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Resumes from an MTSO perspective? - yochana

Posted: Sep 02, 2011

I know MTSOs are inundated with resumes, so what catches your eye and what turns you off? Do you really want to know all the places I have worked? Or would you rather have a brief resume stating only my years of experience, field of experience, etc.? What I am best at, etc. Would appreciate a recruiter's input.

resumes - sm

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Last time I answered a post like this people complained about the reasons I gave to dismiss a resume, but you asked. I'm not a recruiter but I have filtered resumes before for a small MTSO who has advertised for MTs on here before and got overwhelmed with the amount of resumes and needed some help narrowing it down.

I read someone here once say put your full name in the subject line, like Jane Doe's Resume. I wouldn't have thought of that but I admit it does make it stand out in a stack of emails and it's easy to find if you want to go back and take a second look and happen to remember the name.

When I was filtering resumes for an IC position any got tossed out that had typos, large gap of time since last job (do you really *need* to work?), long drama life story in the email, stating that you are looking for a position that wasn't advertised such as a management job, showing that at your current job you make 11 cpl but we're advertising 8 cpl, and the one that people get mad at me for - lots of job hopping. I'm sorry that you have picked lots of bad MTSOs and left after a month, but job hopping is a red flag in ANY industry. The other thing I can think of off hand is showing multiple current jobs. If you already work two or three jobs when are you going to make time for my IC work?

So I'd say attach a resume (unless they specifically say don't) and write a brief summary email about your background, what you are looking for, and what you can bring to the table. If you feel like something in your resume needs to be explained (like a big gap in employment), briefly explain it in the email. Then spellcheck both the resume and the email. Oh, and keep the resume formatted clean. It's so hard to read a poorly organized resume. Lots of samples out there on the internet to follow if you need help.

Good luck with your search! It used to be so quick and easy to get an MT job if you had experience and I know it's not like that any more.

re: resumes and job hopping - curious

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I understand that job hopping can raise red flags. What do you do, though, if you had the "bad luck" of choosing to work for several MTSOs that lost the account you were hired for and have no new/other account to put you on?

Thank you, very good pointers, but to MTSOs before...... - Yochana

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you toss out the resumes due to so called job hopping....remember many times this is NOT our fault. As the below posters stated, many times we lose our job due to our accounts being lost. Many years ago when I only had dialup I signed on with a MTSO that assured me their platform worked for dialup...it did not and I had to leave within 4 weeks. Several years' back I found my dream job and knew I would retire from this MTSO, alas within a year's time...they sold out to an Indian company (Not MQ) and I was forced to find another job. In this day and time, including other professions I don't believe job hopping is as much of a red flag as it used to be. There is NO company loyalty and that also is true between employer to employee loyalty. A company will dump their employees at a drop of a hat nowdays.
I know a recruiter's time is limited to sort through resumes and just wanted to know what were the most eye-catching details that "catches" your attention. I do agree that correct spelling and an easy to read format is very important.
Thank you for replying.

What a GREAT question! I'd sure like to know - the answers, too! - Meerkat

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