Daiwa Posted March 16, 2008 Posted March 16, 2008 Josh Johnson Email: tactic dude@hotmail.com ABOUT ME: My name is Josh Johnson. I am 14 years old. I live in Blaine, MN. I have fished bass for awhile. Besides bass fishing is also musky fish, catfish, Pike fish and many other fish. My big goal this year is to get my first musky in at least 40. I would also like to get a Walleye into the boat too. I fish in my families 2003 Tracker with a 50hp 4 stroke Mercury motor on it. it's a very nice boat. We have a electric anchor on it too. My biggest bass was last year. It was 61/2 pounds on The Original Chatterbait. The Chatterbait is my favorite lure because I have caught so many fish on it. It's a great lure! Besides fishing I also fly RC Planes. I've been flying RC planes for about 2 years now. I've got one sponsored in RC Planes and that is from Blackdogrc.com I'm also a big fan of aviation. Last year I got to fly in the EAA Young Eagles program. The pilot I flew with let me Co-pilot his Cessna 152 Skylane. It was a lot of fun. My favorite Professional Bass Fisherman is Mike Iaconelli. I love to watch his show City Limits I have learned a lot from him. I am the founder of JBC, Junior Bass Club, a club on Bassresource.com forums. OBJECTIVE: Get a sponsorship for bass fishing. QUALIFICATIONS I have been bass fishing for many years now. I'm newer to bait casters but I'm getting used to them. I enjoy fishing with open faced reels because I am more comfortable with them. I could advertise for your company by adding your logo onto my fishing stuff. I get stopped by many people because of what I am catching. Ideally by great fisherman, who always ask me what I'm using for bait. I also get talked to a lot about fishing at school, so I could add your logo onto my school stuff. I have ATLEAST a 3.5 GPA. My grades are always good (with the occasional "C" that is always brought right back up) Fishing does not interfere with my grades at all. I am taking German so I have a 2nd language for college. I dont LOVE reading but its ok. We have to get what my school calls AR points, where we read a book and take a test on it and if we get them all right we get so many AR points. I get all of mine everytime. Some big accomplishments of mine are: *Becoming the student of the month for my 6th grade team. *its not a big one but this year I beat my old record for the pacers (where we run from one side of the gym to the other and the time goes faster and faster the farther we get in to it) this year I got 74, my class best *Learn to fly a plane. This was the hardest. I started on RC and then got the chance to fly a real one. It was the best time of my life. EDUCATION I am currently an 8th grader at Roosevelt Middle School in Blaine, MN. Next year I will be going to Blaine High School. EMPLOYMENT I am only 14 years old so I don't have a job yet. I will be getting one this summer to pay for fishing stuff.
Daiwa Posted April 7, 2008 Author Posted April 7, 2008 Ok guys, my resume was changed to be better and longer. Please comment!
Bass XL Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Honestly, there are a bunch of things in there that potential sponsors won't care about. Get rid of that stuff, and put in the stuff that could actually help you. Include your G.P.A, any big accomplishments (fishing and non-fishing), tournament results, seminars, etc. Go to this link and listin to the 'Sponsorship Special': http://bassfeed.com/archives/category/angler-sponsorship/
basspro96 Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 and josh no one wants to know about how nice your boat is and if you have and electric anchor on it ;D
Daiwa Posted April 7, 2008 Author Posted April 7, 2008 Actually, yes. I got a E-mail asking if I have a boat whats on it.
basspro96 Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 thats weird most of all of what I have been told by pros is like dont talk about your boat mention it if you have one but dont describe it just talk about what you can do for them
Daiwa Posted April 8, 2008 Author Posted April 8, 2008 Well, dennis webb asked me. Oftopic but im also trying to schedule a day where me, my dad, my uncle and Dennis Lappen from Angling Innovations get to go Musky/bass fishing on Lake Minnetonka. And get this, He invited me!!!
Kozak Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 I'm no pro at resumes, but a couple obvious things I'd change are things like: -Removing the information that doesn't relate to fishing or marketing, such as aviation, unless you can manage to connect it. -Are you even in High school yet? I don't think Middle school has a GPA system... -If you're trying to get sponsored by lure companies, I wouldn't give praise to a lure that the company the resume is being sent to doesn't manufacture. I have a younger brother the same age as you and it seems like you type like you talk, which isn't professional but it is how 14 year olds speak. I'm not sure if this is a turn off to companies or not, but just be aware that your resume does not sound very business-like. Good luck
Daiwa Posted April 8, 2008 Author Posted April 8, 2008 I was just givving the people a little info about me. Would you like it if you owned a fishing company and gave a sponsorship to someone you dont know anything about? And like 3 are already looking at me. Thanks for the tips. Josh Johnson
Bassnbrett101 Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 Sponsors care about how professional you sound, those were some great ideas Kozak
Bass XL Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 Ok, I'm going to highlight everything that should be left out. Also, If you do not know your EXACT GPA, I would list your grades. When it comes to companies sponsoring kids, they want to know that they are doing good in school and will want the EXACT grade/gpa. Kozak nailed it in his last statement. GRAMMAR GRAMMAR GRAMMAR! Josh Johnson Email: tactic dude@hotmail.com ABOUT ME: My name is Josh Johnson. I am 14 years old. I live in Blaine, MN. I have fished bass for awhile. Besides bass fishing is also musky fish, catfish, Pike fish and many other fish. My big goal this year is to get my first musky in at least 40. I would also like to get a Walleye into the boat too. I fish in my families 2003 Tracker with a 50hp 4 stroke Mercury motor on it. it's a very nice boat. We have a electric anchor on it too. My biggest bass was last year. It was 61/2 pounds on The Original Chatterbait. The Chatterbait is my favorite lure because I have caught so many fish on it. It's a great lure! Besides fishing I also fly RC Planes. I've been flying RC planes for about 2 years now. I've got one sponsored in RC Planes and that is from Blackdogrc.com I'm also a big fan of aviation. Last year I got to fly in the EAA Young Eagles program. The pilot I flew with let me Co-pilot his Cessna 152 Skylane. It was a lot of fun. My favorite Professional Bass Fisherman is Mike Iaconelli. I love to watch his show City Limits I have learned a lot from him. I am the founder of JBC, Junior Bass Club, a club on Bassresource.com forums. OBJECTIVE: Get a sponsorship for bass fishing. QUALIFICATIONS I have been bass fishing for many years now. I'm newer to bait casters but I'm getting used to them. I enjoy fishing with open faced reels because I am more comfortable with them. I could advertise for your company by adding your logo onto my fishing stuff. I get stopped by many people because of what I am catching. Ideally by great fisherman, who always ask me what I'm using for bait. I also get talked to a lot about fishing at school, so I could add your logo onto my school stuff. I have ATLEAST a 3.5 GPA. My grades are always good (with the occasional "C" that is always brought right back up) Fishing does not interfere with my grades at all. I am taking German so I have a 2nd language for college. I dont LOVE reading but its ok. We have to get what my school calls AR points, where we read a book and take a test on it and if we get them all right we get so many AR points. I get all of mine everytime. Some big accomplishments of mine are: *Becoming the student of the month for my 6th grade team. *its not a big one but this year I beat my old record for the pacers (where we run from one side of the gym to the other and the time goes faster and faster the farther we get in to it) this year I got 74, my class best *Learn to fly a plane. This was the hardest. I started on RC and then got the chance to fly a real one. It was the best time of my life. EDUCATION I am currently an 8th grader at Roosevelt Middle School in Blaine, MN. Next year I will be going to Blaine High School. EMPLOYMENT I am only 14 years old so I don't have a job yet. I will be getting one this summer to pay for fishing stuff.
Daiwa Posted April 8, 2008 Author Posted April 8, 2008 Alright, thanks guys, and Bass XL. Ill go through it later and get my report cards. Im going through a really bad cold and its bothering me. Ill get some thinking time on it, and then send it threw spell check.
Super User cart7t Posted April 28, 2008 Super User Posted April 28, 2008 I have ATLEAST a 3.5 GPA. and then send it threw spell check. That's through spell checker. :
=Matt 5.0= Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 No resume should ever have the word "stuff" in it.... :
Super User roadwarrior Posted April 29, 2008 Super User Posted April 29, 2008 ** MODERATOR NOTE ** Daiwa's comments on the "Sponsor" thread resulted in having it closed. This one is now closed, too. -Kent a.k.a. roadwarrior Global Moderator
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