caiti
Well-known member
I know I just posted a unrelated thread, but I figured as I've been on the job search for a few months and I've been asking everyone what they think is the best protocol, I'd ask you fine folks.
Everyone seems to have a different opinion. I've been applying to mostly lab animal technician jobs. I am not a certified lab animal tech or vet tech. Even though I have a BS in animal science, I would have to have an AS in veterinary technology to test for the vet tech certification and for the lab animal tech certification I need paid work experience with animals in a lab, to which I only have unpaid work experience. You can test for the lab animal tech certification with no education and only work experience, but you cannot test for it with only education and no work experience!! I almost feel like my degree is a waste because it isn't specific enough even though I worked so hard and had difficulty in the beginning of it. I'm contemplating getting a job I am over qualified for and hate while trying to get a masters in the meantime, just so I can be more marketable.
And then there's all the nuances of resume writing etc. Resume or CV (if I can even make one)? Order of categories? How that one time I stuck my arm up a cow's butt or went through rectal electroejactulation of some goats in class translates into a marketable skill for an entry level job? Nice paper or regular? Nice envelopes or regular? Heels or flats to an interview? How do you make contacts and what if you can't?
I almost want to post my resume and cover on here to see if anyone has any thoughts. Though I don't know who would want to spend their free time going over a stranger's resume...hehe.
For anyone who has a job in science or anywhere, really, how did you get your job or what things did you do that you feel really helped? Thank you everyone!!
Everyone seems to have a different opinion. I've been applying to mostly lab animal technician jobs. I am not a certified lab animal tech or vet tech. Even though I have a BS in animal science, I would have to have an AS in veterinary technology to test for the vet tech certification and for the lab animal tech certification I need paid work experience with animals in a lab, to which I only have unpaid work experience. You can test for the lab animal tech certification with no education and only work experience, but you cannot test for it with only education and no work experience!! I almost feel like my degree is a waste because it isn't specific enough even though I worked so hard and had difficulty in the beginning of it. I'm contemplating getting a job I am over qualified for and hate while trying to get a masters in the meantime, just so I can be more marketable.
And then there's all the nuances of resume writing etc. Resume or CV (if I can even make one)? Order of categories? How that one time I stuck my arm up a cow's butt or went through rectal electroejactulation of some goats in class translates into a marketable skill for an entry level job? Nice paper or regular? Nice envelopes or regular? Heels or flats to an interview? How do you make contacts and what if you can't?
I almost want to post my resume and cover on here to see if anyone has any thoughts. Though I don't know who would want to spend their free time going over a stranger's resume...hehe.
For anyone who has a job in science or anywhere, really, how did you get your job or what things did you do that you feel really helped? Thank you everyone!!