{"id":762,"date":"2008-10-05T20:33:29","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T20:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=762"},"modified":"2008-10-05T22:50:46","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T22:50:46","slug":"top-10-resume-blurbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/05\/top-10-resume-blurbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Resume Blurbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of the JETAA NY Career Forum (held yesterday at the Nippon Club), I thought it might be appropriate to post a topical <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/books\/humor\/top-ten\/\">Top 10 List<\/a> from the Fall 2002 JETAA NY Newsletter.\u00a0 (<em>Thanks to Clara Solomon for using it as a hand-out for her presentation on resumes, which reminded me of the existence of this list.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fall 2002 &#8211; \u201cLET\u2019S HAPPY JOB SEARCH\u201d ISSUE<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schauppforassembly.com\/gallery\/p7hg_img_1\/fullsize\/CharliePlaysSantaForOkinawaSchoolChildren_fs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Santa Yochien\" src=\"http:\/\/www.schauppforassembly.com\/gallery\/p7hg_img_1\/fullsize\/CharliePlaysSantaForOkinawaSchoolChildren_fs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Top 10 JET Resume Descriptions:\u00a0 What They Say\u2026\u2026 And What They Really Mean<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">#10<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Says<\/strong>:\u00a0 Functioned as liason for city relations and internationalization efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Means<\/strong>:\u00a0 Got hammered with city employees and guests while singing numerous renditions of \u201cLove Me Tender.\u201d<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">#9<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Says<\/strong>:\u00a0 Developed and designed lesson semester lesson plans for 6 junior high schools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Means<\/strong>:\u00a0 Played bingo and\/or hangman 6 periods per day for six straight months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">#8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Says<\/strong>:\u00a0 Responsible for all municipal international correspondence and communications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Means<\/strong>:\u00a0 Wrote the letter to the replacement JET before going home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">#7<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Says<\/strong>:\u00a0 Translated and edited board of education documents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Means<\/strong>:\u00a0 Changed all the r\u2019s to l\u2019s and l\u2019s to r\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">#6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Says<\/strong>:\u00a0 Served as international representative for official and civic activities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Means<\/strong>:\u00a0 Stumbled around the o-bon dance circle after consum- ing significant 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