Resume critique

cygnus21

I have been lurking around TE for a while and am currently enrolled at WGU. It's now time for me to start looking for a job and would appreciate some help with my resume. I am also trying to get approve to take a class leading to my CCNA outside of my WGU program. I am not sure if I should include that on my resume. At WGU I am working on the CIW cert which I was planning on leaving off of my resume completely anyway, do you guys thing that is wise? I eventually want to get into networking or systems admin, and I don't really think it is relevant or well respected.

All suggestions will be considered so rip it apart it will only make me stronger.

resume for TE.doc

LinuxRacr

You are off to a good start. One thing I see off the bat is that there is a bit of wasted space. The font size for your name at the top is inconsistent with the rest of the resume, and kills some space you could use for other things I'm about to explain.

One thing I have learned recently that has helped me with my resume is format each job section so that there is a short summary of your duties, and afterwards, bullet points with your key accomplishments. Your key accomplishments are going to be the things you did that provided value to that position, such as "Developed a script that saved 2 hours in printer installations". In your opening summary, bring the 2nd sentence up to where the 1st sentence ends to save some space. Maybe something like this:

"Degree student offers strong customer service and technical skills combined with experience in computer repair. Quickly learns and masters new technology, and is equally successful in both team and self-directed settings while demonstrating proficiency in a range of computer systems, tools and testing methodologies."