Message #61861

[queenbean]

When it comes to your resume, I always think you'll have the most success when you tailor it to a specific job you're applying for.  If you have a blanket resume you can send out for any job, it's likely to come across as jack of all trades because you're trying to cover off every eventuality.  Whereas, if you have a specific job to go for, you can reword the resume accordingly, highlighting the things that apply specifically to that role, and playing down others which although may be important and useful, may not be the key skills or experience that the new employer is looking for.

I think you've probably made the right decision to move on.  You're between a rock and a hard place - if you sit there and take it, it makes you miserable, but if you flag it up to management and they actually do take it seriously and speak to the person about it, they'll hate you for it and it'll probably end up worse!  It's sad when the good people are forced out of a company because of a bad atmosphere, but it happens all the time and bearing in mind the huge amount of our life we spend at work, I think it's a mistake to try to put up with things that make you unhappy.

Good luck with finding a better place to work.

QB