I'm way more upset than I thought, I'm going to put this away for right now and come back to it in hour.

This sounds like a really good idea. Maybe get some tea and take some deep breaths?

Hah Askye! Look at all the self-aware from you!

You go girl.

{{askye}} also, What Trudy Said.

!!!Daisy Jane!!!

You can send it to me, askye. I am the queen of formatting.

they're not proofing the thing, they're just getting the information in one place

if you end up hired, tell them you found a typo on your resume and you don't want their records to be inaccurate so you're giving them a new one. its not like you've got something deceptive on there to make yourself look better

This. I caught a few things on mine Friday when I was walking the woman through it. I don't think she even noticed. Set it aside and breathe for a bit.

You deserve a good, rewarding job.

If it helps at all, I'm pretty sure that I had a glaring typo in my cover letter for my current job... as an editor.

It's not the formatting weirdness so much as the dates are off on my last 3 places of employment by two years on the resume. And I wasn't going to try and fix it on the resume until I got the stuff done on the application.

But then I started looking at my resume and thinking about trying to fix it and it's just, I swear everytime I look at or print my resume there's another error. And every time I fix it and think it's fine there's another problem. I spent a half hour last night just trying to get the stupid bullet points to work out and then I realized the resume I printed out was wrong last night, so I went to fix it and it took me anohter 15 minutes just to work on the stupid bulleting and formatting and I printed it out.

Only to realize that the year's are wrong.

Oh, and I didn't mention the big thing. AFter I casually handed him my "updated" resume. I realize that it doesn't have my present employer on it. Which I guess was just as bad as having the wrong dates. But I thought since he mentioned a second interview it might not be that bad. I 'd rocked the interivew more than the resume.

So it's just.... every time I touch this thing something else happens.

Big breath, askye. What matters is the interview, the resume was just to get your foot in the door and it's done that. It did its job. Go celebrate the interview! You done good.

Yay, Daisy Jane!! That rocks!

Letter~ma, SuziQ!

IOmeN, since I've started posting my resume again, I've gotten three unsolicited phone calls from recruiters. Guess the new resume is doing its job. Two of the jobs have been not what I'm looking for, though. I'm hoping the one I've got to call back today will be more in the ballpark.

{{{askye}}} As someone who receives resumes, I highly doubt I'd even notice that. I'm looking at the job descriptions. ~ma for new job!

Congrats, DJ!

I'm feeling much better today. GF and I had a really fun day yesterday - it's been far too long since that's happened. She has today off for MLK (we should all have it off, damn it!).

{{{askye}}} Good impulse, just setting it aside for a bit. I've gotten stuck in those frustrated/self-hating/must-finish-it-NOW-even-though-I-clearly-suck loops, and they're awful. Good for you for forcing yourself to just break the loop and walk away.

If the interview went well and they liked you, resume formatting and glitches in the dates are just irritations, nothing more. It'll be okay.

eta: And it looks like, since I started writing this, you're still stewing. Let yourself back off from it, and take comfort from all the wise Bitches who actually look at other people's resumes for a living. Margins and muddled dates matter so, so much less than a poor interview, or actively lying -- and you aced the interview, and all the info is true, despite the dates. It'll be okay, truly.

Congratulations, DJ!

My brain is all MSCL-drugged; Emmett and Hec were on the computer most of the weekend and Matilda was still sickish and needing attendance and fussing, so I spent most of my time in the environs of the living room couch mainlining all the episodes and all the extras. And now I so wish the Buffistas had been around to discuss it while it was airing.

Worth noting: If you ever need a good cathartic cry, watching the episode "So-Called Angels" with the commentary by Winnie Holzman and Wilson Cruz will do it, in spades. Practically half a box of kleenex right there.