I am a recent college graduate, and I have been job hunting since May. I live in a rural area, so there are not any job openings near me. I have been using online search agents, as well as newspaper classified ads to apply for jobs in other areas of the state. I have applied to every Admin Assistant, Clerical and Waitressing job I can find, but have not gotten ANY call backs. Is it my resume, or am I just an undesirable canidate because of my lack of experience? I don’t have ‘red flags’ in my background, and the same agency hired me back every summer during college to work. I cant work there anymore because they do not have the budget to provide me with a full time job. Can somebody help me? I am willing to do any job that does not involve children. I don’t want to do telemarketing, but if it will get me out of my parent’s house and into an apartment, then I will try.
Here is my resume
Highlights
Work well in a high pressure environment.
Skilled with computer systems and software.
Skilled at organizing complex projects, defining project priorities, and delegating tasks.
Demonstrated effective leadership skills
Professional demeanor.
Well-organized and efficient.
Dependable - can work without supervision.
Quickly learn procedures and methods.
Experience
Nursing AssistantMay 2006 to August 2006
•Served and collected food trays.
•Transported patients, using wheelchair and wheeled cart and assisted patients to walk.
•Applied knowledge in the rehabilitation of mentally, physically and emotionally handicapped.
•Coordinated program involving activities such as manual arts and crafts.
•Selected constructive activities suited to physical capacity, intelligence level and interest.
•Designed and constructed adaptation of recreational equipment for the elderly. (Larger Print)
•Monitored patients on the Admissions wing of
Office AssistantMay 2003 to August 2003
•Aided executive in staff capacity by coordinating office services.
•Compiled, stored and retrieved management data, using computer.
•Responsible for reorganizing office space.
•Delivered oral and written messages.
•Collected and distributed paperwork, such as records and timecard, from one department to another.
•Marked, tabulated and filed articles and records.
•Located and attached appropriate file to correspondence to be answered by employer.
•Answered telephones and gave information to callers and routed calls to appropriate official.
•Restructured and improved filing system, eliminating duplicate items and purging outdated files.
Music Therapy AideMay 2002 to August 2002
•Activities included solo and group singing, rhythmic music activities, music listening and hospital-wide activities
•Assisted Music Therapists in planning and directing medically prescribed music therapy activities as part of mental and physical health care
________ University
B. A. in History
May 2007
*The work experience listed above is all at one hospital local to me. A workforce center helped me compile that resume. For the most part I was like an ‘assistant’ who ended up doing pretty much anything. I was an extra pair of hands for whatever the normal hospital staff needed me to do.
To clarify: the position at the hospital above was direct hire. They advertised and I applied. After my first summer they offered me a job continuously. I never had to reapply for a position at the hospital.
My first summer was STRICTLY clerical: sorting, copying, file purging, setting up meetings, whatever the Director of Nursing needed me to do. I purged her office of 30+ years of outdated staff/patient files. Plus I edited my father’s first dissertation and am basically his secretary.
Antoine
