scottbre 0 #1 February 21, 2003 ...Has a fair amount of experience with looking a resumes? Maybe you are a recruiter or a human resources person. Make yourselves known, as I have been job hunting for many months now and don't seem to be landing a lot of interviews, and would like your brutally honest opinion on my resume. Help a poor skydiver out... I have attached my resume to this so that you can see it. The objective has been left blank, as that would be customized to fit the job I am applying for. "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project dzcom resume.doc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #2 February 21, 2003 I looked it over. I'm no human resource person or anything, but, I'll PM you my suggestions after I get out of work. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #3 February 21, 2003 As an experienced job hunter, I can give you a hint on the process that may help. Most head hunter companies take your resume and scan it. They may not read it. The computer reads the scanned version and looks for key words. If a client comes in looking for certain skills, the account manager types in the key words and looks for a match. My favorite way to get a match is to have a "skills" line on your resume. Put it near the top for an eye catcher. Also, if you see a job advertised that you want, modify the skills line to be what they want. Include as many industry buzz words on that line as you can. Example, don't just put DBA, but also spell out "database administrator". Try to get word-search hits by supplying the key words. Increase your "relevancy" result also. Works for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #4 February 21, 2003 Just off the top - Simplify it. Fancy looks nice, but it's not going to impress HR one way or the other. Take the lines out, go with a 'standard' font - a lot of companies are scanning resumes, OCR'ing them, and just dumping them into a database and searching for key words. Take irrelevant job experience out. Tailor the resume to the specific job you're applying for. Maybe add more in the 'skills' section or create another section for activities or interest - show them you're a well rounded person. I even put "USPA Member" on mine. I'd take "Learn new applications quickly" - that's more for a cover letter. They want tangible skills. Another thing I've heard (and am currently experimenting with myself) is to put how many years of experince you have with that skill. This is more for technical resumes, but might work here too. Example: Windows NT/2000 - 5 years Windows 9x - 8 years Microsoft Office - 8 years Kissing Ass - 12 years Making Coffee - 7 years ---- I actually put mine in order from most to least experience. If you think long enough, you should be able to come up with 1/2 page of skills alone. Thin it out of course. Take the "references available" off there Just a few ideas. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #5 February 21, 2003 Scott, I agree with Happythoughts here. I don't see anything really wrong with your resume, but it probably looks like a thousand others that potential employers would see. Over the years I have hired many people for various positions in the resort industry. The ones that caught my eye were the ones that highlighted the person's skills that would most apply to the particular position. This may require sending out "customized" resumes for each job you apply to. Good luck, Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #6 February 21, 2003 More keywords. Resumes get scanned by machines looking for keywords LONG before a human ever sees it. The more keywords you've got on it, the better odds of a humen ever seeing it. List every technology you've ever touched. ASP, JSP, C++, VB, Cobol, Fortran, Oracle, SQL Server, Listp, VBA, VBC, PERL, Sun, HP, IRIX, Windows 2000, XP, NT, etc. List EVERYTHING. Put them up at the top. They, literally - are the most important part of a techie resume. Ditch the "references available upon request" line. Nobody cares about references anymore. If they want some, they'll ask for them. Most large companies won't give references, anyways. Good use of action words in the task descriptions. However, despite very technical tasks (convert excel to blah), you've got managerial job titles. Either you were an executive, or a techie! which one? The tasks you list do not match the job titles. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #7 February 21, 2003 I'm actually a finance/accounting person not a techie. Just happen to be good at techie things. "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #8 February 21, 2003 You left out your Post-Whore abilities! That'd a sure winner for any resume!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #9 February 21, 2003 Right... - Can utilize valuable company resources and bandwidth with continued attention to online communities. hmmm... "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tb62871 0 #10 February 21, 2003 Norton tells me there is something bad in there --TB Welcome my friends to the show that never ends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blewaway5 0 #11 February 21, 2003 yup, got that message too. Trojan alert, trojan alert Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #12 February 21, 2003 Quote yup, got that message too. Trojan alert, trojan alert Macro virus maybe. Trojan, I doubt it. I didn't get any alert... what version of norton?it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blewaway5 0 #13 February 21, 2003 that would be version 6.0. Of course I don't know much about all this junk, I just read what pops up on the screen. I'm very far from a techie. Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base698 19 #14 February 21, 2003 QuoteList every technology you've ever touched. ASP, JSP, C++, VB, Cobol, Fortran, Oracle, SQL Server, Listp, VBA, VBC, PERL, Sun, HP, IRIX, Windows 2000, XP, NT, etc. List EVERYTHING. Put them up at the top. They, literally - are the most important part of a techie resume Also very important... Don't capitalize PERL. Its always perl or Perl. If they are a geek you will never get hired as its not an acronym :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #15 February 21, 2003 QuoteNorton tells me there is something bad in there Nothing bad in there, you probably just have your Norton set to super high security so that it doesn't like anything that has the possibility of having macros in it, which to my understanding is every office document. "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
