Adult to Mainstream resume advice... - GoFuckYourself.com

rage3 · 03-25-2012, 04:48 PM

hi,

I'm in the process of rewriting my resume and could use some advice..

Example scenario:

Lets say I live in Florida and successfully promoted Pussycash from 2008 to 2011.
And sent me paychecks and tax docs with their "parent" company info which is:

Sobonito Investments Limited in Miami Florida

------------------------------------------------------

so instead of using "Freelance" or "Self Employed" for my Job Title in the Resumes "EXPERIENCE" section &
since the paychecks and tax docs are labeled: Sobonito Investments Limited,

any advice on if I were to tailor my resume to read something like the snippet below:

-----------------------------------------------------

EXPERIENCE:

Online Marketing Manager
Sobonito Investments Limited, Miami, FL. (2008 - 2011)

- Created marketing campaigns blah blah blah
- Increased revenue by blah blah blah
- etc... etc...

-----------------------------------------------------

I would be grateful for any advice.

thank you.

Rothstein · 03-25-2012, 04:53 PM

Those qualifications would work well in the fast food industry, is that the industry you're moving towards?

B.Barnato · 03-25-2012, 04:54 PM

So Mr. rage3 who can we call as reference at Sobonito? Who was your direct supervisor?

Unless you are a great liar I'd stay far away from making false or deceptive claims.

Rothstein · 03-25-2012, 04:57 PM

This thread will be indexed in Google, do employers have access to Google?

rage3 · 03-25-2012, 05:00 PM

yo Rothstein, the example I posted is a snippet from a resumes "EXPERIENCE" section.

keyword here is "snippet"

of course, I will include previous employers, skills, duties, education, etc.

what did you think? the snippet was my actual Resume? come on bro..

Rothstein · 03-25-2012, 05:02 PM

Post your actual resume then we can't help you with a snippet

L-Pink · 03-25-2012, 05:04 PM

You are selling yourself as a marketing manager for an investment firm. When in reality you induced guys with their cocks in their hands to buy masturbation material. Go for it I don't see a problem.

rage3 · 03-25-2012, 05:06 PM

oh and Rothstein, I've never promoted Pussycash and this is why I used them for my example because I did think about the Google thing before I posted.

Rothstein · 03-25-2012, 05:08 PM

Shit just got real

AaronM · 03-25-2012, 05:11 PM

Any company who checks into your resume will smell that bullshit a mile away. It also would not be difficult to look into the parent company and find it's porn related.

Working as an affiliate is an independent kind of thing, not a verifiable employment history. Stick with self employed and make up a bunch of shit they can never really check into.

Do I want to post that I've been producing "porn" or something more along the lines of "product photography"? I'll stick with product photography and Internet Marketing. No need for them to know that naked girls were the products.

$5 submissions · 03-25-2012, 05:19 PM

Aaron raised some good stuff. Also focus on achievements and objectives met.

rage3 · 03-25-2012, 05:22 PM

thx AaronM and $5 submissions

L-Pink · 03-25-2012, 05:23 PM

Googled "Sobonito Investments Limited in Miami Florida"

Very first result was this .....

"Sobonito Investments (hereafter, Sobonito), which is incorporated in Limassol, Cyprus, runs a website at imlive.com. It?s not the content this website has that we complain about. But it?s the way they have attempted to obtain visitors to their website. Several days ago, an associate of Sobonito attempted to post comments with plenty of hyperlinks to hometown.aol.com free webpages, at which visitors would be redirected to imlive.com.

Well, Sobonito was sued by U.S. Federal Trade Commission back in 2005. And the company settled for use of ?affiliates to advertise its Web sites and induce consumers to purchase the adult content,? according to FTC. But criminals never quit until they eventually end up in jail."

MacHouse encourages other WordPress blog webmasters to join the force to file a complaint with FTC against Sobonito. The complaint form is available at FTC?s website.

http://machouse.mhvt.net/?p=554

.

jimmycooper · 03-25-2012, 08:59 PM

What types of jobs are you targeting? Feel free to email me for advice
jimmy~cooper~@~starlet~sheet~.~com (remove the tildes)

Pete · 03-25-2012, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B.Barnato

So Mr. rage3 who can we call as reference at Sobonito? Who was your direct supervisor?

Unless you are a great liar I'd stay far away from making false or deceptive claims.

That would be the right thing to do but its easy to bullshit if you want. Give them your buddys phone number and have him talk it up for you. I know people that do it.

bean-aid · 03-25-2012, 10:15 PM

Just grow some balls and tell them exactly what you did.

It's not *what* you did... it is *what you can do* for them.

epitome · 03-25-2012, 10:17 PM

I once read an article somewhere that online companies can appreciate the skills of someone that previously worked in adult, but wants nothing to do with someone that currently works in adult.

In other words, if it's a cool, progressive company, be honest about your past and talk of how your experience online will help them achieve their goals.

papill0n · 03-25-2012, 10:23 PM

you aren't capable of pulling this off

96ukssob · 03-26-2012, 12:31 AM

Like everyone said, they will find out its porn related in minutes. Plus what will they say if they want to talk to your previous employer?

Just straight up lie

If your looking for a job in marketing, tell them you started a marketing agency and was very successful from 2008 to recently, then decided to split ways with your partner in the company and seek something full time.

The magic phrase is "the consulting world is not for me." this will reassure your potential employer your not going to try and run a side business while working for them or moonlight a business that will interfere with your daily job.

anexsia · 03-26-2012, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rothstein

Those qualifications would work well in the fast food industry, is that the industry you're moving towards?

anexsia · 03-26-2012, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rothstein

Those qualifications would work well in the fast food industry, is that the industry you're moving towards?

Quote:

Originally Posted by L-Pink

You are selling yourself as a marketing manager for an investment firm. When in reality you induced guys with their cocks in their hands to buy masturbation material. Go for it I don't see a problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by papill0n

you aren't capable of pulling this off

Remind me never to ask for advice on GFY

raymor · 03-26-2012, 01:28 AM

Have you done ANY non-adult stuff? If so, you can say you did marketing for many companies including _______ and ______. By mainstream I mean actual mainstream, not the BS that passes for mainstream on GFY. Viagra and illegal gambling isn't mainstream.

When I speak to mainstream clients, I mention the work we've done for Coca-Cola, Merril Lynch, and the US Postal Service. Often I'll also mention Girls Gone Wild in a nod to what our major market is, partly in case they check into us. If they are going to find out anyway, better that I didn't totally try to hide the fact that some of our clients do adult, but I focus on the big name mainstream clients when taking to mainstream people.

If anyone reading this hasn't done any mainstream work, this is one small reason to do a little bit. If you're an affiliate, sign up with Amazon and do your thing promoting a certain niche of book or video. It gives you a respectable and true answer when someone asks what you do, in case you ever need it.

That's also one reason I'm involved with Apache and Linux development and with setting web standards. If I ever sell the company to Ali or whatever and want to work mainstream, Google will find my name all over the LVM-devel mailing list, Linux RAID devel, apache-modules-devel, on public vulnerability reports, etc. As far as Google is concerned, I'm an active open source developer and security professional.

travs · 03-26-2012, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

Tell them the truth, your day to day operation you excelled and the money was great, but when you got deeper in the content operation of the business you felt your abilities could best be served elsewhere. Meaning, head right to the weakness at first, then bury it with your successful accomplishments in the close. This will show growth and problem solving action/abilities.

Good luck

this one right here

topwebmodels_chris · 03-26-2012, 01:27 PM

rage3; If you staying in porn, then disclose to them the truth, however, if you are transitioning to mainstream, than you may not want to put down on the resume or cover letter regarding the porn. (Unless they ask) Just write down your experience and what you have accomplished.

sperbonzo · 03-26-2012, 01:31 PM

I would focus on skills and areas of expertise....

...Oh, and I would suggest using less "blah, blah blah"s and etc, etc...s in your resume. Perhaps substituting them for more specific info would be good.

.

Tom_PM · 03-26-2012, 01:38 PM

This isn't resume advice exactly, but there is such a thing as adult entertainment and marketing for it. Pornography is a bad word that is used too much by people in the adult industry. It's a post-judgement word, if you will. We are in the field of adult entertainment, and it's a legitimate job sector. IMHO it's bad to use the word "porn" because it's a casual word among friends. Use adult sector or something similar and dont be ashamed of it. If you sold bra's and panties, you'd say womens undergarments and wouldnt worry about someone judging it.

Trend · 03-26-2012, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronM

Any company who checks into your resume will smell that bullshit a mile away. It also would not be difficult to look into the parent company and find it's porn related.

Working as an affiliate is an independent kind of thing, not a verifiable employment history. Stick with self employed and make up a bunch of shit they can never really check into.

Do I want to post that I've been producing "porn" or something more along the lines of "product photography"? I'll stick with product photography and Internet Marketing. No need for them to know that naked girls were the products.

This is good advice

$5 submissions · 03-26-2012, 01:41 PM

Some more quick tips:

Use action verbs and always lead the reader to objectives you achieved.

Writing a good resume is like writing good website copy-you have to inform AND sell.

You have to quickly convince the reader to put your resume on the follow up pile instead of the rejection pile.

Phoenix · 03-26-2012, 01:50 PM

what Aaronm said.
besides in reality, i think most of us are not really in adult.

we are a streaming technology company. software developers.
you sound like you were in advertising.

signupdamnit · 03-26-2012, 02:16 PM

Be upfront but professional about it. You don't have to straight out tell them "I peddled porno" but you can simply tell them you marketed "adult entertainment". It's kind of like the difference between politely excusing yourself to use the restroom and loudly announcing "I have to go take a shit!".

Just keep it professional. You want them to think "This guy seems like a real pro" not "this guy seems like a real sleazeball".

ZeroHero · 03-26-2012, 02:36 PM

sir rage3,
Internet Marketing its what you do and advertising , right? Yes

if you can sell naked girls you can sell everything you want , theres a lot of products online to sell , make a marketing campaigns....

cheers.
Liq.

VenusBlogger · 03-26-2012, 04:23 PM

Due of the shitty adult situation, 50% webmasters quit adult and started working in real life.

I'm sure people can give you some advice. You are not the first to add your adult experience to a CV.

NetHorse · 03-26-2012, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VenusBlogger

Due of the shitty adult situation, 50% webmasters quit adult and started working in real life.

Due to the laziness of GFY trolls 95% of them quit spending 10 hours a week submitting TGPs and are now jerking off and smoking weed full time.

03-25-2012, 04:48 PM	#1
rage3 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 67	Adult to Mainstream resume advice... hi, I'm in the process of rewriting my resume and could use some advice.. Example scenario: Lets say I live in Florida and successfully promoted Pussycash from 2008 to 2011. And sent me paychecks and tax docs with their "parent" company info which is: Sobonito Investments Limited in Miami Florida ------------------------------------------------------ so instead of using "Freelance" or "Self Employed" for my Job Title in the Resumes "EXPERIENCE" section & since the paychecks and tax docs are labeled: Sobonito Investments Limited, any advice on if I were to tailor my resume to read something like the snippet below: ----------------------------------------------------- EXPERIENCE: Online Marketing Manager Sobonito Investments Limited, Miami, FL. (2008 - 2011) - Created marketing campaigns blah blah blah - Increased revenue by blah blah blah - etc... etc... ----------------------------------------------------- I would be grateful for any advice. thank you.

03-25-2012, 05:19 PM	#11
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	Aaron raised some good stuff. Also focus on achievements and objectives met. __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

03-25-2012, 08:59 PM	#14
jimmycooper Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2010 Location: Manhattan Posts: 4,016	What types of jobs are you targeting? Feel free to email me for advice jimmy~cooper~@~starlet~sheet~.~com (remove the tildes) __________________

03-26-2012, 12:31 AM	#19
96ukssob So Fucking Banananananas Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: If I was in your ass you'd know it Posts: 12,991	Like everyone said, they will find out its porn related in minutes. Plus what will they say if they want to talk to your previous employer? Just straight up lie If your looking for a job in marketing, tell them you started a marketing agency and was very successful from 2008 to recently, then decided to split ways with your partner in the company and seek something full time. The magic phrase is "the consulting world is not for me." this will reassure your potential employer your not going to try and run a side business while working for them or moonlight a business that will interfere with your daily job. __________________ Email: Clicky on Me

03-26-2012, 01:28 AM	#22
raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	Have you done ANY non-adult stuff? If so, you can say you did marketing for many companies including _______ and ______. By mainstream I mean actual mainstream, not the BS that passes for mainstream on GFY. Viagra and illegal gambling isn't mainstream. When I speak to mainstream clients, I mention the work we've done for Coca-Cola, Merril Lynch, and the US Postal Service. Often I'll also mention Girls Gone Wild in a nod to what our major market is, partly in case they check into us. If they are going to find out anyway, better that I didn't totally try to hide the fact that some of our clients do adult, but I focus on the big name mainstream clients when taking to mainstream people. If anyone reading this hasn't done any mainstream work, this is one small reason to do a little bit. If you're an affiliate, sign up with Amazon and do your thing promoting a certain niche of book or video. It gives you a respectable and true answer when someone asks what you do, in case you ever need it. That's also one reason I'm involved with Apache and Linux development and with setting web standards. If I ever sell the company to Ali or whatever and want to work mainstream, Google will find my name all over the LVM-devel mailing list, Linux RAID devel, apache-modules-devel, on public vulnerability reports, etc. As far as Google is concerned, I'm an active open source developer and security professional. Last edited by raymor; 03-26-2012 at 01:30 AM..

03-25-2012, 04:53 PM	#2
Rothstein So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Frostburg, MD Posts: 682	Those qualifications would work well in the fast food industry, is that the industry you're moving towards?

03-25-2012, 04:54 PM	#3
B.Barnato So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3,618	So Mr. rage3 who can we call as reference at Sobonito? Who was your direct supervisor? Unless you are a great liar I'd stay far away from making false or deceptive claims.

03-25-2012, 04:57 PM	#4
Rothstein So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Frostburg, MD Posts: 682	This thread will be indexed in Google, do employers have access to Google?

03-25-2012, 05:00 PM	#5
rage3 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 67	yo Rothstein, the example I posted is a snippet from a resumes "EXPERIENCE" section. keyword here is "snippet" of course, I will include previous employers, skills, duties, education, etc. what did you think? the snippet was my actual Resume? come on bro..

03-25-2012, 05:02 PM	#6
Rothstein So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Frostburg, MD Posts: 682	Post your actual resume then we can't help you with a snippet

03-25-2012, 05:04 PM	#7
L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,152	You are selling yourself as a marketing manager for an investment firm. When in reality you induced guys with their cocks in their hands to buy masturbation material. Go for it I don't see a problem.

03-25-2012, 05:06 PM	#8
rage3 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 67	oh and Rothstein, I've never promoted Pussycash and this is why I used them for my example because I did think about the Google thing before I posted.

03-25-2012, 05:08 PM	#9
Rothstein So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Frostburg, MD Posts: 682	Shit just got real

03-25-2012, 05:11 PM	#10
AaronM Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ┌∩┐ ◣_◢ ┌∩┐ Posts: 46,909	Any company who checks into your resume will smell that bullshit a mile away. It also would not be difficult to look into the parent company and find it's porn related. Working as an affiliate is an independent kind of thing, not a verifiable employment history. Stick with self employed and make up a bunch of shit they can never really check into. Do I want to post that I've been producing "porn" or something more along the lines of "product photography"? I'll stick with product photography and Internet Marketing. No need for them to know that naked girls were the products.

03-25-2012, 05:22 PM	#12
rage3 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 67	thx AaronM and $5 submissions

03-25-2012, 05:23 PM	#13
L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,152	Googled "Sobonito Investments Limited in Miami Florida" Very first result was this ..... "Sobonito Investments (hereafter, Sobonito), which is incorporated in Limassol, Cyprus, runs a website at imlive.com. It?s not the content this website has that we complain about. But it?s the way they have attempted to obtain visitors to their website. Several days ago, an associate of Sobonito attempted to post comments with plenty of hyperlinks to hometown.aol.com free webpages, at which visitors would be redirected to imlive.com. Well, Sobonito was sued by U.S. Federal Trade Commission back in 2005. And the company settled for use of ?affiliates to advertise its Web sites and induce consumers to purchase the adult content,? according to FTC. But criminals never quit until they eventually end up in jail." MacHouse encourages other WordPress blog webmasters to join the force to file a complaint with FTC against Sobonito. The complaint form is available at FTC?s website. http://machouse.mhvt.net/?p=554 .

03-25-2012, 10:15 PM	#16
bean-aid So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: the land of woke sleuths Posts: 16,493	Just grow some balls and tell them exactly what you did. It's not what you did... it is what you can do for them.

03-25-2012, 10:17 PM	#17
epitome So Fucking Lame Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 12,158	I once read an article somewhere that online companies can appreciate the skills of someone that previously worked in adult, but wants nothing to do with someone that currently works in adult. In other words, if it's a cool, progressive company, be honest about your past and talk of how your experience online will help them achieve their goals.

03-25-2012, 10:23 PM	#18
papill0n Unregistered Abuser Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15,547	you aren't capable of pulling this off

03-26-2012, 01:27 PM	#24
topwebmodels_chris Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 100	rage3; If you staying in porn, then disclose to them the truth, however, if you are transitioning to mainstream, than you may not want to put down on the resume or cover letter regarding the porn. (Unless they ask) Just write down your experience and what you have accomplished. Last edited by topwebmodels_chris; 03-26-2012 at 01:33 PM..

03-26-2012, 01:31 PM	#25
sperbonzo I'd rather be on my boat. Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 9,743	I would focus on skills and areas of expertise.... ...Oh, and I would suggest using less "blah, blah blah"s and etc, etc...s in your resume. Perhaps substituting them for more specific info would be good. . __________________ Michael Sperber / Acella Financial LLC/ Online Payment Processing [email protected] / http://Acellafinancial.com/ ICQ 177961090 / Tel +1 909 NET BILL / Skype msperber

03-26-2012, 01:38 PM	#26
Tom_PM Porn Meister Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,443	This isn't resume advice exactly, but there is such a thing as adult entertainment and marketing for it. Pornography is a bad word that is used too much by people in the adult industry. It's a post-judgement word, if you will. We are in the field of adult entertainment, and it's a legitimate job sector. IMHO it's bad to use the word "porn" because it's a casual word among friends. Use adult sector or something similar and dont be ashamed of it. If you sold bra's and panties, you'd say womens undergarments and wouldnt worry about someone judging it. __________________ 43-922-863 Shut up and play your guitar.

03-26-2012, 01:41 PM	#28
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	Some more quick tips: Use action verbs and always lead the reader to objectives you achieved. Writing a good resume is like writing good website copy-you have to inform AND sell. You have to quickly convince the reader to put your resume on the follow up pile instead of the rejection pile. __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

03-26-2012, 01:50 PM	#29
Phoenix BACON BACON BACON Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poems everybody, the laddie fancies himself a poet Posts: 35,457	what Aaronm said. besides in reality, i think most of us are not really in adult. we are a streaming technology company. software developers. you sound like you were in advertising. __________________ Skype Phoenixskype1 Telegram PhoenixBrad https://quantads.io

03-26-2012, 02:16 PM	#30
signupdamnit Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,697	Be upfront but professional about it. You don't have to straight out tell them "I peddled porno" but you can simply tell them you marketed "adult entertainment". It's kind of like the difference between politely excusing yourself to use the restroom and loudly announcing "I have to go take a shit!". Just keep it professional. You want them to think "This guy seems like a real pro" not "this guy seems like a real sleazeball".

03-26-2012, 02:36 PM	#31
ZeroHero So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Westbahnhof Posts: 15,336	sir rage3, Internet Marketing its what you do and advertising , right? Yes if you can sell naked girls you can sell everything you want , theres a lot of products online to sell , make a marketing campaigns.... cheers. Liq.

03-26-2012, 04:23 PM	#32
VenusBlogger So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,540	Due of the shitty adult situation, 50% webmasters quit adult and started working in real life. I'm sure people can give you some advice. You are not the first to add your adult experience to a CV.