Resumes for SCA-types

[cormac]

Please note: This is a list in development. Please give feedback.

The following is a list of SCA offices and positions, translated for use on a modern resume (as has been requested around LJ from time to time). While not an official list, I've tried to keep the translations honest yet still impressive.

Seneschal - President/CEO
Herald - Director of Protocol/Master of Ceremonies
A&S Officer - Director of Art and Education Services
Chatelaine - Intake/Recruiting Director
Marshal - Safety Officer/Referee
Chronicler - Editor-in-Chief/Communications Director
Webwright - Webmaster/Electronic Communications Director
Lists - Scorekeeper
Children's Ministry - Children's Education Director
Chirurgeonate - Medical Officer
Exchequer - Treasurer / CFO (if you use this, specify that you're the chief financial officer for your area only, i.e. the Exchequer of Lyondemere would be the "Chief Financial Officer for the Coastal Los Angeles Area")
Constabulary - Security Officer
Autocrat - Event Planner/Event Director
Baron/ess - Area* Director/Co-Ceremonial Head of local chapter
King/Queen - Regional* Director
Prince/ss - Regional* Subdirector
Ambassador - Regional Liason
Courtier/LiW - Assistant to the Regional* Director
Chief LiW - Executive Assistant to the Regional* Director
Guard - Stage Crew

*Terms used for the size of the group should reflect mundane boundaries. So, for example, the Kings of Trimaris and Atenveldt, the Princes of Oertha, and the Barons of Grey Niche and Western Seas should state that they are the State Directors for Florida, Arizona, Alaska, Tennessee and Hawai'i, respectively. Depending on the territory to population ratio, it may be more impressive to cite population vs. region (Officers of the Barony of Calafia, for example).

If listing positions for both local (shire, barony, etc.) and regional (principality, kingdom), try to use terms that reflect the shift in size, stature and importance. Use terms consistently. I've used "area" and "region" above, but branch, chapter, etc. can be used.

If you have your own suggestions for officers and event stewards, or corrections (Lists, Guard and Marshal, for example), please leave them in comments, and I'll put them up on the big board.

Comments

Re: Dunno what sort of work you are submitting resumes for...

[cormac.livejournal.com]

I didn't write this post so that people who needed to pad their resumes could put everything they've ever done in the SCA out there in the most impressive manner possible. I did it to help those with oodles of experience in one or two of the jobs listed above translate the value of the experience to those who don't understand what "exchequer" or "chronicler" means.

When I got my job with KP, I wasn't hired for what I'd studied in school, or for my 10 years of experience owning and managing a restaurant. I was hired because I'd worked with PeopleSoft, a software that I'd picked up almost by accident through work/study with the office that handled campus organizations. This was exposure to a software I could not have picked up in the general workplace, because no one hires people to work with PeopleSoft who have never touched it before.

In like manner, there are those in the SCA who wouldn't be given the time of day in the modern world if they applied for, say, a senior managerial position, because the work section of their resume only reflects entry-level to middle-management experience. However, if you had a resume cross your desk that showed 15 years of experience as senior staff at Pennsic and kingdom-level senior officer work (let's throw in a landed baroncy for good measure), and you understood the experience, skill set, and dedication that such positions entailed, would you not give them more than just a glance?