Resume Help

alexander77

The company I am at now is horrible about moving people up from within the company and would rather hire from the outside to fill open roles. Since after asking many times it doesn't seem I will be going anywhere I'm looking for a new place to work. I'm currently going for my CCNA and I'm scheduled to take the CCENT test at the beginning of January and part 2 towards the middle of January

I've attached my resume for you to look at, please let me know what things I should add to get noticed more for entry level networking roles like a NOC position.

UniqueAgEnT

I would format your work experience and education differently. I like the summary.

The education has so much white space in the middle.

For the work experience, I am not fond of the paragraph describing your job, and then the bullet points. I would stick to only bullet points and adjust the format so that there is some indenting. It looks like you have almost no margins. Most people do that when they are trying to fit their resume onto one page, but your resume is not very long so I would suggest increasing margins.

DoubleNNs

A few grammar issues littered around the resume. Take a 2nd read-thru.

What kind of jobs are you aiming for this time around?

CodeBlox

I would scrub the resume of personal info before posting it on a public forum...

pinkydapimp

I would suggest adding a section where you list your skills. break them up into:

Certifications:
Operating Systems:
Networking:
Software:
Hardware:
Languages:

This is where you put all those keywords that help get your resume seen.

alexander77

Thanks for the advice guys,

I am aiming for an entry level networking position like at a NOC and I'm hoping to redo my resume to get some calls. It's been tough so far because it seems like I'm trapped as "that desktop support guy" when recruiters call. I made up the names, addresses and job locations so it should be safe for the forums.

I like the idea of adding a skills section plus I think it would help with extra keywords and I will add the bullet points instead of a paragraph format. I will repost when I finish.

Are there any particular things I should add to get more notice for a networking position?

CodeBlox

I would say to reflect more on the higher level work you did. You mention "effective network troubleshooting" yet you don't get into anything specific about it. To me that resume seems geared toward someone looking for a helpdesk job. Then again, who am I to give advice when I myself only recently escaped helpdesk and landed a sysadmin gig for the first time.

alexander77

Thanks for the advice guys, I've made some changes based on your advice by increasing the margins and the layout so let me know what you think. I have a good understanding Cisco hardware and networking protocols on the CCENT level but I've read here that employers don't really want to list the personal labs as "experience", is that the case?

I'm going to add more skills to my resume codeblox, I want to steer my resume away from help desk if possible.