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How is this "career objective" on my resume? should i change it?

I'm a programmer. I got a copy-paste boring job where my brain cells have died and my skills have atrophied from dis-use. Java is up to 6.0 now and we are still using 1.3!!! I'm *not* desperate for a job, any job, so i want to include a career objective on my resume to indicate what i want out of my next job.

Please tell me if this looks right at the top of my resume or if it would turn people off, and what i can do to make it more professional or effective.

(professional! ha! a way of saying "help my brain is dying" while making it look like i'm not saying anything with any meaning at all, while making it clear to people who read between the lines that what i really mean is "help, my brain is dying!")

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To find someplace where I need to learn new skills, keep up with modern technology, solve problems creatively, or grow in any other direction.

(should i say "to learn new skills, keep..." instead? or that makes it less clear that my brain is dying?)

Update:

based on what you all say but the examples you give(!) i did what i tell people to do too often and used google. based on a career objective page on google and your advice, i now came up with this improvement:

"A position needing the acquisition of new skills, I.T-related research, keeping up with modern technology, solving problems creatively, or any other growth."

Still needs work, but better.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Your career objective should discuss the value that you would bring to a potential employer. Yours reads like the "what's in it for me" and it's pretty generic.

    How about something like: "To work in a dynamic learning environment where I can contribute my current skills, and grow through new opportunities" or something like that.

    The word "someplace" isn't very professional...

  • 1 decade ago

    That's a terrible objective. Actually, it's not an objective at all, it's a proposition.

    "Career Objective" is for n00bs! What are you doing!

    Use the following headings only:

    Professional Experience

    Education & Training

    Skills

    References

  • 1 decade ago

    Well I am a disabled former programmer who went in to technical support meaning I solved problems that were created by bored programmers who lost both their creative energy. So I would state that your career objective is to take the current skills along with newly acquired skills to further the companies current and future needs. so maybe something like this:

    Career Objective:

    To mold company's current and future needs with my current and future skills in the Information Technology field.

    That shows:

    1) you want what is best for the company.

    2) You want to grow in that company.

    3) You are willing to sacrifice for the company but not at the expense of your own growth. It hints that you want to grow not just copy/paste ... you want to improve both the company's and your bottom line .... the cash.

    Hope this helps

  • 1 decade ago

    "To find someplace where I need to learn new skills..."

    Not good. First of all, "someplace" is not a professional word to use. It denotes "uncertainty, vagueness, etc." You don't wanna disclose that part of you to a talent hunter, right? Also, ur applying for a "job", not an "admission" to some training institute! As much as you look at it as a place to learn, THEY look at you as someone who can CONTRIBUTE. They want someone who can give, not take. At least that'd be the first thing they'd expect from you.

    Keeping that in mind, I suggest u change it to something like... "To be part of a work culture that provides me the opportunity to put my skills to its best use, and in turn, assist me in my personal development."

    This kind of line shows what you selfishly want, but in a subtle way. It speaks of your need to find a job more challenging, something that ur previous jobs lacked, and at the same time, it draws out a benefit for the hiring organization too, that is "your need to subject ur skills to their maximum potentiality."

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  • 1 decade ago

    keep myself updated with modern technology, learn new skills to solve problems creatively

  • 1 decade ago

    Challenging position in programming.systems.it.......etc with growth potential...........

    take your choice....I would give your resume a look.......

  • 1 decade ago

    You must show the employer how your skills will benefit them. http://www.ehow.com/how_2285081_form-resume-object...

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