Received numerous commendations and bonuses for accuracy and speed in a deadline production environment

Checkers Drive-Thru Restaurant December 2004 - November 2007
Manager
• Created weekly shift schedules and managed inventory for quick-serve restaurant with annual sales in excess of $1 million
• Regularly maintained labor costs lower than 15% of sales
• Managed at four different locations in Philadelphia


And yes, I was doing jobs concurrently... and yes, while I attended school, where I made the Dean's List nearly every semester... that all should speak volumes about my work ethic


Honestly, I don't think those minimum wage jobs would even hire me unless I cut out my education and experience. Let's get real. They'd assume something's up if I'm applying to flip burgers or scrub floors.

[Asher]

Why all this talk about minimum wage jobs? Is there nothing else you can do? Surely you could get some temp work somewhere with decent jobs with that kind of background.

[Al B. Sure!]

Why all this talk about minimum wage jobs? Is there nothing else you can do? Surely you could get some temp work somewhere with decent jobs with that kind of background.

You would think, right?

[Egbert]

Well here's my resume...

If I were reading your CV I would like it to start with the following introduction (written by you in a previous post in this thread). It gives a good overview of what you’ve done and an oview of what you can do which would encourage me to continue reading. It explains your CV for me. I don’t have to wase through your CV to figure it out for myself. I can then skim your CV to see if your history supports your introduction. If I thought it did (I do) then I would read it in detail). Perhaps tack on another sentence to explain why you has overlapping jobs. Possibly mention you had the Checkers job to support yourself through Uni?

QUOTE I've been a supervisor at McDonalds, a manager at Checkers, a manager at Burger King, and a manager of a 100+ employee, $12M/year Sodexo operation on a college campus. ENDQUOTE
“Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society” To me this is meaningless. Would it mean anything to some random American, particularly one who happened to be reading your CV.

“Shift-responsible supervisor”. I know what a shift supervisor but I am not sure what “shift-responsible” means. Sounds like a junior supervisor reporting to a more senior rupervisor. Is there any reason why you can’t say “shift supervisor”, or better still “shify manager”?

“Oversaw 12 concepts, including 3 national brands, ensuring operational compliance with franchisor directives”. WTF does this mean. Don’t tell me, just rewtire this line so it makes sense to the reader.

When exactly did you start and finish your degree? Not clearly specified. I have to figure that out for myself. The onus is on you to explain.

(I guess “Dean’s List” would mean something to a random American reading your CV?)

BTW I am being "picky". It is a good CV IF I spend five minutes studying it. If I have a pile of 50 CV's I won't be studying it. I will breeze through to pick out up to a dozen good CV's and then cull them down. I would be likely to "breeze past" yours because you did not include a summary setting you out for me.

BTW I am not an HR type. Recruiting is sporadic and incidental to what I do.