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[lynyrdsky1]

I have been contemplating the idea of writing a resume and thought I should ask for advice before I pursue the impulse. Here's a few questions that I want answered:

Should the resume be essay form, listed, or a mixture of both?

Should school achievements be added?

Should I talk about work ethic, personal strengths, weaknesses etc?

The only thing I'm sure on, is to go for companies I have full confidence in and to say to them I am not looking for any handouts and that I am here to help in any which way I can be it promotion, selling, or anything they see fit. Also, not sure if I should say this or not; if the company wants to ever support me, then I would want to earn their support.

I will not be completely writing a resume till later in the year after I have fished a few tournaments. Worse thing i could do is go to a company and ask them to support me before I even have my name out.

Side note: I have a feeling something in this may be grammatically incorrect, so just point it out and leave it at that. I will fix it if it needs to be fixed.

Thanks for the help,

Austin

[Lund Explorer]

My advice would be to put together a normal resume that you would prepare for any type of sales job. 

In short, that is what you are really offering to the company.  You want to highlight your education and your previous work history.  Also include your plans for your continuing educational goals.

Any reference to your fishing exploits should be tied to how your first hand knowledge of the company's products will help increase sales for the company.

If you want to discuss potential compensation for the work you will be doing for the company, this would be the only place I would mention taking products instead of actual cash.

[lynyrdsky1]

My advice would be to put together a normal resume that you would prepare for any type of sales job.

In short, that is what you are really offering to the company. You want to highlight your education and your previous work history. Also include your plans for your continuing educational goals.

Any reference to your fishing exploits should be tied to how your first hand knowledge of the company's products will help increase sales for the company.

If you want to discuss potential compensation for the work you will be doing for the company, this would be the only place I would mention taking products instead of actual cash.

I thought I shouldn't discuss compensation unless they mention it.

[Lund Explorer]

I wouldn't mention any specific amount, but I don't see anything wrong with explaining that you would take something other than cash.

[Carrington]

The resume needs to be short and sweet, no body wants to read 10 pages of nothing, make it around 1 page unless you are trying to get a high level phd research job or if you have been in an industry for a while.  You want to list things and not write paragraphs.

[Bass XL]

The resume needs to be short and sweet, no body wants to read 10 pages of nothing, make it around 1 page unless you are trying to get a high level phd research job or if you have been in an industry for a while. You want to list things and not write paragraphs.

To each his own. With past sponsors and current sponsors that I am working with, I have sent a resume stating my passion for the sport and how it developed, my tournament history (generally, this is listed material), exposure, what I can do if this company were to sponsor me, and then contact information. Besides tournament history, almost all is written in paragraph form. I think communication plays a key role in representing a company, and if you simply cannot demonstrate those communication skills on paper (AKA: a list), then what makes you think they're going to want you to represent them at a seminar, boat show, or any other potential sale for that matter?

     lynyrdsky, I think you're on the right track. I would definitely not leave out school achievements, just don't get too focused on them. Like you said, I would also not get into any details about what you want in return, as that will be done at a later date. I know this from personal experience, and I am very good friends with a few owners that stand by this. If they are interested, they'll call.

     Like I said, this is what has worked for me. It may be different for others, but I feel that this is the best way to pursue potential sponsors. Good luck!