[Jobs] Briefcases was Re: Objective on Resume

Tue May 23 15:55:17 CDT 2006

Hi.  Well, I think it is very much up to the person and probably how much stuff you are going to carry but first, I have never 
seen a professional-looking backpack and would not! recommend such a thing going into an interview.  Those are for school / 
college, hiking / camping and shopping / touring and we need to keep them there, please.  <smiles>
Briefcases, on the other hand, are everything from laptop cases to regular briefcases and some have both a handle and a strap, 
some just have a handle.  You can sit the case down, correct the dog, pick the case up and go on although I cannot quite see 
myself doing all of that.  When my dog acts out, he gets corrected now, fast and straight-out.  We don't worry about sitting 
briefcase down and the last thing I want to do is sit it down in a mud puddle or have it go flying off the side of the walk or 
down a flight of steps--and that is just my luck of course.  <grin>  But then, I'm talking about a small briefcase too, not a big 
huge totebag-looking thing.  So again, how much stuff are we talking about carrying here?  One of those zipper notebooks might 
work quite nicely and you can tuck that under an arm, give dog either a left or right handed correction, or use that freed right 
hand for whatever else it might be needed for with the notebook tucked under your arm, and keep right on moving.  They hold 
resumes, CDs and the like quite well, and a braille slate too--and it is most often what I take to meetings, etc.  Then would be a 
briefcase, and then! would be the laptop.  But please! leave the fannypacks and backpacks for other places.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at earthlink.net>
To: "'Jobs for the Blind'" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Objective on Resume

> my resume has my name and the month/year, such as 5/2006, and other codes I
> develop.  But it's the cover letters that I title with the job title or job
> code.  I've been thanked many times by employers for having my name as the
> part of the title for my resume.  for example, my current generic one is
> titled
>
> sherry Gomes resume 6-2006.doc
>
> as for your dog, Harmeet, I'm always going in with a briefcase, and not one
> with a shoulder strap because I think it looks tacky.  But I'm carrying my
> resume, my braille note and things like that, so I think it looks more
> professional.  If I had to correct my dog, which thankfully doesn't come up
> often, I would either drop the harness handle and give a left handed
> correction, or I would put down the briefcase.
>
> It's not a dumb question!  these are things we all have to think about.
>
> Sherry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Harmeet Sekhon
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:02 PM
> To: Jobs for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Jobs] Objective on Resume
>
> Sherry,
>
> That's what I'm learning too.  From you and from others I've talked to.  Is
> it a good idea to title the resume with the job title then?  That, along
> with the requisition number if one is given in a job posting?
>
> Also, I know that this is going to apply perhaps more for those of you who
> work guide dogs, but we're often encouraged not to carry anything in our
> free hand when we work a dog.  This is so that, if we need to, we can have
> that hand free to correct our dogs.  Because even if your dogs are little
> angels like mine and Sherry's, sometimes that correction needs to happen.
> So here's my question:  Do I try to get a briefcase or something to carry
> extra copies of my resume, my Jaws program CD's so that I can show them as a
> prop during the interview, and any other paperwork I might need for the job
> interview?  If so, won't that defeat the purpose of keeping my hand free?
> This might be a ridiculous question, but I don't know how a guy like me
> would do it properly any way other than carying a briefcase with a handle in
> my right hand, while working my dog in my left.
>
> Or, am I just a paranoid nut?
>
> Harmeet
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of
> Sherry Gomes
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:06 AM
> To: 'Jobs for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Jobs] Objective on Resume
>
>
> Hi Bonnie,
>
> putting objectives on your resume isn't generally done now.  in fact, it's
> become sort of taboo.  Not an absolute no, but not necessary anymore.
>
> I definitely do not have objective on my resume.
>
> Sherry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Bonnie Ainsworth
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:50 AM
> To: Jobs for the Blind
> Subject: [Jobs] Objective on Resume
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm creating a new resume and was wondering what some of you who are working
> in clerical positions put in the "objective" block of your resumes.  The
> resume I currently have was done by a former Federal employee, and since it
> was created for Government use, that information wasn't necessary.  Also,
> for those of you who work in the Federal Government, I was using Form OF-612
> which you all know is long and tedious.
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> Bonnie
>
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