Bass Fishing Forum

Here is a rough draft of my resume.  Let me know if you have any positive or negative comments or suggestions or if I need to add, take off, or switch anything.  Thanks

P.S. I will put my address and phone numbers along with a website address when I send this out to real potential sponsors.




Biography:
   -Born in Fremont, Nebraska, and raised on a farm near Omaha, Nebraska.  For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to become a Professional tournament angler.  Now with the support of my family I am ready to pursue this dream of mine.     

Goal:
   -To establish a relationship with select companies based around trust, honesty, and hard work.  To promote all potential sponsors to the best of my ability.   

Objective:
             -To become a successful Professional Tournament Bass angler

What I can offer My Sponsors:
   -Appearances at Tournaments, sports shows, and other related events   
   -Sponsors logos on my Tournament shirt, Vehicle, and Website
   -Sponsors website links in my signature on online message I frequent
             -Distribution of promotional materials at events
             -Demonstration of products to potential customers

Tournament Experience:
   -Future planned Experience for 2007
      -NBAA, ABA, and Small Boat Bass Club Tournament Trails
            -Past Experience   
                         -No past tournament experience
   
Education:
   -Metropolitan Community College, 2005-Present
      -Major in Business Management
      -One of only 15% of students on the Scholars List (3.5 or higher GPA)

   -Bishop Neumann High school, 2001-2005

Present and Past Employers:
   -Cabelas, Fall 2006- Present
                          -Sales Associate
   -Farm Hand, 2002-2006
      -Animal/Farm care, Basic farm duties
-Golden Harvest Seed Company, Summer of 2003, 2004, and 2005
      -Field Inspector and Machine operator/maintenance

Looks nice and neat  ~c~

Ya I tried to strive for neatness so they wouldn't have to read it 4 times over before they knew what they were reading.  I do see there were a few things thrown off a little bit since I copy and pasted it in here.  I also tried to keep it at one page which I barely just managed to do with what I had.  Working on my cover letter as we speak.

Agreed - neat, orderly, to the point.  I don't have to read like a book - yet I know who you are, where youv'e been, and where you'd like to go. 

One add I'd make is a professional pic of yourself being successful on/off the water - pay attention to the clothing worn (clean, no holes), and what else is in the pic with you (boat, fish, etc).

I figured I would probably put a picture of me with tournament shirt on.  I was thinking either try and fit it on right about the Biography section to keep it at one page or put it on the cover letter.  Is it best to have a plain picture of just me in my tournament shirt(with a nice backround of course) or a picture of me in tournament shirt holding a nice bass, or with rod/reel, etc. etc.

Anything that would tell the potential sponsor you intend on looking the same professional way promoting their products.  I added one to mine of me on weigh-in stage wearing the tourney shirt.  Use your best judgment and you should be fine.

Biography:
   -Born in Fremont, Nebraska, and raised on a farm near Omaha, Nebraska.  For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to become a Professional tournament angler.  Now with the support of my family I am ready to pursue this dream of mine.     

Only thing I might change is : Now with the support of my family, I am ready to pursue my dream.