Resume Review - Please?

Well, I just passed the CCNA a few days ago and I was hoping the kind members of TE would be able to help me fix up my resume. I want to target it towards Network Engineering.

I'll admit that I feel nervous sharing. I don't consider myself an expert in the field of marketing...

Also, thanks to every TE member that helped me achieve the CCNA

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DCD

Too much empty space you could have made it one page since there was so much space available. I would have put the certifications above the education information. The way you have the certification done I don't know if you are CCNA and Win 7 certified.

veritas_libertas

What do you mean by saying you cannot tell if I'm CCNA and Win7 certified?

Bloogen

Your spacing is way too large and inconsistent. You need to condense and improve your formatting and elaborate much more on your points. Remember, this is not point form notes on random things you did, this is selling yourself as a valuable asset to a company.

The 3 points about Check Point should really only be 1. Here is an example you can apply to all of your job points, don't just say you administered maintained blah blah blah, say that sure but then say what the resulting benefit was to the company as well. "Implemented security hardening across company network by deploying and configuring product XYZ" sounds much better than just saying I used this or administered that.

The overall look is flat, you need some better separators between section, some bold etc. You should probably add a summary in that huge white space after your name. You may want to start with a simple resume template and go from there if you are finding it hard to get the format down.

DCD

Look how you have it done the CompTIA you have certified professional behind both and for the CCNA and Win 7 you have nothing. It needs to be constant in your format why have the HR people guessing.

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Configuring, Windows 7

CompTIA A+ certified professional
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veritas_libertas

Good catch. I'm glad I asked for clarification.

N2IT

IMO there is a little to much white space between your title / heading and your next piece of the resume. I would tighten that up a bit. Education and Certification seem to be a different font size than Professional Experience.

Essendon

Take this the right way please, I'm going to be honest here.

- That is one of the most boring resumes I have seen here on TE. Too much like the contents of a book. Like others have said, there 's too much wasted space. This could easily fit into one page.

- Lend some substance to each role. Have 2-3 line paragraph before the bullet points for each role. Have 2 sentences per bullet points. Your a bright guy, surely you can elaborate what you've done.

- The fonts are off as N2 pointed out. Use Garamond/Trebuchet MS or something to spruce it up a little.

- Club certs and education into one section, you can save space this way and use it elsewhere.

A resume should be considered expensive real estate, use it wisely. You only have 30 seconds to impress someone and the current state of your resume doesnt impress. I posted Everyone's resume 2-3 weeks ago, see if you can find that thread and use it as an example. His resume is fantastic, most people here would concur.

NetworkVeteran

DCD wrote: »

Too much empty space you could have made it one page since there was so much space available.

Yup, that's the most obvious item. This could be tightened up into a stronger one-page resume.

The fonts and spacing are really funky. Take the gap between "Education", the education content, and "Certifications". It's about the same. You want the education content to be much closer to "Education" than to "Certifications" so it's a cohesive whole. I'd consider getting a good template and cutting + pasting your info into that rather than sprucing yours up.

What you're actually offering an employer, if they overlook the form, is pretty good.

veritas_libertas

Thanks for the help. I'm going to spruce it up and post it again.

A special shout-out to N2IT who did a quick clean up of my resume and e-mailed it to me. Dude, you do good work

DCD

Are you going to post what N2IT did to spruce it up?

sparten

Jesus christ theres no reason that needs to be 2 pages lol. so much white space for no reason.

too much inconsistancy all throughout the entirething. fonts, spacing, etc. i would throw it out lol.

veritas_libertas

@Sparten: Why thank you....

I never claimed to be good at resumes.

@DCD: Still doing a little clean up. I'll post it soon.

veritas_libertas

Here is an updated version. Feel free to rip it apart.

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temp-resume.pdf

sieff

excellent resume. the format really works, looks clean. i really like it. its very readable.