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Old Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:56pm
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I'm updating my professional resume and thinking about adding a section about officiating. What other things can/should be included?

• Work in high pressure situations making quick, decisive, and accurate decisions and while resolving conflict
• Communicate effectively with coaches, players, officials, and game day personnel to ensure success
• Maintain a demanding schedule with paperwork, travel, and availability while successfully balancing a full time job
• Enforce rules, policies, procedures, and protocols in accordance to NCAA or NFHS rules
• Lead crewmembers in pregame and postgame meetings and evaluations
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Old Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:58pm
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Should I put that I worked the 2013 4th grade CYO Championship game on there?
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Old Tue Jul 28, 2015, 09:00pm
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I'm asking a serious question, but thanks....
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Old Tue Jul 28, 2015, 09:58pm
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I'm asking a serious question, but thanks....
You're welcome?
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Old Tue Jul 28, 2015, 10:49pm
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Old Tue Jul 28, 2015, 11:04pm
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I'd actually like to hear if anyone has put that stuff on their resume. I can see the benefits, especially if applying for something in the sports field but perhaps that is something better left off and perhaps brought up during the meeting. There are a lot of people out there who just don't get what we do (pretty much everyone except other officials) so I can see it not helping.
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Old Tue Jul 28, 2015, 11:06pm
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I would not put anything on a resume that would make a potential employer think I'm not focused on my job. Cause few do get it.
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I always put my officiating business on my resume'. I get money and the people I deal with often add to my interest to companies. I get often interview requests often because this stuff is on my resume'. It is not most consistent job that I have done for the last 20 years. It is usually the thing they bring up or talk about anyway and someone played or went to a local high school so they ask me questions based off of that. Never a distraction or they would not give me the interview. Then again I am in sales and changed careers and got many offers because of my officiating background.

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Old Wed Jul 29, 2015, 08:15am
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I would not put anything on a resume that would make a potential employer think I'm not focused on my job. Cause few do get it.
If I was unemployed and desperately seeking a job, I agree with this position.


However, if you currently have a job and are simply looking for a better job, I would include one line about officiating. I put it under 'Hobbies' and simply list "Collegiate & High School Basketball Official (with years worked)"

From experience, this is often something that is brought up in the interview, with most people genuinely interested in it. I would emphasize that work is the priority and in no way will officiating get in the way of my work. In fact, I say it helps me because it is a release from work stresses and helps me come back to the office the next stay refreshed and re-charged.

I also believe it is important to establish early on that I do officiate, because I may request PTO on short notice to travel to a game. I don't mention this in the interview, but I've laid the ground work...
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Old Wed Jul 29, 2015, 08:39am
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If I am filing taxes on my income and filing other paperwork that says I am an official, there is no way in "heck" I am putting it in a hobby line (that no one cares about anyway). I am usually turning down positions and my officiating is front and center on my resume'. Then again most of the jobs I have had or get are in sales or management and they want to know that you can deal with conflict, deal with people, run a business or department and can think on your feet. And I have not been unemployed at any one time before I left college because of officiating.

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... no way in "heck" I am putting it in a hobby line
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Old Thu Jul 30, 2015, 07:55pm
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I'm updating my professional resume and thinking about adding a section about officiating. What other things can/should be included?

• Work in high pressure situations making quick, decisive, and accurate decisions and while resolving conflict
• Communicate effectively with coaches, players, officials, and game day personnel to ensure success
• Maintain a demanding schedule with paperwork, travel, and availability while successfully balancing a full time job
• Enforce rules, policies, procedures, and protocols in accordance to NCAA or NFHS rules
• Lead crewmembers in pregame and postgame meetings and evaluations
None of this tells me anything pertinent to skill level or experience related to a specific job you would be applying for. It sounds more like resume BS. When I review resumes I am looking for statements like "increased sales by 20% over previous year by doing XYZ" or "reorganized supply acquisitions process resulting in a $380,000 savings annually for my division" and similar action statements detailing results, not generalities. The skills you have listed -- working under pressure, making decisions, communicating effectively, maintaining a schedule, doing paperwork, following rules and procedures, and leading others -- are qualities I would expect any qualified applicant to have if they have made it to the interview stage.

I agree with the others who say that unless you are applying for an officiating related job then I would leave this off. I do not include any "second" jobs on my resume unless they directly relate to the field I am applying in. I think it makes you look less dedicated and clutters up the resume which may be all someone needs to put it in the NO pile. Stick to the important stuff and keep it simple.
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Old Thu Jul 30, 2015, 11:33pm
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None of this tells me anything pertinent to skill level or experience related to a specific job you would be applying for. It sounds more like resume BS. When I review resumes I am looking for statements like "increased sales by 20% over previous year by doing XYZ" or "reorganized supply acquisitions process resulting in a $380,000 savings annually for my division" and similar action statements detailing results, not generalities. The skills you have listed -- working under pressure, making decisions, communicating effectively, maintaining a schedule, doing paperwork, following rules and procedures, and leading others -- are qualities I would expect any qualified applicant to have if they have made it to the interview stage.
Wouldn't you ask those kinds of questions in the interview or need to know after you have them face to face?

And I can tell you as someone in sales, I do not care what actual sales you do if my company has a different product or has different customer service goals. I am going to train you anyway and want to know if you are mostly teachable and have appropriate goals.
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Old Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:21pm
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Wouldn't you ask those kinds of questions in the interview or need to know after you have them face to face?

And I can tell you as someone in sales, I do not care what actual sales you do if my company has a different product or has different customer service goals. I am going to train you anyway and want to know if you are mostly teachable and have appropriate goals.
I was just using those as examples. I would hope that there would be enough "proof" of successful experience in the resume that I would not need to ask. I prefer to have I candidate expand upon what they have done. For me, there is a difference between 10 years of management experience and 10 years progressively increasing profitability as a manager. I want to see accomplishments on a resume, not general skills or time spent in a position.
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