That question is sort of hard to answer as it depends on who does the screening of resumes at a company that you seek employment with.
Many designers and CAD modelers understand that if you have a concept of working in 3D and understand some of the more sophisticated techniques that can be used to create the needed geometry then you have the skills to learn just about any other modeling package.
For example - if the person that gets your resume is on the design team and they are a good designer then just have a few different modeling tool solutions on your resume. If you had MoI and then maybe Modo or Alibre (as it is a low cost history based solution) that would give the reviewer some insight that you can work in free space and in the confines of a history tree.
However, if you are submitting online or an HR person is doing the initial screening then they probably will look for key packages like Solid Works or WildFire (ProE product) or maybe even Inventor.
Probably the best thing to do is make sure you have several tools in your backpack that work in different ways (like MoI and Alibre) and make sure that you understand the fundamentals of both. But, at least in the USA, it seems like people are obsessed with Solid Works and ProE. (alibre functions close enough to SW that knowing Alibre will make the SW learning curve nearly nonexistant and it is way cheaper to buy an play on that SW).
When you do look for jobs though, I would suggest doing everything you can to find out who your target audience is (who will review your resume) and make sure that you have a resume customized for the target person or group. I have at least 4 different versions of my resume depending on what opportunity comes along and if I can find out who screens out the first round.
Best way to get in the right circles though is to hang out with people that design for a living and just network. Having a website that you post screen shots or renderings of your work is another way to showcase your work. Sometimes the best way to get that job is because you hung out with someone that told their boss, "Hey, I know this guy and he is really good at....".
My last contract job was helping a startup and all he kept talking about was Solid Works because that is all he knew about. I used SW for nearly 12 years and every vendor, supplier, and tool shop we worked with used different tools but the SW marketing engine makes it appear to be the only tool out there. For this contract job though, I did the initial work in Alibre and some aesthetic features in MoI but he had no idea and with the multitude of ways to exchange 3D data there was no specific reason that he had to have SW specifically. My point - he did not know how the files were made he just was excited when I showed him the work on screen.
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