Resume Ramifications

I am in the process of job search now...I have never looked for Fulltime jobs anytime in my life till now...When I finished my Undergraduation I did not look for any jobs.. I wanted to hold it off until my Visa Interview ...and I got my visa so I did not have to look for jobs.... When I finished my M.S I had already decided on doing MBA and hence did not do any job search now then... So here I am ...looking for a full time job for the first time....There is no escaping this time...I have to find a job...cant study any further....

The first process of job search is building a good resume and it has been weighing down on me heeavily... The process of building a good resume has been a pretty long and confusing process...It did not help that I asked quite a few professors and the career centers in my Department(actually had planned on asking on a few more people but seeing the confusion I was getting decided against it..)...everyone had their own way...one person says no objective in resume...the other person says resume should not be long....at the end of all this, my resume should look unique to the employer or the recruiter or to the computer which scans my resume....At the end of the day its all about marketing yourself.....to each specific employers...to each specific position without you being there...which is a monstruous task in itself....and to think that after you build a good resume and get a call its only a part of a huge processof going thru 2 or three interviews ....juz makes me exhausted....anyway all these things will seem elementary once i get a job but now its a huge hindering block for me...

I will finsh this blog with a quote in one of the seminars attended "A good resume cannot get you a job...It will get you in the doorstep.. A bad resume can definitely lose you a job"