She’s got skills and she knows how to use them

July 28, 2009 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment 

I have to admit that my online life as of late has been rather… quiet since I became “unemployed“. That’s not to say that I haven’t been busy. I have been. Incredibly so. I’ve been doing a little consulting here and there and spending some much needed quality time with the family. I’m also in the middle of moving. Do you feel the “happy-happy-joy-joy vibes” I’m sending you as we speak? In between the hours filled with rice krispie treats, packing tape, hide-n-seek, and laundry, I’m job hunting. Sometimes I’m even doing all 5 at the same time. Ask me to prove it! You’d be surprised at how well I can multitask.

I had a very difficult time updating my resume. It had been a very, very long time since I last needed it. Luckily I have acquired all sorts of new little tricks that have shaped me to be the marketing nerd I am today. As I started recounting my daily tasks and listing out my highlight abilities, I found my self doing more deleting than adding. I mean, you cant just as well add Monkey Training, Unicorn Hunting, or Master Time Slayer on your resume can you? No really… can you?! It got me thinking about all the stuff I really can do but just don’t seem to fit. Things I can do outside my typical “marketing-gal” skills anyway. I made a list.

Things I have the ability to do but don’t list on my resume: Read more