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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2556402" data-attributes="member: 177">As a peer writing tutor, I used to teach a bit of reume writing...Hobbies are a waste of space, unless they are directly relevant to the position sought.  If, for example, you are a Scoutmaster for the local troop of Boy Scouts, and you're lookign for a teaching job, you'd include it.  But if the hobby has no bearing on how you'd perform your job, they don't care.Be a bit more specific in your objective.  Saying, "I'm looking for a job" says, "I'm looking for a job, any job, I'm desperate and I have no prospects".  Tell them, "I'm looking for a job that will allow me to use particular skills and grow in particular directions."  Fill in the particulars yourself.Be more specific about the OSs you're familiar with.  Windows 98 is not Windows XP is not Windows Server 2003.  For Linus/unix and Mac, also list the specific flavors and versions.Grades may or may not matter, depending upon where you apply.  But then only in terms of GPA, or grade within your major.  If you can say your graduated cum laude or the like, you can soon dispense with grade details altogether."Lab equipment' is far too vague,a nd any reader who knows lab work knows it.  The equipment you'll find in a chemistry lab is not the same as in a biotech lab, is not the same as in a physics lab, is not the same in an electronics lab.   If you can say you're familiar with electronic diagnostics equipment, for example, you're not implying that you know how to deal with gas chromatographs...As a general note - when you're submitting to larger companies, your resume will generally get glanced at.  You've got 30 seconds to one minute to catch the reader's attention so that they'll read more deeply.</blockquote>

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