----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hord" > Below content find Vitaliy's and Olin's comments on objective. > > I've always had a problem with the objective statement. I see > it almost on par with the "References available upon request" > statement as being unnecessary resume fluff, but apparently > I'm in the minority. Mike, I too used to think that Objective was a useless part of the resume until I had the pleasure (or misfortune) of going through hundreds of other people's resumes. Remember that during the first pass (there are usually two or three) resumes are scanned, not read - and the first thing that hiring managers do is weed out incompatible candidates. You won't believe how many times we got resumes with objectives that read "Graphics design", "PC Repair", "Law enforcement", "Legal assistant" for positions advertised as "Technical support" or "Firmware Development." Resumes whose objectives do not match the position end up in the recycle bin. Like Olin said, make sure your objective is a short statement of the kind of job you are looking for. Best regards, Vitaliy -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist