Resume help for guy with lots of experience, none as a mariner

[heehaw]

After submitting a fair number of resumes and not having any luck, I'm doing some tweaking.

I'm in my 30's and just starting out. There's a lot of variety in my work experience - IT, audio engineer, handyman, customer service/hospitality, college degree in liberal arts - and not much focus. (Though I feel like these jobs have given me a skills set that is applicable to the mariner industry in a very broad way.) I worry that listing all my jobs makes me look a bit flaky. Any advice on how I could condense my history and spotlight my attributes? I have tried putting a "Skills Summary" above my actual work experience list.

Also, I've never written an objective on a resume before but now I'm thinking that would help get to the point. Good or bad idea? If good, how can I word it show that I'm serious about this career move and that I have something to offer? Do I say flat-out that I'm looking for an entry-level position or would that emphasize my lack of experience too much?

I've got a MMD, TWIC, STCW BST, and current passport by the way. I've put that at the very top.

Thanks for the advice.

[cappy208]

Most marine companies only care about: drug free, STCW, TWIC, MMC, dependable, college diploma ( to a lesser degree a HS diploma or GED), and dependability. These HR people wont even read the non marine stuff. They don't care about it. The only thing they look at regarding past employment is time there to see if you are a 'job shopper' or not.

Most companies don't want or need a 'resume' for a deckhands position. A company application filled out correctly is pretty much all they need.

[resumephenom]

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[seadog!]

cappy208 is telling you the truth, save your money.

[Cal]

Go to WWW.RESUMEPHENOM.COM
This is a professional resume writing company (Resume Phenom, LLC) run by Brian Munger. Munger holds active status as a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and has written over 1,500 resumes during his career. He also provides free resume critiques!

How long has Mr Munger worked on seagoing vessels? I don't care how many letters follow his name. If he hasn't worked on boats or ships the chances that he will understand half of what is relevant on one of our resumes makes his services useless.

[resumephenom]

RE:
How long has Mr Munger worked on seagoing vessels? I don't care how many letters follow his name. If he hasn't worked on boats or ships the chances that he will understand half of what is relevant on one of our resumes makes his services useless.

Yes, I will be the first to admit that seagoing vessels are not my expertise. However, writing resumes is my forte and during my career, I have gained a superior ability to attain important and relevant information from my clients via forms/questionnaires, interviews, and job posting research, regardless of my knowledge of their job/industry. Knowing your industry is very important, but it is essentially worthless if you do not know how to present it properly and professionally in a resume. As a resume writer, I also have the ability to translate your duties into a more easily understandable tone, which is beneficial when human resource members are reviewing your resumes.

I don't have an extensive skill set in mechanical engineering, either; however, I was able to help land an engineer a job last week with my resume writing abilities. After all, if I was an expert in mechanical engineering, I would probably be a mechanical engineer instead of a resume writer. Resume writers are not experts in YOUR field, they are experts in THEIR field. Combine our expertise with yours, and you have a STELLAR resume.

[New3M]

All a resume is is a bunch of trumped up bullshit. Seems like this guy is pretty good at that!

[DeckApe]

All a resume is is a bunch of trumped up bullshit. Seems like this guy is pretty good at that!

Can't argue with what works.

[rjbpilot]

CPRW? Sounds like you need to add another certificate: (VGAB) Very good at bullshitting.

[NAUTICART]

CPRW? Sounds like you need to add another certificate: (VGAB) Very good at bullshitting.

I saw a business card with the initials after name... BS , MS, & PhD

( Bull Sh_t, More Sh_t and Piled High Deep )