What I’d like to put on my resume

So I’ve got a big career-related meeting coming up tomorrow and, as a result, I”ve been thinking a lot about my resume. And how even though it’s been polished until it’s shiny, it doesn’t really come through and say everything like I’d want it to say.

Objective: To find a job that I totally rock at. Where I can use my brain and make projects that are awesome and that I can really be proud of. Where I get to have some say in what I do. Also, a job where I can respect, have fun, and laugh with my coworkers. Also, to find something that doesn’t entirely overtake my life–I don’t mind overtime, but I’d like it to be the exception rather than the rule.

Skills:

• Word: Native. Period. (You try using it as your main design platform for three years and see what you learn!)
• Photoshop: Completely fluent, though I still speak with an accent.
• Dreamweaver: With enough study and preparation, I can say pretty much whatever I want.
• InDesign: College-level skills, enough to impress those who don’t know any better
• Illustrator: Can hold a basic conversation and imitate fairly convincingly
  
• Flash: I know enough to find a bathroom and correctly pronounce menu items
• Other skills: Corny as it may sound, I am willing to learn anything that anyone wants to teach me. I really do like learning new stuff and pick things up pretty quickly. I’m also pretty good at tinkering with a program until I figure out how to make it do what I want it to do. Also I’m usually nice and happy at work.

Experience:

• Current job: This job has been really good to me, on the whole. It was a great entry-level position–they’ve been very flexible with me and have allowed me to learn a lot on the job. I think the most frustrating part about it is that my role was never really well defined. Lately, I think that I’ve reached a limit of where I can progress–there’s more that I can do there, but the company as a whole isn’t yet ready to make those advances.
• Current freelance editing job: I love, love, love this job. I love editing, love words, love the variety, love the hours, love the people I work with. I’m not sure I could do it full-time, though. I’ve realized I really enjoy the design component of my current job and I think I’d really miss it if I went full-time. Also, I think I’d really miss interacting with people.
• College editing job: This job was fantastic. It had all of the perks mentioned above (since it was for the same place) and it allowed me to combine my editing skills with a layout perspective as I got to design journals, magazines, books, etc. This is the closest I’ve come to an ideal job.

Hobbies: Reading, football, following politics in a non-contentious manner.

References: If you want a real breakdown of what I’m like–complete with positives, negatives, insecurities, and nerosis–you should talk to my husband. Or my friends.