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[rascal]

I've had the horrible experience of reviewing about 300 resumes the past month for some aerospace engineering positions (entry level).

Parents, you are doing your child a disservice by pampering them so much that they have zero work experience or anything else to show me that yes, this kid is determined and reliable and I can feel confident in offering them a $60k job straight of college.

Graduates, please don't tell me how your personal standards are higher than mine or how awesome my company has done their job. And putting down experience as attending schoofor four years doesn't count.

Do colleges no longer help students write resumes? What are the advisors doing?

I could go on, but I hate posting via phone.

/rant

 

[butcher boy]

I like when people put their hobbies on their resume.

Thanks applicant # 132 for letting me know about your passion for Ecuadorian hyproponics farming! It is sure to give you an edge!

 

[rascal]

No kidding. Telling me your interests are social clubs, movies, and sports does not award you any points.

 

[Ilov80s]

My wife sees some bad ones. One listed abilities as "I can paint walls. I can paint doors. I can paint furniture. I can paint machinery. I can paint ceilings...." The list of things he could do was 15 pages that could have been put into half a page. Another guy put, "surf the internet" as a skill.

 

[butcher boy]

My wife sees some bad ones. One listed abilities as "I can paint walls. I can paint doors. I can paint furniture. I can paint machinery. I can paint ceilings...." The list of things he could do was 15 pages that could have been put into half a page. Another guy put, "surf the internet" as a skill.

While "surfing the internet" is a bad way of putting it, I'm finding that simply knowing to google something is a worthy skill these days simply because so many people lack it. So many people in the office come with questions that could easily be solved by a simple google search.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I like when people put their hobbies on their resume.

Thanks applicant # 132 for letting me know about your passion for Ecuadorian hyproponics farming! It is sure to give you an edge!

Agreed, though years ago, my hobby piqued the interest of my interviewer and may have helped me get the job that got me get the job (scratch handicap golf - he loved the game, I played with him and several execs my whole career at that company).

At one time, golf could really help a career. Doesn't seem that way so much anymore though.

 

[Abraham]

I think the hobbies say more about a person than their education does. Education is done because people feel they are supposed to. Hobbies are because they want to. I like to know what people are passionate about. Is it improving them as a person? What is their motivation? Do they have associated goals? Being a triathlete or competition ball room dancer or proficient in Html5 or volunteering for the local food bank regularly tell me more about a person then "B.s. - university of Texas, engineering, 3.7 gpa"

 

[Da Guru]

When I was reviewing resumes most reminded me of a babies diaper. The top and bottom was usually clean and neat, with the middle full of ####.

 

[Fat Nick]

I've had the horrible experience of reviewing about 300 resumes the past month for some aerospace engineering positions (entry level).

Parents, you are doing your child a disservice by pampering them so much that they have zero work experience or anything else to show me that yes, this kid is determined and reliable and I can feel confident in offering them a $60k job straight of college.

Graduates, please don't tell me how your personal standards are higher than mine or how awesome my company has done their job. And putting down experience as attending schoofor four years doesn't count.

Do colleges no longer help students write resumes? What are the advisors doing?

I could go on, but I hate posting via phone.

/rant

Wouldn't "entry level" indicate that you should expect an abundance of folks right out of school??? Not saying that justifies a badly written resume, but you gotta start somewhere in terms of relevant experience.

 

[Ilov80s]

My wife sees some bad ones. One listed abilities as "I can paint walls. I can paint doors. I can paint furniture. I can paint machinery. I can paint ceilings...." The list of things he could do was 15 pages that could have been put into half a page. Another guy put, "surf the internet" as a skill.

While "surfing the internet" is a bad way of putting it, I'm finding that simply knowing to google something is a worthy skill these days simply because so many people lack it. So many people in the office come with questions that could easily be solved by a simple google search.

I feel like if you describe it that way on a resume, it means you really can't use the internet worth ####.

 

[MattFancy]

I remember reviewing resumes one time and came across one where someone spelled their name wrong. That was good.

 

[Nugget]

My all time favorite was at a college career fair. A young lady handed me her resume and she had chosen to use landscape as the page orientation. I tried to stop from laughing out loud, but I failed.

 

[Quez]

Parents, you are doing your child a disservice by pampering them so much that they have zero work experience

Do colleges no longer help students write resumes? What are the advisors doing?

/rant

What kind of jobs are you expecting? Like a part-time college gig? Do any of the applicants have previous work experience? If so what type of work?

I would assume an aerospace engineering degree is pretty demanding & an expensive degree to obtain. Maybe people think they are better off spending more time studying instead of making $8.00 hr. gaining valuable experience at some menial job.

Oh, and from my experience college advisors are worthless.

 

[Nugget]

Parents, you are doing your child a disservice by pampering them so much that they have zero work experience

Do colleges no longer help students write resumes? What are the advisors doing?

/rant

What kind of jobs are you expecting? Like a part-time college gig? Do any of the applicants have previous work experience? If so what type of work?

I would assume an aerospace engineering degree is pretty demanding & an expensive degree to obtain. Maybe people think they are better off spending more time studying instead of making $8.00 hr. gaining valuable experience at some menial job.

Oh, and from my experience college advisors are worthless.

Co-ops and internships should be pretty common. I would also expect part time or contract work at local tech/startup companies from some of the applicants.

 

[rascal]

I've had the horrible experience of reviewing about 300 resumes the past month for some aerospace engineering positions (entry level).

Parents, you are doing your child a disservice by pampering them so much that they have zero work experience or anything else to show me that yes, this kid is determined and reliable and I can feel confident in offering them a $60k job straight of college.

Graduates, please don't tell me how your personal standards are higher than mine or how awesome my company has done their job. And putting down experience as attending schoofor four years doesn't count.

Do colleges no longer help students write resumes? What are the advisors doing?

I could go on, but I hate posting via phone.

/rant

Wouldn't "entry level" indicate that you should expect an abundance of folks right out of school??? Not saying that justifies a badly written resume, but you gotta start somewhere in terms of relevant experience.

The best candidates, imo, have internships/co-op and then a part time job during the school year imo. I'd rather have the kid that has to work for it then have it handed to them on a plate. If you have what I mentioned, and a decent gpa, your name is on the top of my list. Kids who do nothing but school, with no WORK experience (flipping burgers even) are an immediate elimination regardless of gpa. They are a dime a dozen. You have got to have something on that resume to catch my attention in the 30 seconds I look at it. And having typical interests/hobbies and skills that every graduating engineer has isn't going to cut it. Telling ne your skills are fmea, drafting, math programs doesn't help as every resume has that. And I mean every.