highme's resume V2.0- Bueller, Bueller??

[highme]

Alright, using the input from last week I did some tweaking to my resume. Here we go again, and thanks again to everybody who has or will give feedback.

resume is here



So, should I go with a different banner ad there?

 

[BigSmooth]

Hi Highme - I live in Lake Oswego, BTW, and I've been to Mickey Finn's - looks like you worked at Mickey Finn's from "1996 - 1966". And while -30 years of experience is impressive, I don't think it's possible.

 

[Frenchie]

Not bad, just a few typo.s:

· Input data from lateral engineering calculations and drawings to AutoCAD drawings for Alan Mascord Design Associates. Work consisted mostly of large Scale custom homes.

Need to modify the last part of the first sentence.

1997?1999 Portland Community College Portland, OR A

Should be Portland, OR


. Completed courses for the Architectural Design and Drafting program

If you got a degree list it.

 

[kranky]

Couple comments:

Did you really work 30 years at Mickey Finn's?
Under "Education", list some of the courses you took that relate to the job you're looking for.
If you have PC skills (probably, since you're here), elaborate about that a little. What operating systems/networking? What LAN hardware?
Can you describe a little more what kind of work you did for AMDA?
If you have experience with other CAD software besides ACAD, be sure to mention it. Maybe you used others at school.
Remove the mention of R14+ in your objective. That limits you unnecessarily. I would reword the last sentence in your objective as: "The ideal position would enable me to use my experience with both 2d and 3d tools in AutoCAD."
Also, you might reword your current position to be "AutoCAD Designer/Drafter". Sounds a little better.

In general, try to make the descriptions of your prior jobs a little more lively.

 

[highme]

Thanks for the input. Obviously the typos and grammar errors should really be fixed. I kept some of the descriptions brief as I was trying to keep it around a page in length, but I could easily add a skills heading and rattle off all the computer stuff I am familiar with.

But for now, I actually have some work to do, so the resume work will have to wait until later, not much because I don't have a whole bunch of drafting to do today.

 

[pg22]

Hey highme!

You should move to the Bay Area and get a job with Autodesk! I actually interned there for 6 months and I now work for one of their .com ventures. I actually live 2 minutes walking distance from their corperate HQ (I could pretty much step outside and take a pic with my canmera...lol!

 

[highme]

Actually, Northern California is the target for a move in the near future. As much as I would like to move to San Fran, I think the cost of living is going to keep me away. I have found some ads for what looks like some good Arch. firms in the Tahoe Area and that is the first choice for the little lady and I.

 

[ratkil]

I have been working on mine also and will probably be running it by here before too soon. Monster.com has some pretty good tips on their site. They seem to kind of like the format where you slam your strengths (abilities) right up front, then list the positions after.

One thing they do say, is to never put references available upon request and also not to put interests, unless the interests pertain directly to job desired. Taking those off would free up some space to embelish your position listings without adding a page.

Didn't see any typo's though Microsoft Word was of the opinion that Mascord should be mascara

Might want to break the "Write AutoLISP routines as needed for drawings." into it's own line. People tend to jump to line beginnings then kind of gloss over the remainder of them.

Could leave out words like "smale-scale", no need to draw attention to scale unless it is huge

Depending on size of companies you are applying to, you could take out "small LAN" and put in computer network. If a human resources person is reading it, they may not realize what a LAN is and just ignore that, as they are looking for CAD terms and references.

As Kranky said, try to spice up descriptions, even though you may be a humble person you need to really sell your abilities rather then just list them. This is the part I always struggle with.

Hope I don't sound too critical, just trying to regurgitate everything I have been reading as I work on mine

 

[highme]

Critical was what I was looking for. I actually have a PDF file of a small booklet on writing resumes for CAD specific positions. It has really good desciptions and things of that nature. A lot of it is taking tasks you have performed at other jobs and making them seem to be CAD related, I was printing it out and going to run through thier worksheets, but 2 pages into doing the even numbered pages, my printer ran out of ink.


thanks

 

[highme]

Going back up for V2.0
please tear it apart.

 

[Owen2000]

Ooooh. I used the same template from Microsoft word for my resume.

Owen

 

[highme]

Yeah, MS Word templates own j00.


Anybody? Any input?

 

[perry]

Avoid the templates. I took my resume into a career services office here at school and she immeaditely recognized the template. Told me to get rid of it ASAP.

The gray backgrounds make it hard for some of the resume scanning software that companies use. They just scan your resume in and add it to a database. She said to keep everything the same font, including your name. List your name, address, phone, and email (I guess you left that off so you don't get stalkers from the forum). If you are still in school, list your parent's address as a permanent address, and your college address as a school address. Make a small table at the top. School address on the left, home all the way on the right.

Umm. Do you really need two experience fields there on the left? One should be fine. I may be overlooking, but I don't see what kind of degree you got. Any? Or just course work there?

I'd post a copy of mine, but I lost it when I formatted my harddrive several months back (still have a hard copy, but I don't feel like typing it in right now). If your school offers career placement or some sort of career services, go see em. They'll help you spiffy that thing up. Help with wording and placement, etc.