I'm a game designer! I broke into the game industry with a degree in English Literature, to a position that required 2 years experience in the related field (Game Design). I got it by dressing up my resume and catering it to the job; my personal blog became "gaming journalism," my hours of experience playing PC games became "keen understanding of basic level design principles," and my prior experience teaching English as a foreign language became "communicates ideas clearly and confidently to a wide variety of audiences." I paraphrase and simplify, but I hope the idea is clear!
I think this works for everything, I have always dressed up my resume to a job that looks great. Which in no way means lying it just means catering it towards that job. I feel like I am very picky with work and have gotten about 85% of jobs that I have wanted. Now what do I do for a living? Go over resumes all day... Kinda ironic...
I'm a game designer! I broke into the game industry with a degree in English Literature, to a position that required 2 years experience in the related field (Game Design). I got it by dressing up my resume and catering it to the job; my personal blog became "gaming journalism," my hours of experience playing PC games became "keen understanding of basic level design principles," and my prior experience teaching English as a foreign language became "communicates ideas clearly and confidently to a wide variety of audiences." I paraphrase and simplify, but I hope the idea is clear!
I think this works for everything, I have always dressed up my resume to a job that looks great. Which in no way means lying it just means catering it towards that job. I feel like I am very picky with work and have gotten about 85% of jobs that I have wanted. Now what do I do for a living? Go over resumes all day... Kinda ironic...