The Glamour of the Resume
I'm between jobs this week. While this is, in many ways, a luxury, the fact is that I'm a glamour puss, and work is my big excuse to dress up each day and go show everyone how sharp my style is. It's only been 2 days, but they have been 2 very long sweatpant-clad days filled only with my laptop, my resume, and my imagination...
Have you ever seen one of those resumes created in purple ink on paper emblazoned with rainbows and unicorns, with a swirly cursive font? They are rare, but can be seen at Career Centers in most high schools and colleges. The fabled "first drafts," so evocative of kindergarden that you just want to scratch n sniff the page because it looks like a big sticker?
Today, for a fledgling moment, I wanted my resume to be like that. There's no reason for me to dress up while I search the depths of the internet and my networks from my couch in front of the Food Network, looking for a lead. And my rezzie was just asking for something, anything, to happen.
I am taking fashion tips for at-home job searching. Goals are comfort, productivity, and doorbell readiness.
Have you ever seen one of those resumes created in purple ink on paper emblazoned with rainbows and unicorns, with a swirly cursive font? They are rare, but can be seen at Career Centers in most high schools and colleges. The fabled "first drafts," so evocative of kindergarden that you just want to scratch n sniff the page because it looks like a big sticker?
Today, for a fledgling moment, I wanted my resume to be like that. There's no reason for me to dress up while I search the depths of the internet and my networks from my couch in front of the Food Network, looking for a lead. And my rezzie was just asking for something, anything, to happen.
I am taking fashion tips for at-home job searching. Goals are comfort, productivity, and doorbell readiness.