Hi Pamela,

First of all I am sorry to learn that you have been going through the pains
of unemployment -  it can be a sobering exercise !

I am a great believer in online Resumes and that is why I offer such a
service on Global Museum (Careers Section
http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/Resume_Posting/resume_posting.html ).
This fact is not however the main point of my response.

If you have the web skills to take this approach further  I would seriously
suggest you build a website for employer reference and TAILOR IT to the
market/s you are hoping to attract.

You might consider say, building one site to refer Museum employers to and
another for a different approach -  tourism, arts etc.  If you don't have
the software on your computer ( frontpage etc.) or don't feel confident in
this area, why not subscribe to a site such as Tripod.com that allows you to
build your home page through a simple templating process ( no technical
abilities required )

This is not just theory.  I have put it in to practice myself with excellent
results.  If you adopt this approach it is not only a satisfying project, it
also allows you to promote yourself and your site to prospective employers
by email rather than sending a stack of paper ( which is often only given a
cursory glance )

Might I also suggest that you use other job specific sites such as
MONSTER.COM which have templates that you can uses to add your material into
their database -  these agencies have world-wide employer search functions

Hope the above gives you some support and motivation -  go for it!

best wishes
Roger
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela Feltus" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:19 AM
Subject: CV help


> I know this was just discussed several months ago, but the museum list
archive really didn't like the search string "c.v." and listed billions of
"resume" posts.
>
> now that I'm suddenly and surprisingly unemployed, I'm looking to apply
for a position that requires a c.v. However, I have no clue what it should
look like. Does anyone have any books, websites, examples, advice to
recommend????
>
> Thanks!!
> Pamela
>
>
> Pamela Feltus
> formerly of the National Museum of American Jewish Military History
>
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