Can someone please evaluate my resume???

[RobCom]

Hey Guys,

I am currently working in the automotive field as a Tech repairing cars. I've been doing it for about 2.5 years and I'm getting tired of it. 60+ hours a week is really making me sick, literally. I'm making decent money but nothing that is going to take me anywhere. I?m only 22 Y/O, so I know my options are still open. I graduated college with an associate?s degree in the computer field. I wasn't able to find a job (everyone knows the situations with the computer industry these days, obviously). I am thinking of giving my job search another try and hopefully finding something suitable to me. Initially when I searched after graduating I was very broad in my search, basically looking for programming and the type of jobs that matched exactly what I learned. I think I am going to eliminate programming in my search and look more into networking, systems administration, computer operator, tech support, even customer support. All in all I am looking for a position where I work 40 hours a week (shift differentials don?t matter right now), have OPTIONAL overtime, and a base salary of about 30-35K (I am only making 35k now working 60+ hours a week in automotive, this business sux for techs!!!) I have 3 buddies of mine in CIS fields, all with OK jobs, making OK money for the time being, and all say their jobs are very easy. I am NOT looking into just some EASY job but i think i need something less labor intensive and a job where i get to use my head and not just follow the normal grind like i am now in the automotive field.

So, if its not too much trouble please take a look at my resume... bring it all out..let me know my good points and the bads....

Heres the link

Linky to Resume

 

[yoda291]

damn...I'm too lazy to read another of these things...I'm starting to empathize with hr people now.

 

[edro]

Good choice of school. (I have 3 classes left in my CET BS)

I would say to list a few more of your skills (if you have any). Also, maybe put your previous job descriptions in a paragraph form and tell what you did instead of listing them.

I don't know if that is correct, mainly because all resumes are different and no single resume is "correct".

 

[BDawg]

I'll pay you $100 to come put in some custom headers, a cat back, and down pipe on my car.

 

[yoda291]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1032998&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

 

[RobCom]

<<Good choice of school. (I have 3 classes left in my CET BS)>>

HA, I was actually thinking the opposite of devry. I went to the N. Brunswick NJ campus and the 1st year or so, I loved it... after that my grades and interested fell off considerably. It had a lot more to do with personal things and not just the school but by the end I did not think to highly of the place. I call it a place because it seemed that they were more a business then a school. I could go on and on about the faculty and staff taking, 10 week sabbaticals in a 15 week course, financial aid office messing things up, computer labs always being down or upgrading. I also have to admit I made a mistake in choosing this school. I live about an hour away from the place (50 miles from Philly) and had to commute everyday while holding a full time job to pay for it. (No mommy and daddy support here). It was really hard for me in the end and a lot more disgust was had, 1 year after graduating and not finding a job... their job assistance didn't do anything for me, but of course I still have the 18+ grand in student loans I am currently paying off to show for the 'place'. All in all, your experience may differ, and maybe not all campus' are like this... and of course, what you put into your education, you get out of it. I was young and probably stupid and slacked off a lot in the end but everything above did it to me.

Good luck in your CET BS

--Rob

 

[RobCom]

YODA291, thanks for the link to the other resumes, I'll check it out

BDawg, what kinda of car? where ya from? if your local i would probably take you up on that offer, me and my bro. do about 3-4 side jobs a month ranging from normal maintenance to headgaskets to trans swaps. exhaust work is easy if you bought the right parts and it doesn't require any custom fabrication

Later
Rob

 

[TallBill]

mmm. do you really need the gpa? i thought you werrent supposed to put grades unless you got some honors..

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: RobCom
YODA291, thanks for the link to the other resumes, I'll check it out

BDawg, what kinda of car? where ya from? if your local i would probably take you up on that offer, me and my bro. do about 3-4 side jobs a month ranging from normal maintenance to headgaskets to trans swaps. exhaust work is easy if you bought the right parts and it doesn't require any custom fabrication

Later
Rob

Not local, I'm in NC. The car is a SAAB 9-5, and I can't afford to buy the parts yet, but they're designed for my car, so they shouldn't be difficult...I hope.

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: BDawg
I'll pay you $100 to come put in some custom headers, a cat back, and down pipe on my car.

hey - i need that done too, along with a valve inspection

 

[RalphWiggum]

I'll try to help you out, but I'm no expert. All my knowledge comes from career centers and counselors, my boss, and some other various sources...

I don't think you should describe yourself in the objective, and you should be a bit more specific. That just means put a different objective for each company you apply for.

Whether or not you put your GPA on depends on you and your field, but I have read that only business-type jobs look at GPA for some odd reason. I was always told to leave it off unless it was great.

Work experience usually only involves anything that is related to the job you are looking for, but it doesn't look like you have anything you can put. Have you done any volunteer work for computers at all? I would leave off the fast food, but probably keep your current job on the resume to show you are doing something.

Are you in any clubs that show your interest in the computer field? Your resume looks pretty sparse as it is... Maybe you can go a bit into detail about any projects you did at school...

 

[RobCom]

thanks for all the comments..... keep 'um coming

 

[Yax]

In your objective, instead of "utilize", the buzz word is: leverage. Try to use that. I think its cheezy, but HR people seen to think its a great word.

 

[foolanger]

Hey Rob..
This is a little bit off topic, but You worked at Rib Rac?? I go there all the time.. lol.. the one on township line road.. Their chick ceasar salads are awsome.. Tell me the inside scoop on them so I know wether to keep going or not.. My current GF likes the food there too..

 

[RobCom]

Heh, I worked at both rib rack?s the one on Tyson and bustleton ave and the one on township line road. I actually was assistant manager and had to train all the punks that work there. I loved the job but it was what it was. Only about 25k a year working my arse off at both restaurants. After I graduated, I needed something different so I got a job as an automotive tech. Now I am also looking for something different and trying to get back into the computer field. About the food... I was hoping you were going to say it hasn't been the same for the last two years (went I left ) I could do anything in there but never got the scoop on how to make the salad dressing, lemon mix(they used it on ckn breasts, burgers, steaks, salmon, etc....) and the barb-q sauce was all homemade. The only ones that know the secrets are the two owners (they are brothers) and the one owner?s son (from what I heard he got fired, hard to believe but I think it?s true). The rib rack on township line road was the smaller quiet business..... If you want really really good food then goto the one on Tyson ave...So much better (better cooks, equipment, and atmosphere). I still go there once a week for my hot wing fix (even when I worked there I had at least 6 hot wings every night....and if I was on the wings that night, I was eating them all night)

Later
Rob


<<Hey Rob..
This is a little bit off topic, but You worked at Rib Rac?? I go there all the time.. lol.. the one on township line road.. Their chick ceasar salads are awsome.. Tell me the inside scoop on them so I know wether to keep going or not.. My current GF likes the food there too.. >>

 

[foolanger]

thanks for the input.. this whole time i thought that there was only 1 rib rac on township line.. where is this other one you speak of on Tyson?? Thanks!

 

[RobCom]

<<thanks for the input.. this whole time i thought that there was only 1 rib rac on township line.. where is this other one you speak of on Tyson?? Thanks! >>

foolanger, take townshipline road into philly where it turned into cottman ave. take that all the way down towards roosevelt mall, turn right on bustelton ave, follow that about 2-3 light til you hit tyson ave. and you will see the other ribrack... definitely a better place all together... oh yea bring a flash light, the owner keeps the dining room very dark... nice and romantic but very dark... like i said all together its a better, more professional atmosphere over there compared to the one on township line.

Later
Rob

 

[DT4K]

Couple of suggestions:
I would think about rewording the Objective statement. I'm not sure how, it just sounds a little awkward to me.

Under the Education section, I would list the degree before the school. I think that would place more emphasis on what you learned rather than where you learned it. I would also remove the word "Degree". I think it is redundant and it would sound more concise without it. Maybe even simplify it to "AAS in Computer Information Systems"

On the GPA issue, it seems borderline. A 3.0 is certainly respectable, but it's not something that will immediately have employers excited about. I had always heard that you should list GPA if it was over 3.0, so I don't know. On the other hand, if you don't include it, employers may assume you had a low GPA, so I'm not sure on this one.

I would leave out the "self-educated" under the skills. I don't think it matters how you learned the skills. The point is that you have those skills.

Have you done any projects, either in school or on your own?
Since you don't have any work experience in the field, it would be helpful to give some examples, not just of the skills you have, but of actual projects you have completed.
When I got my CS degree, I didn't have any work experience either, so I added a section to my resume to list some of the projects I had done. Here's what mine looked like:

Academic Software Projects
* Designed and implemented an object-relational database using Oracle 8i with a VB front-end for searching and displaying data.
* Built a VB document management system that interacted with an Oracle database and allowed users to submit, search for, and open documents.
* Built an Internet shopping cart using ASP, VBScript and a SQLServer database.
* Developed video de-interlacing software for senior capstone project. Application was written in C in a Linux environment.

 

[ericb]

Yes, rewrite that objective statement and get rid of the bullet points. Write it out in paragraph form and be descriptive. Fill in as much space as possible and elaborate. Why were you good at those jobs? Why don't you go into more details about being an asst manager. Did you start or improve any processes, save money anywhere? Did you have special training for the manager's position you can mention? Fill in that white space. Also consider getting at least a basic certification...like A+ which is fast and cheap. It will get you in the door at some computer repair places. And it will fill in another section of your resume and make it stand out a little more.

 

[RobCom]

thanks for the tips guys...