My resume is very web-heavy since I was an EA at a major magazine website and have held internships at well-known websites. My magazine experience is only at smaller trade publications. Could this be the reason why I don’t get called for interviews for print positions? I have a great portolio full of clips as well!
Ed2010™
I can review your resume. . .
If you like, you can send me your resume to review and I can help you rewrite it to point out your EA experience more, so that managing ed’s at magazines will focus more on your print skills rather than your web experience. My e-mail is mla_chick85@yahoo.com
If your job was at a
If your job was at a website, and your internships were at websites, then why not focus your job search on online editorial jobs? There are more jobs available, they pay better and will likely allow you quicker advancement than magazine jobs would anyway.
i hope not
i mean i guess, but i would think people would really appreciate the web on your resume b/c its taking over the world right now! maybe try to rework your cover letter, and also try to emphasize that you still did alot of the things EA’s do for print…the writing, events, etc?
good luck!