****Post your resume****

[Steve819]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
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there it is

Very pomo.

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

I don't have a real resume since I can't even be hired for any jobs since I'm not sixteen yet, but here's a contact page for my business with my experience on it (I'm listed as TJ Van Cott).

ION WebDesign Contact Info

 

[slycat]

jesuz...i hope i'm not being too harsh but most of the resumes here so far need some serious work...
i've hired a few IT people in my days and i can tell u a lot of u guys would get dumped.

Maybe just me but i really dislike people who copy MS Office templates and just fill in the blanks...
no customizations whatsoever. Another thing is, i forgot who...pls leave out your weight, height,
race..etc...coz the first thing we will do is laugh our asses off, then dump it. Also, please leave out your
views or personal preferences to certain platforms...like saying using Linux because its fast, cool, cheap..etc.

Resumes should give VERY concise info, to the point, objective...i dun wanna read about your pimple, your
muscles, your cool desktop on linux...etc. A lot of that crap padding is very bad. Finally, check your formatting,
fonts, bold or not, underlines or not, consistency, paragraphs, and SPACING...cut that double/triple spacing out.
If you cannot fill out a page, don't, or try harder, don't increase font size or spacing...it insults our intelligence.
we know what ur up to u know?

*if ur under 18yrs old, its ok i guess

 

[adlep]

Slycat -Would mine get dumped?
I am open to constructive criticism, what should I change to make it better?
Help?

 

[adlep]

Edro13 -Nice resume, but:

i would seriously take out your address and phone number, there are some really sick people on this board.

Edit: The purpouse of this thread is to provoke contructive comments.
Slycat's post is a good example of the type of the response I wanted..
Thanks,

 

[AgentEL]

Originally posted by: edro13
Here's mine. Please post Positive and Negative feedback!

I was never in any position to choose resumes, but if I had a stack of 200 resumes, a big block of text like you have for your experience wouldn't be good.

Might want to try breaking it up with bullets.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Steve819

Originally posted by: Dezign
I'm revamping mine right now, but here's one I just made.

Open to constructive criticism/suggestions.

Dezign,

Nice list of accomplishments. Have you tried organizing it in a more professional format? In this order? Experience, skills, judging, competitions/appearences etc.?

Steve

Thanks for the feedback, Steve. I'd never come up with a resume for an entertainer, and went what I found off other actors/dancers resumes. Do you think that would be a more professional format? I'll go ahead and change it tonight.

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
i would seriously take out your address and phone number, there are some really sick people on this board.

Too late.



AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!! </wicked laugh>

 

[slycat]

hmm..ok, i'll give it a shot.
Disclaimer:Remember these are my opinions only and pertain to the fair share of resumes
i have seen in a corporate setting.

adlep resume:
overall this resume i would not put in the dump pile. its fairly decent and complies to most 'rules'.
Some things u might wanna think about...
1)move ALL your qualifications to 1 place. Now i see education and coursework on top, but then i see
it certs, prof memberships below. They should be together because they are all 'qualifications'. Either clump
them on top or below. I prefer below but up to u.
2) in your descriptions for 'employment'...please start new objectives in new line. A point form format works
better for your case than a paragraph. For example, u have a sentence start at a new line...at the end of the
sentence, u started a new sentence on a new topic/description but on the same line.
3)i would not have 'position, place-of-work' in bold. You have the topics in bold already...try using like larger fonts,
or underline, or italics. Another thing, fix that formatting on this line, either with tabs or something coz the same
line on a previous or next 'experience' does not match up. Dates might be left justified, position somewhere in middle,
and location at the end. Meanwhile, check your spaces...some have more, some less...not a big deal but adds
sloppiness. Just by looking at the resume without reading, it looks little messy.
...offhand, without looking too much into it...thats what i came up with. hope it helps.
o yeh...remove the references part...just say will be provided upon request.

 

[adlep]

Big thanks!

 

[Deeko]

http://www.deeko.net/resume.rtf

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: adlep
Edro13 -Nice resume, but:

i would seriously take out your address and phone number, there are some really sick people on this board.

Edit: The purpouse of this thread is to provoke contructive comments.
Slycat's post is a good example of the type of the response I wanted..
Thanks,

So? Give me a call..... I am usually bored.... I might enjoy the conversation

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Steve819

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
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there it is

Very pomo.

pomo??

ive never held a real job so mine consists of nothing

 

[adlep]

Edited to accomodate suggestions

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: adlep
Edited to accomodate suggestions

yes i like this one much better..(clap..clap)
and the improvements are immediately noticeable..with or without reading.

 

[yoda291]

I'll Play your game you rogue

 

[adlep]

Yoda291- I like your resume a lot...
Question: How do you covert Word documents to .pdfs?
Is there any freeware converter I can use to .doc to .pdf?

I mean, I know that Acrobat will do it for me, but I can not afford it...?

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Anyone seen anything wrong with mine? it's listed up above.

anyways ... many ppl say one should keep their resume to one page, but thats for those who are in college or just graduated. for those who are well into their career, how can you keep something down to one page if you work at multiple sites? You dont wanna sell yourself short and just use a few sentences, but at the same time u dont wanna go overboard.

 

[jimmyhaha]

For the love of god, can those post MS-word document convert them to PDF / HTML ?

Some ppl including me, just don't like open random .doc file (lol.. for the fear of virus, yup I am a pussy...)

IMHO, HTML > PDF > DOC...

tips for all u folks..

- Limit to 1 page.
- Use MS word table to format
- Try to use bullets instead of long paragraph

 

[LuckyTaxi]

i re-uploaded for ya

 

[adlep]

lilcam, you prolly want to use a smaller font, and then try to make everything as compact as possible....
For example...
You name...
Instead of using 16 or 18 pt font, use 12, or even bold 10
Also, move the education part to top of the page....?
Ask slycat, he seems to be quite good at correcting people resumes...

 

[adlep]

Quick and dirty way of converting .doc to pdf (web based, and they might spam so just use the secondary email)
Here

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Originally posted by: adlep
lilcam, you prolly want to use a smaller font, and then try to fit everything as compact as possible....
For example...
You name...
Instead of using 16 or 18 pt font, use 12, or even bold 10
Also, move the education part to top of the page....?
Ask slycat, he seems to be quite good at correcting people resumes...

I had a professor critique my resume and he said it was fine. He was concerned that I had too much white space
on the second page, hence, why I made the fonts a little bigger. However, I do see what u are saying and I'll tweak it later. While I do value education, I think skills should be up top and it should stick out from everything else.

I used to follow the generic format of having the objective up top and then the other stuff, but I think I'm beyond that.

 

[adlep]

I will post some nice looking Resume templates that I found in my school in about an hour or so...
They were desinged with Chemistry majors in mind, but I think that the templates can be modified easly to use with other majors....

 

[Steve819]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: Steve819

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
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there it is

Very pomo.

pomo??

ive never held a real job so mine consists of nothing

Post-Modern.