Aaron Crowe: Personal Finance Freelance Writer

There are plenty of places to go for help in writing a resume if you’re willing to pay. And there are probably fewer, but still good, people who will help review resumes for free. Today I went to one of the free ones, and I’m happy to say that other than a few tweaks, my resume seems in good shape. It’s a few posts below this one if you’re interested, and I plan to rewrite and move a few things around and will have another version posted by early next week.

Today I went to EastBay Works in Concord, where a kind person from Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill looked at my resume and gave me a few tips. We also discussed my job search, and I was glad to hear that I’m doing everything right in looking for full-time work. I’m doing everything she said she’d recommend to people hunting for jobs: I’m spending half of my time networking and the other half applying for jobs I find on craigslist, Indeed or other such Web sites; I’m going on informational interviews; I’ve joined a networking group; I’m volunteering, I’m looking for work I’m qualified for and tyring to move my job skills from one field to another, and I’m doing freelance work related to my field.

Since the top third of a resume is what gets looked at the most and quickest by an employer, she suggested that I move my excellent work experience up and take the “Skills” section and incorporate that into the accomplishments bulleted in my professional experience. I plan to make those changes and to try to spice up the look of the resume by early next week. After that, I’d like to try to find someone who hires for Web writing jobs and see what they think.