Take a Look at the Resumes of the Final Candidates for Lt. Governor

Take a Look at the Resumes of the Final Candidates for Lt. Governor

Governor Dan McKee has narrowed down his list for Rhode Island’s next Lt. Governor and we have their job application submissions -- resumes and cover letters.

The final candidates are Elizabeth Beretta-Perik, Rep. Grace Diaz, former Central Falls Mayor James Diossa, Sen. Louis DiPalma and Providence Councilwoman Sabina Matos.

McKee’s office provided GoLocal copies of their submissions.

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The resume and letters vary greatly.

The submissions ranged from four-page resumes -- to candidates that provided no resume at all.

READ THE RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS BELOW

 

Beretta-Perik's Brevity

One of the candidates neither submitted a resume nor did she include in her letter of candidacy her professional experience or education — she wins the award for brevity — just 70 words.  That finalist is Liz Beretta-Perik, the Democratic mega-fundraiser. She did not return phone calls or texts. Seemingly she does not have a LinkedIn profile and on Facebook, she has just nine friends.

But, she is a prolific Democratic fundraiser which earned her the position of Democratic National Committeewoman. She and her husband have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to national and local Democratic candidates and helped to raise millions more.

She is married to Michael Perik who has had a career in corporate education and the two live in a waterfront home on High Street in Jamestown valued at more than $5.6 million. The home has been the site of numerous major Democratic fundraisers hosting the likes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy. In 2008, the Periks hosted a fundraiser for then-Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Efforts to reach Perik by phone and social media messaging were unsuccessful.

Another candidate who did not submit a resume was Providence City Council President Sabina Matos. She submitted a two-page letter to the McKee team. When reached Wednesday about the failure to submit a resume, she immediately emailed over a copy of her education and professional experience. PLEASE SEE BELOW.

The most lengthy submission is DiPalma -- his submission includes a two-page cover letter and a four-page resume.

 

How Should Resumes Be Judged

A few years ago, Lea McLeod, a careers expert, wrote in a column for GoLocal, "You should be thinking about how to write a resume that passes the 7 to 10 second ‘skim test.’” 

McLeod wrote that there are "20 signs your resume won't pass the skim test:"

1. Your resume has an objective statement at the top. 

2. Your resume does not have a “professional introduction” at the top.

3. Your education is listed at the very top; takes up a lot of room, and you majored in a field that has nothing to do with the job you are looking for.

4. You don’t have a LinkedIn vanity URL as part of your contact information. 

5. Your experience is listed as a bunch of tasks, rather than accomplishments and results.

6. Your experience is described with phrases that begin with “Was responsible for…”

7. You haven’t optimized the top 30% of your resume to grab the reader’s attention on a phone or tablet device. 

8. You have no numbers or quantification of any kind on your resume.

9. There isn’t a single bullet point on your resume. 

10. You have no sense for whether your resume layout and design is attractive and easy to read, and stands out from the others in the pile. 

11. You have blocks of paragraphical text.

12. You have included the sentence: References available upon request. Note: this is a deal breaker. If you have this sentence on your resume, please get help TODAY.

13. You’ve listed references ON your resume. Just, don’t.

14. Your resume is more than two pages.

15. You have clip art on your resume.

16. You have your photo on your resume. (This applies to US only. Some other countries are OK with this.)

17. You have typos because, well, you’re not really detail oriented and they’ll know what you were trying to say. 

18. Your resume does not include keywords specific to the job and company you are applying to. 

19. Your resume is not customized to a specific job and organization, but looks like a “one size fits all” resume product.

20. Your resume includes terminology or references that might be distracting or confusing to the reader. 

 

READ THE RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS BELOW