Please critique my resume

I welcome all criticism, both constructive and mean-spirited

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I'm pretty thick skinned so lay it on me. I feel like I'm in dire need of a rewrite on this thing.

Thanks for the help in advance!

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UniqueAgEnT

The resume content seems pretty good. I like most of the formatting except for a few issues.

Some formatting that can help improve:

1. I do not like how the dates employed at your positions go onto 2 lines for some positions. You could use MM/YYYY instead if you want

2. I think it would be better to have your experience section wider and take up more of the width rather than only 1/2 of the page (width wise). You can then space in between positions for some white space.

jdballinger

Thanks for the advice UniqueAgEnT. I adjusted my formatting according to your suggestion, changed dates to MM/YYYY and it looks much better.

I'm surprised nobody had any other issues with it though!

UniqueAgEnT

Yeah it is a pretty good resume overall. I like that you have the summary and certifications on top.

Can you post the latest?

sark1

Overall, it's an 'okay' resume. It's very fluffy though. Here are my suggestions.

>Summary and Certifications

Combined certs into summary
Get rid of 'Active U.S. government' and just put Top Secret clearance. Also get rid of the line with customer service.
Abbreviate certs: CCNA, A+, Security+, Project+ certified.
Mention years of experience and leadership skills

>Work Experience

Netadmin/Sysadmin has too much fluff--combine basic day-to-day duties in 1 or 2 lines
Add accomplishments and examples of you going above and beyond
Add vendors and technologies you've worked on
Please do not put CPU when you mean computer or workstation
You could cut out a lot of the program names that most people wouldn't care/understand.
- Ex: Administered organization Information Assurance program, ensuring quality computer security training for all 850 users ---> Provided security training for 850 users

>Format

The columns for dates is wasting a lot of space. No reason for this.
Experience before education is my personal preference since you have strong work history

MrXpert

I would include a personal statement briefly mentioning your skills and explaining what job you are seeking. The information contained in "Summary Of Qualifications" could be incorporated into your profile statement. You can then do away with the section "Summary Of Qualifications"

Technical Experience section should be brought up as it looks great. Don't hide it at the bottom.
Most employers don't look past the 1st page of a CV if it doesn't catch their attention. The typical HR person trying to short list 6 candidates from out of 100 will look for key word matches and will skim read a CV. So be sure to put Technical Skills before work history.
Other than that to me it looks like a very good CV. I like how you mentioned the number of users in the various roles you've done.

This is just my advice.