Reading today about how a résumé should look was extremely helpful. It led me to completely revamp my old résumé today. Boy did I have things wrong! For example, my résumé included a picture of myself. So not professional! I am not sure why I ever egotistically included a picture! Too many modeling calls, dance auditions and commercial work! Needless to say, that’s gone… along with my first-person writing style. “I” this, “I” that…not objective at all. Now my résumé is laid out into three sections rather than seventy six haha. After all, a résumé IS NOT an outline for my next short novel. While the employer is “researching” me, so to speak, I do not need to back every fact up with an exhaustive narrative outline only found in research papers.
By the way, have you ever experienced the elation that erupts from heart when you type an assignment single-spaced and then (at the end) double-space it to find the assignment finally meets the required number of pages….
Well writing your résumé is not like that at all.
In fact it’s kind of the reverse of that.
My previous résumé was double spaced/bullet format. 2 pages. Apparently a résumé should be 1 page no matter what. Even if someone told you that you’d get 1 million paper cuts from cutting down your resume to size (1 page) YOU MUST DO THIS.
And one last important fact from Brad Karsh’s resource section on résumés: they cannot contain grammatical errors! No, this was not new to me. Nevertheless, as a grammar freak, my conscious forced me to scribble down that fact here…so that whoever reads this may also know that fact.
And they can tell their friend.
And their friend can tell their future children.
And those children will correct their elders for improper use of the English language.
And this world of sharing knowledge will lead to freedom of independent, intelligent dialogue.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Zogby's "globals": Tolerating Intolerance Worldwide?
I attended a lecture today by Zogby. "IBOPE Zogby International is a premier global public opinion polling and market research firm that offers timely, accurate results."
Zogby mentioned many thought-provoking things during his discussion of The Way We Will Be, but what captured my interest most was the fact that: My generation, the globals, in large part (57% or so), own a passport.
This means globalization is most likely an idea my generation will strive for. Introduction to new cultures can open up our eyes/minds to new ideas. I personally experienced this when I visited Munich, Germany about 2 years ago. The culture of Munich was much different than what I was used to in little ol' Columbus, Ohio. While at first I was quite the victim of culture shock, I later came to appreciate numerous aspects of Munich culture that once scared/shocked me.
In particular, I came to appreciate how Germans drink. A normal day consisted of mamosas with breakfast, beer with lunch and wine with dinner...and sometimes more beer during an evening out if it was a weekend night. My first reaction to all this drinking was that my generation (Eropean style) was out of control! They certainly were all headed for hangovers, alcoholism and perhaps straight to hell. Nevertheless, as I spent more time in Germany, I came to realize they drink for reasons much different than why my generation (in America) drinks. It seems, from my experiences, American "globals" drink to get drunk...whereas German "globals" drink as part of their culture. Not once did I attend a German party where I saw someone throw up or make-out with someone they didn't know.
One aspect of German culture that I'm still undecided on is the high amount of tolerance in Germany. I guess us "globals" in general seem pretty tolerant. And tolerance always is a good thing right? Well...not always. I think that sometimes too much tolerance can be a bad thing. For example, the government tolerates the KKK. Here intolerance is being tolerated. I don't agree with that...
Or in Germany, the people tolerate an intolerance to embracing religion. In fact, only 2% of Germany attends church regularly (a shocking drop from 68% prior to WWII). If, in a social setting, someone brings up religion they are instantly seen as foolish or not up to speed on the way the world works. Article 4 of the Bavarian Constitution calls for equal treatment of all religions. Nevertheless, Bavaria (as well as 5 other German states) have enacted laws that treat different religions in different ways. For example, four years ago teachers in Germany were banned from wearing Muslim headscarves. The crucifixes, yarmulkes and even nuns' habits, however, were not banned. As a sophmore in high school, I very distinctly remember seeing this on the news. Commentators discussed how the headscarves had become a political (not religious) symbol of extreme fundamentalism.
I am sure other cultures, from Western America to China, have globals who claim to be tolerant, and yet sit back allowing intolerance to be tolerated (both at home and abroad). My generation, the globals, must not only travel with a sense of tolerance, but intolerance as well. Tolerance demonstrates that we can indeed have too much of a good thing.
This means globalization is most likely an idea my generation will strive for. Introduction to new cultures can open up our eyes/minds to new ideas. I personally experienced this when I visited Munich, Germany about 2 years ago. The culture of Munich was much different than what I was used to in little ol' Columbus, Ohio. While at first I was quite the victim of culture shock, I later came to appreciate numerous aspects of Munich culture that once scared/shocked me.
In particular, I came to appreciate how Germans drink. A normal day consisted of mamosas with breakfast, beer with lunch and wine with dinner...and sometimes more beer during an evening out if it was a weekend night. My first reaction to all this drinking was that my generation (Eropean style) was out of control! They certainly were all headed for hangovers, alcoholism and perhaps straight to hell. Nevertheless, as I spent more time in Germany, I came to realize they drink for reasons much different than why my generation (in America) drinks. It seems, from my experiences, American "globals" drink to get drunk...whereas German "globals" drink as part of their culture. Not once did I attend a German party where I saw someone throw up or make-out with someone they didn't know.
One aspect of German culture that I'm still undecided on is the high amount of tolerance in Germany. I guess us "globals" in general seem pretty tolerant. And tolerance always is a good thing right? Well...not always. I think that sometimes too much tolerance can be a bad thing. For example, the government tolerates the KKK. Here intolerance is being tolerated. I don't agree with that...
Or in Germany, the people tolerate an intolerance to embracing religion. In fact, only 2% of Germany attends church regularly (a shocking drop from 68% prior to WWII). If, in a social setting, someone brings up religion they are instantly seen as foolish or not up to speed on the way the world works. Article 4 of the Bavarian Constitution calls for equal treatment of all religions. Nevertheless, Bavaria (as well as 5 other German states) have enacted laws that treat different religions in different ways. For example, four years ago teachers in Germany were banned from wearing Muslim headscarves. The crucifixes, yarmulkes and even nuns' habits, however, were not banned. As a sophmore in high school, I very distinctly remember seeing this on the news. Commentators discussed how the headscarves had become a political (not religious) symbol of extreme fundamentalism.
I am sure other cultures, from Western America to China, have globals who claim to be tolerant, and yet sit back allowing intolerance to be tolerated (both at home and abroad). My generation, the globals, must not only travel with a sense of tolerance, but intolerance as well. Tolerance demonstrates that we can indeed have too much of a good thing.
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