Please review my CV / resume

Hi

This might be better vetted by I.T people from England because of cultural differences (that and the spelling of certain words and the disparity of educational systems between the UK and other parts of the world.

Would welcome comments and opinions. I have posted it below shared as a google drive link. Thank you.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/170rvRseoEGAAB6Fz9dVnkGVB6E4FJTis/view?usp=sharing

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EANx

I'm not in the UK but the following has nothing to do with "cultural differences" or spelling.

Get rid of the bullets, write in real paragraphs.

Move Education and skills and certs under experience. You literally have six seconds to grab someone's attention. Is "A level in mathematics" the most important thing for you? That was 15 years ago.

You've had one type of job, having a single-page resume shouldn't be hard.

MrXpert

Having worked as a recruitment consultant for a few years I would recommend keeping bullet points. In the US they frown on it for some reason but over here we like the point based approach versus the long boring paragraphs. You have to bear in mind that in many companies it is HR that sees your CV first and they are scanning for key phrases and skills.

A good guide can be found here https://www.cv-library.co.uk/career-advice/cv/how-to-write-a-cv-tips-for-2018/

B.B.

MrXpert wrote: »

Having worked as a recruitment consultant for a few years I would recommend keeping bullet points. In the US they frown on it for some reason but over here we like the point based approach versus the long boring paragraphs. You have to bear in mind that in many companies it is HR that sees your CV first and they are scanning for key phrases and skills.

A good guide can be found here https://www.cv-library.co.uk/career-advice/cv/how-to-write-a-cv-tips-for-2018/

I'm from there US and I am part of the team that reviews candidates/resumes for my department. I don't know where this advice to get rid of bullet points is coming from lately.

I have not received any resumes with paragraphs, and if I did I would be less likely to read them.

cyberguypr

For context, I personally hate bullet fests in resumes because they deviate from the one purpose and very definition of a bullet which is to highlight something and call attention to it. When you call attention to a whole document the bullets lose all sense and purpose. I want resumes to tell me a story. Bullets dont do that for me and that is why I frown upon them.