resume advice

[Pie4Weebl]

Tomorrow morning I am interviewing with a bunch of theaters to find summer work for myself and updated my resume. Its attached and the most vicious of critics would be appreciated by those with a little time on their hands tonight. And feel free to post criticisms in this thread and not in pm, let others learn from my mistakes.

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1st, make it actually look like something. Change up the lettering, do something semi artistic that doesn't make it look fruity. There are going to be tons of these things flying around, what makes yours any different? Personally, I would get rid of the years thing, and devote a whole collum to what you actually did for the show... example...
That one show... Master electrician That one theatre.

Also, put your shows in italics, its the proper thing to do. Under your special skills list what consoles you have actually used... ie Hog III, Hog II, iPc. Can you work every ETC console ever made, because you resume says you can. List SPECIFIC gear you have used. Also, Urinetown is one word, not two. add Software versions as well. If you can repair conventional fixtures, you might want to add that. The odds of any of the companies that you will be interviewing with at midwest having anything newer the a 5 year old S4 is rare (trust me, I have worked in Missouri theatre). Put the same jobs together, as in all your ME experience, all your programming experience. That way people can glance and see you have M.E. blank amount of shows. Can you get rid of your HS experience at this point? You might also want to put a "duties performed" section below each show, or maybe one or two shows. Few theatres care that you have M.E. 19 shows, they care what you will be able to do when you M.E. their show. Good luck tomorrow.

[jonhirsh]

Here is my resume you welcome to use it for formating. I would get rid of the referances and telll them referances are avalible on request.
Resume

Hope that is helpful.
JH

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Originally Posted by jonhirsh

I would get rid of the referances and telll them referances are avalible on request.
Resume
Hope that is helpful.
JH

thats a sure fire way to get your resume thrown in the trash. unless your resume is amazing, they aren't going to bother to call you to get references. Odds are they will just go to the next person who is probably just as qualified and has references

One thing I forgot... Education?

[jonhirsh]

Um ok.

I have hired many people and i never call referances. Its a waste of time because referances lie.

But employers are always willing to ask for them i have found. As well referances dont like you releaseing there information so eassily.

JH

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Originally Posted by jonhirsh

Um ok.
I have hired many people and i never call referances. Its a waste of time because referances lie.
But employers are always willing to ask for them i have found. As well referances dont like you releaseing there information so eassily.
JH

You are in the minority then.

[Pie4Weebl]

made some small changes, but for now I think the overall format should be decent. Thanks for the advice.

[Van]

It's good, but once again I agree with footer < duh> I like his suggestions. double check your formatting, Italicise the show names, it breaks up the image visual and look good, conversly you could bold them and under line them.
References, list them, period. Even if I don't call your references I want to know that you areconfident enough in your performance in those posistions that you would recieve a posistive reference or that those people would remember you. I recieve a resume' with no references I put it in the back of the file folder.
Capitalize the titles and posistions in your list of skills.
Again I agree with Footer, ETC consoles as a skill? what part operation, programming ? I would actually list those under the heading associated skills and under special skills list things like ; Certified Rigger, Model Building, Underwater Basket Weaving.......
You neverknow what is goingto spike an interest in someone and it might be as simple as the fact that you share a common hobby.

BTW if your'e going to apply for any outdoor theatres be sure to include your batting average as most will have very active softball leagues !

Break a leg !

[Eboy87]

I'm getting my resume together as well, and was going to include a list of the shows I've worked. The problem is the list is every show I've worked, and it doens't fit on a single page, and it'd actually make my resume over 3 pages long. Should I just include the big shows I've done, and not all? Maybe the shows that weren't school related?

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Originally Posted by Eboy87

I'm getting my resume together as well, and was going to include a list of the shows I've worked. The problem is the list is every show I've worked, and it doens't fit on a single page, and it'd actually make my resume over 3 pages long. Should I just include the big shows I've done, and not all? Maybe the shows that weren't school related?

Don't put every show you have done on your resume'. Make your resume look diversified, ie different types of venues, different types of theatre (expressionist, musical, dance,....). I also highly suggest a duties performed section that tells what you actually DID during those shows. Put your best shows on their, not the ones that might have turned out the best, but the ones that you had the most responsibility for. The only reason to put lesser jobs on it is if the show was wildly successful and very well known. Focus more on what you can do for whoever is looking at the resume, not what you have done in the past. Have a highly detailed "skills" section. Also, don't forget the references!