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Footnotes for RESUME PAGE
1. Since I am an academic, who happens to be a costume designer, I make a point of listing my education first. The choice of which categories you put first in your resume, can and should be a clue to the reader about where your own priorities in your work lie. Back to Resume Page.
2. I am fortunate in having a rather weird and memorable subject for my dissertation. It helps you to stick in peoples minds. Try when working on your resume to remember the thing or things you've done that might cause you to be mildly memorable in a stack of very similar documents. Not all Ph.D.'s list the title of their dissertation in a resume. Because I know mine sounds memorable, I do. Back to Resume Page.
3. This is a perfect example of something that could be omitted over time. Since I have a BA, MA, and Ph.D., it hardly matters that I also had two years of junior college. However, I haven't dumped it because it is a well known junior college with lots of famous graduates, and very many of my West Coast colleagues either went there or know someone who did. My high school, whose only famous student was a 16 year old ax murderess, is long since gone from my resume. Back to Resume Page.
4. Please note how much information is packed into a small orderly section. One of the main keys to resumes, is to convey as much information as possible, in as easy to digest a manner possible. Also, the order of this section again shows the reader which areas I am most proud of. Teaching costume history and design comes far before work on the Faculty Senate and as department chair, another way I try to tell the reader who I am, and what my priorities are. Back to Resume Page.
5. I try to be as accurate in describing my position in any work situation as possible. Heavily inflated resumes usually "smell funny" to the reader, a super-accurate looking one builds confidence in the credentials set out in them. Back to Resume Page.
6. However, there are times when it helps to fudge. The real name for this course was Appreciation of Great World Drama, which sounded so very pretentious and silly, I "shortened" it. Back to Resume Page.
7. Although this play has nothing seemingly in it to connect it to costume design, it sits in my resume to tell folks I'm capable of working in other areas of theatre. Back To Resume Page.
8. However, I do not shorten the titles of my articles. The reason for this is simple, by giving them their full length, they are much more explanatory of my specialized interests and knowledge. Back To Resume Page.
9. This is also not a costume related piece of writing. I leave it in, along with several other references to my traveling talents, to hopefully attract an employer who wants a professor to start a travel study program for their department. Back to Resume Page.
10. Papers are much easier to find time to do than articles. If you are having trouble demonstrating your areas of interest, and only have design credits (which usually don't say what your interests are,) volunteering to lecture on topics of interest at theatre conferences is a pretty painless way to give your resume some personality. Besides which, to get conference folks to come, you need the sort of catchy titles that look intriguing in print.Back To Resume Page
11. Areas like this help to tell people I'm able to run my own costume shop. The dates also tell that I "worked from the bottom up" through the craft areas, so I know them thoroughly.Back to Resume Page.
12. Explanations of what you did need not be lengthy. Every reader may not understand every abbreviated description, but most will if you stick to the main point. Back to Resume Page
13. A memorable or unusual job can stick on your resume for years. It aids in interview conversation, because people are always curious about it. It also aids in being remembered in a stack of resumes. I recall reading close to fifty resumes for a choreographer position once, and the two I still remember were respectively a Mouseketeer and a Royal Ballet dancer years before I was born. Neither was stupid enough to "drop" these long ago credits, although their work accomplished since had long ago made their old work irrelevant. Back to Resume Page
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