Resume Critique

[410440]

I was wondering if there was anyone on beyond willing to help me out and do a quick read over on my current resume and let me know how it comes across.


thanks.

[Jlude]

sure...

pm me

[adam c]

Originally posted by Jlude
sure...

pm me

[Jlude]

wouldn't hurt to have a couple of opinions to look at.

[410440]

PM'd both.



Thanks

[Mibz]

Have you had the people at SAIT look over it? They did a pretty good job on mine.

Well, actually, I have no proof of that yet since I haven't applied for any jobs :P

[Jlude]

You've got mail 410440.

[410440]

Originally posted by Jlude
You've got mail 410440.

Hope its just slow as hell, havent gotten it yet.

[Jlude]

damn, must be slow. I sent it at 10:31. I attached my resume as well for you to compare to. Perhaps give you an idea of different format and ways of shortening.

[Grogador]

SAIT was pretty useless for me... or my resume was already super awesome. I find the approach you take in your cover letters is very important too.

[yue]

Originally posted by Grogador
I find the approach you take in your cover letters is very important too.
+1
cover letters are more important than resumes. by that i'm talking about 60/40.

[realazy]

From my personal experience applying for internship positions. My cover letters with the body in point form worked much better than the regular paragraph. The content was about the same, but it catches your eyes.

Another tip about resumes is always list what you did for the employer and how it benefitted them, not what you learned or what the employer did for you.

[A790]

PM it to me and I'll take a gander :)

[badatusrnames]

Originally posted by realazy
From my personal experience applying for internship positions. My cover letters with the body in point form worked much better than the regular paragraph. The content was about the same, but it catches your eyes.

Another tip about resumes is always list what you did for the employer and how it benefitted them, not what you learned or what the employer did for you.

This.

A woman I worked with did a really cool thing with her cover letter when she applied for the job. She made a table listing by row, the attributes in the job posting in one column and contrasted them with her own qualifications next to it. It was really effective and stood out well.

In the interview, the President actually asked if he could forward it on to a friend that was looking for a job at the time.