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Yossarian

Lifer
Dec 26, 2000
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better, but you don't need references. if they want them they'll ask. some weird sentence structures in there.
 

DorkBoy

Diamond Member
Sep 25, 2000
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Refs should never be included in a resume.

Have them available only if someone requests them.
 

Drakkon

Diamond Member
Aug 14, 2001
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wierd sentance structures? such as? English is something I've never been good at even though its all i speak
So please if there are any bad sentances let me know and how they could be worded better...
And make up your mind people...well i know you havent mentioned it but another board i posted this on keeps saying "Wheres the refs"...of course i keep them until they actually ask for them...All i usually hand off is the resume Have a cd with my "portfolio" on it and a refs list, transcript (non-offical) if they ask.
I really like the constructive crittisism...cause i know there are a few pros that are lurking on these boards

p.s. Yes my name is Chris Duke...wanna make something of it?
 

Babbles

Diamond Member
Jan 4, 2001
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My only suggestion would be to move your name to the top right side above your contact info.
It may push everything down some, but when you have your name and info to the left the HR folks may paperclip/staple right over it.

Makes it easier for them to see as they are thumbing thru, make sense?

Also, my understanding is to not include your GPA from college (especially anything from High School unless you were a National Merit Scholar and/or Valadictorian). However, I do think people may include magna cum laude or summa cum laude if appropiate.
 

Ness

Diamond Member
Jul 10, 2002
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-Resumes with experience after skills are prefered. Tell what you did, and then how you've used it. A lot of employers don't bother to look at what you did on your work experience, just the name of the place you worked. You don't want that to be the first and only thing they see.
-no more than 2 or 3 "highlights" for each job/school/etc. --While we're on the subject, list something that doesn't say "duh" to a potential employer. I've seen "One of three stores in Ohio to do two million dollars in sales" and "Perfect Attendence" on work experience for a FAST FOOD PLACE. That suddenly puts some shame on your field-related experience. Your skills give credit to what you can do, show us what you HAVE DONE that NOBODY ELSE can say they've done. Like I said, most people don't read much into it. You don't want to bore them if they actually do.
-don't provide web addresses for places you worked. They could change to a site you didn't design. that's what a portfolio is for.
-"Team-Based blah blah blah" should be assumed with any job. Team skills are a requirement for nearly every position outside of freelance work.
-DO NOT write sentences in your education.
--Major: Mathematics / Minor Computer Science, GPA, KEY Courses taken is all you need. A college education is known to include the "education in other areas", you are just eating valuable resume space/ making other more important text smaller
-No offense, but you make your skills out to be a joke. Why? Don't list how long you've been using ANYTHING. Saying 'what versions' you know is fine, but again, let your portfolio tell people your experience level. As far as saying "knowledgable in what works with each and what doesn't" for the different browers, this again, is a given with your field. A company should be... and is, safe in assuming that their programers know that. Expand the office suite to tell each program. Don't list the versions, because Office is very similar from one version to the next. If you say you know an OS, you don't need to tell you can install and use it, especially with windows, because your grandmother could install and use it.


All in all, although I sound very harsh, you have a good START to a resume. You have some formatting issues, and you could use some lines to break apart the sections (I couldn't tell without reading where education began and experience ended)
keep a piece of paper and a pen with you, and if you think of something you can do, write it down. It's always easier to add things and remove them if they don't make sense than trying to tell and employer that you know something that you forgot to put on your resume.
 

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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Originally posted by: xchangx
Didn't know you could have links in a pda.
In a PDF, I was about 90% sure you could make hyperlinks... I coulda sworn...

 

MC Webster

Member
Feb 22, 2000
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Delete the references entirely. That will put you down to one page, immediately. Employers know that if they want references, they are available upon request.
 

Ness

Diamond Member
Jul 10, 2002
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Most importantly, you need to add an objective dead smack at the top

A company can't know what to do with you if you don't tell them what you want...
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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I dont know how much being a Cisco Engineer will help your programming skills. You may have some scripting but that's about it.

You should possibly get your CCNA, everyone who wants to be in Cisco has them and all you show is web design. The CCNA is an easy one, maybe 3 months or less to get (one book and very general knowledge is all that's required). In under a year a good reader can have his CCNP and some specialities.

I have a rack next to me and the books, but I have too much else going on. My brother is a CCIE - ATM, Voice, and Security specialist.
 

flavio

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: ness1469
Most importantly, you need to add an objective dead smack at the top

A company can't know what to do with you if you don't tell them what you want...


You want a job. Objectives are a waste of space and annoying.

 

xchangx

Golden Member
Mar 23, 2000
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adlep:

Everything's too jumbled together, I bet most employers won't even look at it. You need to put dividers, space it out

 

Bitek

Lifer
Aug 2, 2001
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I'm not in the computer field, but here is some quick observations:

My overall impression is that your resume is relatively weak & unimpressive. The skills section is very basic, I'm a scientist and I know how to use most of that software, I can accurately claim that I am experienced in it, hell I'm even proficient. Tell me something that makes you special, perhaps something about your personallity or work style that's distinctive and desireable (and demonstrated in your experience (don't ever BS tho) .) Your exp says your were a group manager, are there skills that made your a particularly effective manager? What were you major accomplishments? Use this section to attract attention and beg questions (and can lead into the exp section.) You want to catch an employers eye and want them to bring you in to find out more about you. Provide enough detail and examples to be interesting, but not too much so that they can answer everything themselves. IMO, your qualifications look more like what you want your skills to be.

I find your objective to narrow and limiting. If my position is not for an assoc. S.E at Cisco, why would i want to talk to you? I've heard, and I tend to agree, your obj should not be what you want, but what your employer has to gain by hiring you. For example; "To obtain a challenging position where a talented and efficient Software Programmer is needed." Just off the top of my head very rough, but hopefully I made my point clear.

The point I'm getting at is that you need to make your resume more assertive. Don't sell yourself short. Its your own personal advertisement and you should be proving me why your the greatest whatever ever. EX. you "helped manage design teams...." You only helped? (could you then say somebody else did much of the work?) Say "Effectively managed design teams to successfully meet rigourous completion schedules" or whatever accomplishment applied. (and what do you mean by people w/ diff backgrounds? Non-whites? Or knowledge bases? Could sound patronizing...) EX. "Familiar with..." I'm familiar with car engines, doesn't mean you would want to hire me to work on yours. Need to use more "power" words, be confident and assertive. Good in some parts, but mushy in others.

Nit picky (but important) stuff:

Coupla things that could get you resume trashed if someone has a pet peeve. Some sentances use periods, others don't. ??? Go one way or the other (IMO, don't looks cleaner and easier to be consistent.) Some of the language gets ackward. EX. Last line, "Recruitment.... in general" I think I can guess at what you did, but its not very clear. Numerous examples of this in exp sect. Some of this will be fixed if you strengthen language, otherwise you need to be more brief and consise.

Lastly: Remove grad date, don't age yourself & its not import.(ie "I'm a recent grad noobie")

List your most advanced and relevant classes. Don't decribe your area of focus, its not a thesis. I've heard not list GPA unless its particularly high (like 3.75+) I dunno on this one, your call...


BTW, in my field, unless you're a super badass (and heavily experienced,) your resume should not be more than one page. Often, more the expereince you have the less you need to say EX. (CEO) "Lead Fortune 500 to highest profitability in 200 yr company history" Yep, that would about say it all.


G/L!!! (good overall btw, if my comments are harsh they are intended to be helpful and honest I can tell you have good exp, but I doesn't strongly some through)
 

adlep

Diamond Member
Mar 25, 2001
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Everything's too jumbled together, I bet most employers won't even look at it. You need to put dividers, space it out
Can't do that really. If I will then I would have to take something out. The last thing I want to have is a two page resume...
But what to take out?
 

Drakkon

Diamond Member
Aug 14, 2001
8,401
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thanks for the insight hafen...trying to spruce up with more "power" right now....the only reason i have the Cisco crap in there is thats what i was tailoring it for when u clicked on it :-O whoops lol they actually wanted GPA/date graduating (new grad only job) and a objective statmenet like that on there (from a guy on the hiring commitee)
time to break out the thesaurus i guess
 

flavio

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: adlep
Everything's too jumbled together, I bet most employers won't even look at it. You need to put dividers, space it out
Can't do that really. If I will then I would have to take something out. The last thing I want to have is a two page resume...
But what to take out?

I've heard from hiring managers that the one-page resume is a bunch of crap. If you have the experience put it on there and don't make it look like crap squishing it together.

 

XZeroII

Lifer
Jun 30, 2001
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The best description I've heard for a resume is that it's an advertisement for yourself. You're trying to sell yourself to a company and you want it to stick out. You want them to look at it and say, "Wow! We gotta get this guy in here NOW!". Read it yourself and ask yourself, Would I hire this guy? Does it impress you? That's the best way to go. Anything that doesn't look excellent should be taken out. There's no law saying that you have to say everything. It's just an ad.
 
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