[Jobs] Briefcases was Re: Objective on Resume

Tue May 23 16:13:51 CDT 2006

For the record, I typically use a bag with a shoulder strap and lots of
compartments for my BN, folio, etc.

Angie

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From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Harmeet Sekhon
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:03 PM
To: Jobs for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Briefcases was Re: Objective on Resume

Oh yeah!  Agree with you completely about fanny packs and backpacks.
Not during a job interview.  Nope.  I live in jeans.  When I don't have
denim on, I'm not feeling too good.  But during a job interview or at a
job where a more formal dress code is required, I can wait until I get
home.  I think its sort of a parallel with backpacks.  There's a time
and a place, and this isn't it.

Now, the zipper notebook thing might work really well too.  I don't have
a whole lot, but this might easily accomodate what I want to take.  Not
many notes will need to be taken in most circumstances I think, but a
slate and a stylus could fit nicely into something like that.
Hmmm...Maybe a simple, black, zippered notebook then...

Harmeet

-----Original Message-----
From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf
Of Jessie Rayl
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:55 PM
To: Jobs for the Blind
Subject: [Jobs] Briefcases was Re: Objective on Resume

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.

Jessie L. Rayl, MA LPC
Pathways Counseling Services
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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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