How to write a resume?

mainthemirror

As the title says.

Thanks in advance.

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elphrank0

Since you are a college student, I would look into your career center. They normally can help you work out your resume and nail down things that should be on there. Next look through some templates on Microsoft for word or do a quick google search for resume templates. This will give you an outline for what you may want to put on your resume also.

cyberguypr

Welcome to the forum. Take a look at this: Purdue OWL: Résumés 1: Introduction to Résumés. Keep in mind that based on your qualifications some things may or may not work to your advantage. You can put something together and post it here for us to provide feedback. Good luck in your job search.

kriscamaro68

If you have Microsoft Word you can download resume' templates for I.T. I would look into those and just use the format that is within the template.

LordQarlyn

Well I normally hire a professional to write mine, since writing elequently and persuasively are not my strong suits.

Deathgomper

Write the best resume you can, post it and let everyone here rip it a part for you. Even though I have a job I am always tweaking my resume.

Essendon

Thats the order I have my resume in. But I dont have the Technical skills section (I have enough keywords in my experience section so I dont need to have a separate skills section to get the keyword hits). I also dont have the Language skills section (I dont understand why you should have this at all if you are applying for an IT position). You might have this if you were applying for a programmer position and you'd list PHP, C# etc, otherwise there is no need for this section either.

Getting rid of useless/unnecessary sections you leave more real estate for sections which are likely to get you an interview, the professional experience and the education/certs section.

My resume begins like this:

Name
Contact info

A two line summary

Certifications/Education

> MCSA
> MCTS
> ITIL v3
> MS in Telecomm Engineering
> etc...etc

Professional Experience

Current Company
Job title Period of Employment

Day-to-day Responsibilities

Server admin
DNS/DHCP
Whatever else

Key accomplishments

Previous role
v
v
v
and so on.

Hope this helps!

Essendon

Post your resume in pdf format and let us shred it to bits. You can then improve as recommended.

mikedisd2

mainthemirror wrote: »

Just to clarify something - by languages I meant actual languages (e.g. English, Spanish, etc.).

Only valid if you're applying for jobs requiring multi-lingual skills. Otherwise, best to just leave it off.

keenon

mainthemirror wrote: »

Thank you. You just helped more than you could imagine.

Just to clarify something - by languages I meant actual languages (e.g. English, Spanish, etc.).

And I'll definitely post my resume once it's done.

if you speak more than one language post it on the resume. depending on the type of gig your looking for I have seen many that prefer someone that is bi-lingual.

think of it like. this write about all of job duties and skills used during each or your jobs. once you have done that start reducing them down as some will overlap. the overall idea is to create a summary of the job to explain what all you did while working for them. my suggestion is to do some IT resume searches online to see what they have used and what may apply to you. writing a good resume can take 1-2 weeks depending on your skill level. a great resume evolves with time.