[nabs-l] training and gaps in a resume

[Arielle Silverman]

One thing my husband just learned about is that you can use a "skills
resume" instead of the traditional chronological resume. In a skills
resume you list your work accomplishments and group them together by
the type of skill they demonstrate instead of organizing it by the
months and years of your past jobs. That way you can highlight skills
and accomplishments from multiple jobs in a concise way, and things
like resume gaps are less obvious. You then detail your chronological
work history at the very end of the resume. Apparently this is a
recommended way for young people, or those changing careers, to
construct a resume. I've attached an example that my husband got from
our campus career center. Good luck!
Arielle

On 1/27/14, melissa Green <lissa1531 at gmail.com> wrote:
> that is exactly what I do as well.
> in fact I used it during an interview last week.
>
> best wishes,
> Sincerely,
> Melissa R Green
> "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole
> staircase." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anjelina" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
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> Good afternoon Ashley and all, I tried to use gaps in my resume to my
> advantage. If it's relevant to the job I used my training experience or
> other gaps that I may have in my resume. It's best to try to explain them
> and focus on the skills you have gained during the gaps.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Good morning, Ashley,
>>
>> Did I see your unwillinness to what is it? "disclose?"
>> Will it ultimately make any difference whether you disclose to your
>> employer or, perpetuate some typa well-justified technicality which is,
>> effectively deceatful?
>> Get over yourself! Stop playing games. It takes us all and, if they said
>> there ought not be blind peple, you would be outraged. Be blind, and
>> proud!
>> for today, Car
>> 408-209-3239
>>
>>
>> I was brain damaged at one point a 3-month coma, additional rehab the
>> whole bit. Obviously, had it not been for my being a student and on the
>> job market and because of my   Why At 07:04 PM 11/11/2013, Ashley Bramlett
>>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi all, I wanted to ask you all about something that arose in the
>>> training centers not the real world thread. I thought I’d ask this
>>> separately as it’s a big issue I pondered. How do you deal with gaps in
>>> your resume? What if you went to training? Have you listed this in a
>>> resume? I went to our state center, and may go again out of state because
>>>
>>> as I mentioned, I did not get everything I needed in state. But having
>>> been to training leaves gaps. How can we use these gaps to our advantage?
>>>
>>> We cannot put training on a resume as we do not want to reveal blindness.
>>>
>>> So what do you do if you had a gap in the resume? What if you were in
>>> training? If you had a gap because you simply could not find a job and
>>> were not in school, what to say is a quandry. Volunteering may be an
>>> option if you did something ongoing. I’ll ask about these quotes below.
>>> It caught my attention! Cindy said, “I have often told my employers about
>>>
>>> blindness training and how it made me an effective problem solver. Use it
>>>
>>> to your advantage.” Cindy, can you give examples? Where are you employed?
>>>
>>> How did you say it was an advantage? Someone else said they used the
>>> training center as an advantage, although I am not sure who it is. For
>>> now, I have a gap in my resume when I was in training. I don’t think its
>>> long enough to hinder me particularly in today’s economy when everyone
>>> has gaps. But I did get to wondering how we can better tie training to
>>> employment once we speak to the employer. Ashley
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