Resume feedback please?

Welly_59

Attached is my CV, any feedback would be great.

One question as well......PDF or word format when you submit to recruiters/companies?

scaredoftests

Get rid of key skills (try to put the key skills in on the actual job..I used these security devices like so, etc) and get rid of misc. Put the certs on the bottom of your resume. Try not to have so many bullets and put in actual sentences. It is what the recruiter or company wants (sometimes they say if they want a word or a pdf.

yoba222

I'd go with PDF. If you have to use word, definitely docx instead of doc file format. I can't comment on the overall layout and structure as it's probably rendering wrong in LibreOffice for me. Minor details:
SLAs not SLA's.
I have no idea what BAU might stand for but maybe it's an obvious acronym in the UK so not sure on that one.
I'd get the phrase CCNA in there too even though you wrote it out in long form.
Not sure if you didn't include the cover letter or at least statement of what you're looking for, but in that I'd boast about your several years of management experience.

Overall, I don't know why, but when I visit your LinkedIn I get an immediate impression to the nature of "wow this guy's feels like probably he's a senior network engineer" but when I open your resume it's "wow this guy's probably inexperienced." Then I read the content of both and the first impressions sort of balance out.

Mr.Robot255

only suggestion i have is size of font 11 or 12 and font itself, i did a CV and Cover letter course and the woman running it said to use Arial or Calibri as some of the scanners or was it projectors (either or) have trouble reading styles like Times new roman as they have the little accents on the letters. Also she said about the size , imagine a recruiter looking at CVs all day and they come across one with smaller font with tired eyes they just wont even look.

*this was the info told to me might not be a common thing*

Welly_59

Awesome guys thanks for feedback!
Tbh I am inexperienced but there's not a lot I can do to change that apart from keeping learning, taking part in new projects, and leading where I can.

labscloud

Your overall experience looks good, but the resume itself looks a little jumbled and disorganized, it's a little hard to read. Just try and clean it up a little and you'll be good. Cheers!

shochan

check out RezScore too, it might give you an idea what needs correcting too.

TechGromit

I'd replace Cisco Certified Network Associate with CCNA, yes it means the same thing, but writing it out long form, I had to think about what it meant, CCNA is instantly recognizable. I'd also change the date you earned the certification to Expires Feb 2020. Just looking at the date, I could assume you mean it expired in Feb 2017.

CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK PROFESSIONAL
In Progress

I really don't like this line, Everyone and there brother is "working" on certifications, but often it means they are thinking about picking up that new book they purchased two years ago someday. I would leave it out, or if you say passed the CCNP swtiching exam, you could mention that, since it does show actual progress in getting the CCNP.

ccie14023

TechGromit wrote: »

CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK PROFESSIONAL
In Progress

I really don't like this line, Everyone and there brother is "working" on certifications, but often it means they are thinking about picking up that new book they purchased two years ago someday. I would leave it out, or if you say passed the CCNP swtiching exam, you could mention that, since it does show actual progress in getting the CCNP.

Correct. There is no such thing as CCNP "In Progress". There is CCNP or no CCNP. Way back when I had a vendor sales guy tell me his post-sales engineer was "just one test away from a CCIE." Well that's a pretty big test! I realize that some certifications have multiple components, and these might be relevant to your resume. For example, if you expect your future employer will sponsor you for a CCIE lab, it can be appropriate to put "CCIE Written Passed" or some such. For a CCNP you could put the name of the specific test(s) you passed. However, when I see a resume that has a certification listed in big letters and then "In Progress" below it, I always look down on this as an attempt to draw in search engines and resume reviewers with a claim to a false credential, and I take that into consideration when evaluating the candidate.

Welly_59

Good feedback much appreciated. I've passed ccnp route so thought stating in progress was a fair cop tbh