FEMA Courses and your Resume

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by soupbone, Apr 16, 2008.

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  1. soupbone

    soupbone Active Member

    I was just curious how you guys list the FEMA courses on your Resume. I could list them but that would look too bulky I think plus with 13 years of other LE training my Resume would be 10 pages long. Any suggestions? I know some places use keyword scans on Resumes to pick out potential applicants so I don't want to be looked over because it wasn't properly worded. On the other hand a Resume that is too long would probably get tossed in the trash as well. My thoughts are to list each company (IE FEMA-course name, The Backup Training-course names, etc.) then list the courses taken. This would obviously save a lot of space as opposed to listing them individually which wouldn't make sense. By listing company name and courses it would condense everything quite a bit but I'm not sure how exactly to list them. Thanks guys! I figured someone here has run into the same issues. ;)
     
  2. pugbelly

    pugbelly New Member

    I currently list them on my resume under education as:

    FEMA / Emergency Management Institute
    Professional Development Certificate - 2006
    39 Hours in Emergency Management

    Once I complete the AAS with TESC I will probably list it something like this:

    Thomas Edison State College
    AAS in Occupational Studies/Emergency Management

    FEMA / Emergency Management Institute
    Professional Development Certificate - 2006

    Since I will be transfering about 30 hours or so to Bellevue as elective credit, I am toying with the idea of listing the BA on my resume, but also referencing the concentration or depth, but dropping the Emergency Management reference from the AAS at TESC. For example:

    Bellevue University
    BA Leadership / Emergency Management Concentration (or depth)

    Thomas Edison State College
    AAS in Occupational Studies

    FEMA/Emergency Management Institute
    Professional Development Certificate - 2006

    Pug
     
  3. soupbone

    soupbone Active Member

    I wonder though Pug if you should actually do the exact math on each course for hours. In other words each course is 10 contact hours or 7 contact hours, etc. Wouldn't that more accurately describe the number of hours completed since most items listed as training go by hours completed. I see that you list them under education though. I may do that instead of listing them as training hours.
     
  4. pugbelly

    pugbelly New Member

    I list them under education to imply semester hours of credit, not classroom/training hours. I feel comfortable doing this since it follows FEMA's recommendations for college credit and I've banked just about all of those hours at TESC. I also think that college credit/semester hours look better on a resume than training hours, but that's just my opinion. There are frequently no tests involved in training sessions...simply an attendence requirement.

    Pug
     
  5. truckie270

    truckie270 New Member

    I just list the Professional Development Certificate and resident FEMA courses I have taken.

    In the emergency managment field, everyone knows about the IS courses, so listing individual IS courses seems a little cheesy to me, unless a specific course is required for a position (the most common ones I have seen are the ICS series).

    It would look better IMO to have the IS courses transfered to TESC or elsewhere and list them as a number of credits in emergency management because that would address both the higher and technical education aspects.
     
  6. pugbelly

    pugbelly New Member

    Well said. I agree completely, which is why I plan to list those hours as referenced in my initial post.

    Pug
     
  7. soupbone

    soupbone Active Member

    I think I'll do the same thing until I complete my degree through TESC. I have enough in the training section of my Resume. That way it will show how close I am to finishing.
     

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