Resume touch up

Objective:

To employ and apply my technical skills in an organization based on my profession, for mutual growth and progress with an organization in the field of computing science and information systems.

I was criticized by my objective, I was wondering if you guys can give me a good "objective" advise that I can put on my resume...

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undomiel

Eliminate the objective statement. Waste of space that can be filled with more descriptions of your skills and jobs. The objective statement is more likely to hurt you than help you.

dynamik

undomiel wrote:

Eliminate the objective statement. Waste of space that can be filled with more descriptions of your skills and jobs. The objective statement is more likely to hurt you than help you.

Personally, I'm with you. I think it's pretty obvious that your objective is to become employed.

However, what's the official HR stance? Nearly every resume guide I see recommends them. It seems like they're a necessary evil.

I'm curious to hear others thoughts on this as well.

1MeanAdmin

I'd stick with a summary instead. You should mention what your title is, how many years of experience you have in each of 2-3 general areas, your education level + certs, skills, and one or two accomplishments. Try to say it in the most simple, short and general way possible, but also make sure they look like sentences and not just a list of things.

When an employer or recruiter reads hundreds of resumes, he/she only has few seconds to decide whether to throw yours in the trash or to continue reading. Your summary will tell an employer or recruiter who you are (without reading the whole resume) and spark an interest to finish reading it.

Most of the guides I read last year said it's okay to have a summary instead of an objective.

astorrs

dynamik wrote:

undomiel wrote:

Eliminate the objective statement. Waste of space that can be filled with more descriptions of your skills and jobs. The objective statement is more likely to hurt you than help you.

Personally, I'm with you. I think it's pretty obvious that your objective is to become employed.

However, what's the official HR stance? Nearly every resume guide I see recommends them. It seems like they're a necessary evil.

I'm curious to hear others thoughts on this as well.

Listen to Louise, she's a genius. http://www.blueskyresumesblog.com/2007/03/why_i_hate_micr.html

dynamik

Great information guys. Thanks

cacharo

astorrs wrote:

Listen to Louise, she's a genius. http://www.blueskyresumesblog.com/2007/03/why_i_hate_micr.html

astorrs,

You are the reason I have twice as many bookmarks as I did a month and a half ago.

astorrs

cacharo wrote:

astorrs wrote:

Listen to Louise, she's a genius. http://www.blueskyresumesblog.com/2007/03/why_i_hate_micr.html

astorrs,

You are the reason I have twice as many bookmarks as I did a month and a half ago.

LOL, here's another one along the same lines to add then. http://www.blueskyresumesblog.com/2007/10/no-one-cares-wh.html