Comments on: Please review this resume and tell me what you think.?

By: Gemini

Gemini — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:38:42 +0000

It’s way too long.

By: Gem

Gem — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:53:51 +0000

Ok, I started listing a few items, point by point, but as a hiring manager, there are too many “red flags” on your resume, to list.

I hate to be blunt, but here is the truth, there are hundreds, if not thousands of people looking for the same job you are. If you do not get your resume in the “call for interview” pile, it will be buried in the avalanche of others.

The more red flags, like bad punctuation, spelling, capitalization and odd listing of job order you have, the less chance you have of getting called.

So, I would love to help you, I have over 20 years experience in both getting the job or hiring for the job.

But I find too often on Answers that people ask for something that uses up a large amount of my time and expertise, then they can’t even be bothered to choose any best answer, and/or, they are too lazy to use my help, as there are no magic and easy cures to the mess America is in.

So, instead of going over point by point, I suggest you find someone that can help you. Sorry.

Good luck with your resume, there are literally hundreds of books on the subject and most are helpful.

By: jennifer t

jennifer t — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:04:36 +0000

I think it is too long. It should be able to fit on 1-2 pages. You should only provide a snapshot of what your experience and leave them wanting to know more! You have great experience, but the format does not flow well. Take out the “i have” stuff. Put the software experience in one bullet, not six.

By: AnnaBelle

AnnaBelle — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:42:40 +0000

First of all, be sure you can use a font or eliminate words to make sure you can fit it on two pages, most. For your level of experience, that would be sufficient, where one page would be too cramped and actually difficult to read. You can eliminate redundancies such as “References available on request” if they are spilling onto a third page. (Can’t tell on yahoo)

When you finish your resume, take care to use consistency with heading sections with ALL CAPS (e.g., Objective isn’t, but Education is) Not sure why OFFICE EXPERIENCE (respelled) and OFFICE ENVIRONMENT are all caps. Use your starting date on your current position, to make it look like your other jobs. Either spell out the months or abbreviate but be consistent. Use capitalization and lower case consistently. (e.g., “Mail”?)

My personal opinion is there are too many categories (4) before the actual work experience, but that the content is very valuable. Could you move the computer skills below the experience? Could you combine Strengths and Accomplishments (maybe not but worth a look)?

For the Objective, could you make it more “active” than you would like to apply for a job, e.g., Objective: Executive position in Technical Support and Customer Relations in the ____ industry. Even better, maybe you call it a Summary and you describe what you’re bringing to the table. I am not sure that customer service and tech support even has any executive level positions? is what you are looking for to be the manager of a support dept? If so, say so. You might be mixing up your Canadian terminology with American. Have an American in your industry to review your revised resume before submitting it.

Please use spell check on your resume before sending it to anyone else.

Your experience *should* speak for itself, but when there are sloppy spellings, etc. in a resume, an employer is going to ask, where else is her attention to detail lax?