A good Resume

BassinFever · March 16, 2007, 01:19:02 AM

This is my first year tournament fishing and was wanting to start a resume and have been looking at some of the ones posted and have a general idea but what are some main factors in deciding on a resume and how can you make those so that people will look at them and not file them away and go onto the next one.

stumpy05 · March 16, 2007, 01:36:51 AM

One sentance is all you will have to understand

MAKE IT STAND OUT! All resumes look the same, you want yours to stand out. If it catches there eye from standing out, you will be in buisness, and dont ask me how to make it stand out, im still tryin that.

But one other thing, you gotta ahve Confidence in there bait.

but im sure more people will be here to help you out.

Swede · March 20, 2007, 12:02:00 AM

I've found that a professional looking picture up front helps - use of the companies product in that photo even better. We have all heard the saying "a picture is worth a 1000 words". It's true!! Obviously - if the rest of your resume has that "I can't communicate" look to it - a picture won't get you too far.

fishforfree · March 21, 2007, 05:58:02 PM

If I were going to use a resume (I don't and never have had one) I would send it in a an oversized FedEx box. You know, maybe 18 x 18 x 18 or something a little bigger. That would get anyone's attention. That's one way to make an instant impression and make them look at what's inside.

FFF

flagatorbait · April 05, 2007, 09:21:42 AM

Quote from: Swede on March 20, 2007, 12:02:00 AM
I've found that a professional looking picture up front helps - use of the companies product in that photo even better. We have all heard the saying "a picture is worth a 1000 words". It's true!! Obviously - if the rest of your resume has that "I can't communicate" look to it - a picture won't get you too far.

Hey there Swede, I may sound dumb in saying this but I figure you guys got more experience that I do in this. I have been fishing for around 27 years, since I was around 6 years old. I was competitative for about 4 years when I was a teen ager, How in the heck do I go about writing a resume for bass fishing??? I was thinking about getting back into tournaments and starting up a local bass club, but I am really good at marketing, just about anything and would love to get into the business end and marketing for these mom and pop and some tackle and bait companies, but when you talk about resumes, what points do you add and do you do it similar to a regular job resume?

Thanks for you assistance I greatly appreciate any advice!

Swede · April 06, 2007, 12:46:32 PM

Concentrate on your strengths (promotion/marketing) - after all companies are looking for exposure to as many potential customers as possible. They are not looking for a filet of bass dinner or any portion of a paycheck you may make from a tournament. There are many people out there - that are just so-so fisher men or women, but are very good at promoting/marketing a product or service. There are others that are very good at fishing - buit terrible at promotions. What do you have to offer? If you don't have a lot - how do I increase what I can offer?

Unless you are at the very pinnacle of the sport - these companies look for people who are good at marketing - people who will work hard to get the company name out on the street in front of greater numbers of customers - in a positive way. How you intend to do that is all up to you - imagination and creativity can play a role.

Sponsorship many times comes about by building relationships and building a good foundation one block at a time. How do you interact with the public - the future customers of these companies? Are you someone that is in front of people on a regular basis? If you are not - how do you put yourself in that position? Think small - put a small fishing clinic on in your community for kids and their parents - once a week - an hour long - teach a new lesson. Knot tying lesson #1, topwaters baits and their uses lesson #2, etc etc. Free 5-10 lesson class for kids and their parents - a great building block. You may already have some building blocks - together these blocks = a lot of exposure to the public = potential sponsorship opportunity.

These small things may not seem like much - but when added together they really do a lot for you. Now that is the "you" side. Doing these small things have a quadruple effect on the people you help. Those kids and parents in example above will get far more out of what you did - than you will yourself a lot of times and helps build our sport. I'm going on here a little long - in short - think of it like planting a garden - plant the seeds - and do what you can to get something from those plants after they have grown - many will produce for you with very little help of your own - others will need the assist. Hope this helps a little.

fishforfree · April 08, 2007, 10:16:43 AM

flagatorbait - You've got about 22 years more fishing experience than I do.

Marketing, marketing, marketing.

Think about this. An angler dominates on his local tournament trail. Possible even wins a couple of regionals, but doesn't know the first thing about marketing and promoting.

Another angler can market/promote and sell. Can't fish worth spit. Doesn't even own a boat...but can market, market and market.

Who do you want representing your company?

P.S. - I'm the other guy.

It's all about marketing until you make it to the ELITE LEVEL then your are entitled to have companies ask if they can sponsor you. I asked Randy Howell. He didn't ask me.

Learn how to market and promote first. Learn how to fish on the side.

FFF

flagatorbait · April 09, 2007, 09:31:07 AM

You guys are great! Thanks a lot for all the info! Just like what I do for my local Stratos Boat dealer, just made him two new sales over this past weekend from marketing their boats. Swede you hit the nail on the head, I have taken my kids since they were 2 and 3 years old. They are the ones that make fishing on a bad day the greatest days!

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Thanks for all the input from you all!