slinuxuzer wrote: » Describe to us the types of jobs you are seeking, your resume should always be tailored to the job you apply for and highlight the things most relevant for that job posting. Your margins need fixed, I think thats what is going on, but the lines shouldn't be wrapping back around into where your bullets are aligned to on the left. Place some margin space between headings such as job date range headings and paragraph text below All of your headings for job date ranges should align vertically.
slinuxuzer wrote: » Well whats better? A nice, neat squared away plate of hot food, all presented with clear delineation between my tacos, beans, rice, pico, etc, or one where everything is on top of each other and maybe the cleanliness of the kitchen and overall prep / cooking process is questionable? A resume is the first impression people will get of you, the next is potentially speaking on the phone and the third is seeing you in person, like it not you will be judged on factors that have nothing to do with skillset, and I think that is fair in some or even a lot cases. When I hire folks I look for visual clues that tell me what the person stands for, questions I want to answer. Does this person care enough to look presentable? Will this person conduct themselves respectfully and practice good manners when my/our superiors are present? - Who I hire reflects on me. Is this person a "worker" and will they put in extra effort to elevate the team - which again reflects on me. Is this person the sort of person who will cause interpersonal issues on the team and a slew of fights that I will have to mediate - again impacts me. And probably 15 other questions that I want to answer about the person, skills are often secondary to personality, attention to detail and overall giving a damn, I can train anyone that has the personal qualites I am looking for, motivation being a big one, and if you aren't motivated enough to put forward a crisp resume that oozes "give a damn" I won't call you, I won't interview you. Also, another red flag, people who can't make it to an interview around my schedule, if you can't spare time for an interview during work hours, that is a tell tale sign you aren't up to a challenge, or you already have so many attendance issues at your existing job that you can't leave and maybe thats why you are bailing out. If/when you become a manager, and you hire the wrong person a few times, which I have, you will gain a whole new appreciation to why getting hired can be really tough. With all the rules and laws, it can take a year to get rid of the wrong person, and even then, you as a manger pay a price for terminating an employee, employee fails, you the manager have failed, at least in some way.
shochan wrote: » RezScore will grade your resume - I would suggest pulling out personal info whenever you decide to upload it to their site though. But that is your prerogative
cyberguypr wrote: » - I hate the bullet fest. I personally do not read resumes that use this. - "Tasked with Organizing Warehouse" - why is this capitalized? - "Some Custom HTML" - again, what's up with capitalization - "powershell" - again, capitalize properly - "Anti-Virus Administration" - WHYYYYYY CAPITALIZE???? - "Teamviewer, logmein" - at this point I would throw resume in trash due to capitalization - "VSphere" - guess what I''m going to complain about here... I also recommend a better Linkedin Picture and revamping your profile over there to get rid of the same bullet fest.
johnIT wrote: » I'm almost positive some of that was auto-word capitalization.
johnIT wrote: » HTML, I thought was always capitalized.
johnIT wrote: » So what should I use instead of bullet points?
NetworkNewb wrote: » I think it just seems like there are ALOT of them for one position. You go into a lot of detail. Which isn't too terrible IMO. But If possible I would definitely tailor that down for the specific jobs I applied too.
slinuxuzer wrote: » Also, another red flag, people who can't make it to an interview around my schedule, if you can't spare time for an interview during work hours, that is a tell tale sign you aren't up to a challenge, or you already have so many attendance issues at your existing job that you can't leave and maybe thats why you are bailing out.
NetworkNewb wrote: » I definitely believe you do all of that, not doubting that. And I'm sure it is a lot. It is just that unless your applying for a similar position on another small team. The person hiring you isn't going to care about a lot of it and it is going to annoy them by having read through all of it to find the parts they care about.
cyberguypr wrote: » My issue in that particular one is not with HTML, but with the word "Custom". The purpose of a bullet is to highlight something. In the resume context you want the person reading it to remember your key accomplishments, so that's what you use the bullets for. If you bullet everything it loses all meaning. Opinions may vary, but this is how I format my resume and love to read them: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62C7HpuIwINb19rQkdOMmhPMTQ/view. Here's another: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62C7HpuIwINYWEyTmY2UVZXVkk/view. Finally TE's own ptilsen posted his here: http://www.techexams.net/attachments/forums/jobs-degrees/4106d1374162428-resume-time-sr-systems-eng.doc
NetworkingStudent wrote: » Time to Beat a dead horse. Center your contact info I would align hiring dates, as everyone else has said. Your first job has two many bullet points. Can you get them down to 5-6 key bullet points? I would keep a running list of all the projects you are doing, and you can swap out bullet points when you apply for jobs that call for that specific skill set. Also, if you mention how much money or time you save the organization by doing these projects, that would really help your resume. One trick I have is that I find one accomplishment at each job, were I helped save the company money, and I bold that bullet point. You should check out the star method: STAR Method - "Situation, Task, Action, Result" method of resume writinghttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6...kFjV1dieWVlQ1U
DatabaseHead wrote: » Couple of suggestions As mentioned before make sure the wrap around sentence tabs to the begin of the original line. Instead of listing Company with the title UNDERNEATH, try: Senior Computer Technician at Well Known Non-Profit Org This will save you some space and IMO look cleaner. Make sure your bullets are the same size, they are different sizes. Take the large spacing between your headers and topics, it looks like a 6 point space, I would bring it down to 2. For your header I would consider using a word table, 2 rows 3 columns. Merge the top and put your name in the top cell. Bottom you can list address, linkedin, email, ph etc (in those 3 cells below). I'm on the fence with the webmaster bullet, part of me likes the idea you understand development, design and websites. The other side of me thinks it looks confusing and cheesy. Play around with it....... Think about rolling up the Eagle Scout and the two school projects together. Maybe under Professional Development or something like that. Education is education, so your CIS would fall in their the other achievements should be group differently. IMO
Ertaz wrote: » I was mostly with you till you got here. I'm the first one here and the last one to leave. I turn out quality, creative and voluminous work. I couldn't make it to an out of town interview a few weeks ago. We had auditors in town along with a sick kid that I couldn't leave in the interview window. Am I a bad worker with attendance issues? Nope. Am I more loyal to the bird in the hand? You bet your hind end I am.
