Wherein The Fly Lambasts Monster.com
Over the last few days, I've been preparing and submitting resumes in an effort to get my ass hired by someone. Originally, on Tuesday, I submitted one resume on Monster.com, highlighting all of my work and academic experience, with the intent of getting a job in intelligence analysis or customer service. As an illustration, imagine someone walking into your furniture store and saying that they're qualified to either repair and assemble furniture, or trade stocks at the NYSE. Not exactly the best foot to put forward, but not technically horrible.
Well, yesterday I figured something out: you can post up to five resumes on Monster.com. So, I edited a couple of resumes, revamped the objective listed in that resume I submitted to Raytheon a couple of weeks ago, and resubmitted that, tweaking the details for that only profile to fit with my objective of getting a position in intelligence or the defense industry. I then submitted a resume I finished composing on Sunday, which highlights my customer service experience; I created a second profile seeking a job in customer service and/or hospitality and tourism.
After some initial frustration in attempting to get the settings right, I finally figured something out, and then found it in writing on the website: you can submit five different resumes, but only one can be public at a time. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let me ask you: what is the point of having five resumes on a website like Monster.com when you can only let one be public at a time? Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of having five resumes on there?
So, I currently have the customer service/hospitality resume listed, because I figure it's the one that's most likely to be seriously perused. In the next couple of days, I'll be submitting resumes to the following companies:
Jane's Information Group
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
General Dynamics Electric Boat
I'll also look through the Navy Fact File to find other companies that build ships for the Navy (probably with a specific focus on amphibious operations vessels) and apply to them as well. I'll also be checking out USA Jobs, the federal government's bastard cousin to Monster.
And, if all else fails? You guessed it: back to Engaland to get my bearings.
Well, yesterday I figured something out: you can post up to five resumes on Monster.com. So, I edited a couple of resumes, revamped the objective listed in that resume I submitted to Raytheon a couple of weeks ago, and resubmitted that, tweaking the details for that only profile to fit with my objective of getting a position in intelligence or the defense industry. I then submitted a resume I finished composing on Sunday, which highlights my customer service experience; I created a second profile seeking a job in customer service and/or hospitality and tourism.
After some initial frustration in attempting to get the settings right, I finally figured something out, and then found it in writing on the website: you can submit five different resumes, but only one can be public at a time. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let me ask you: what is the point of having five resumes on a website like Monster.com when you can only let one be public at a time? Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of having five resumes on there?
So, I currently have the customer service/hospitality resume listed, because I figure it's the one that's most likely to be seriously perused. In the next couple of days, I'll be submitting resumes to the following companies:
I'll also look through the Navy Fact File to find other companies that build ships for the Navy (probably with a specific focus on amphibious operations vessels) and apply to them as well. I'll also be checking out USA Jobs, the federal government's bastard cousin to Monster.
And, if all else fails? You guessed it: back to Engaland to get my bearings.
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