I bought your book and loved it! Great read and at times funny because you are
so honest
and right on. I revised my entire resume just like you suggested in the book.
The problem
I am having is I have been laid off of from the last 6 jobs in a row!! I am in
accounting and
the managers and HR people who hire for accounting/finance positions look first
at your
dates of employment. All they see on my resume is job hopping and I have been at
each
job for less than a year. Then it takes me many many months to find a job due to
layoffs
and gaps in employment. It is just a vicious circle for me. I have been working
since 1989
and moved to another state around 10 years ago. Thats when all the layoffs
started to
happen. I am not at the executive level, experienced (non-manager) or manager
level.

Yes, I asked all the right questions when I interviewed with these companies,
but they lied
to me or things changed once I started working there. Last one hired, first one
out rule
always applies to me. And yes I also did my own research too. But when you are
laid off
you need a job and it pays decent or good and it seems everything there is fine,
you take
the job. At each job, I was recognized as doing a great job and a go-to person.
Worked
hard long hours etc...They always say, nothing personal just a change in
business needs.

So my question is how do I address the job hopping on my resume due to only
layoffs? I
have all the experience the ads require so I know I should at least be getting
interviews/
calls. My resume looks good and shows that. But again, the first thing people
see is the
dates of employment per your book. They also see too many jobs, even though I
did not
put a blurb for all jobs they are still listed. Other books have the dates off
your job
description and title and save them for a separate section and leave out months,
like
"Competency-Based Resumes" and other books. They are basically the complete
opposite
of your book.

I have a one sentece line under my first job blurb (my most recent job) that
says
"Persevered through layoffs due to workforce reductions, mergers/acquisitions,
and
bankruptcy." There is a space between this sentence and my job blurb and the
next job so
it stands out. If you have time to look at my resume that would be great!

Please help!
Thanks.