Fix my resume please

Leros

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You need to add more stuff. You want to fill out the whole page.

And under your job you put "in charged of". You should at least put "In charge of", but ideally you want to start with a strong verb like "led" or something along those lines.
 

amdskip

Lifer
Jan 6, 2001
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Any class projects you can add, get rid of stuff like saved a few trees. You should sound mature and adult like.
 

Leros

Lifer
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You might throw in some relevant coursework, so they know exactly what areas you have knowledge in.
 

ChaoZ

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Well I'm in an accounting club at school. How should I put that in? As for projects, I've never actually done anything significant. The most I did was lead a group in doing a presentation for class.
 

duragezic

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Oct 11, 1999
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Any fairly large, possibly team projects you worked on at school that either directly applied skills needed for the job, or involved things like project/team management?

My skills section on my resume involves things like programming languages and dev tools. I realize that is probably not applicable to your field. But first, I think I would really think about some other skills you have, and not necessarily only computer skills, that could be catch an interviewers eye. For example I believe I had technical writing down as a skill and at least one interviewer was like "really? Ya know I see a lot of computer types who do not like that, at all", so with just that it was a little something I could expand upon and give some examples. Also try to get more because it looks like of odd to have that skills section all just for that lone skill, which I might suggest re-phrasing.

A minor comment that maybe some others would comment on, but I'd go ahead and take the "References Available Upon Request" bit off.

No objective statement? I'm not sure what the verdict is on that. Something to look into or consider.

So in summary, list schools and/or other projects, work on tasks more and don't forget non-technical/non-computer things, possible an objective or expand your education section about a specific focus if that applies. For example I was a computer engineering major but I sort of highlighted on my resume that I was interested and focused some classes on embedded systems.
 

Tiamat

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Nov 25, 2003
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You only need your overall GPA since it is the same as your major GPA.

You may want to list Honors and Activities (Dean's list for which years, scholarships for which year, awards/recognitions you received, national organizations you are a part of)

In your bullets you need to describe the importance of your task "What, Why, How". Here is an example of a section from my resume:

Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing June 2006 ? August 2008
Research Assistant
? Conducted research on properties of nanoscale allotropes of carbon, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs), to ascertain viability for use in field-emission devices (FEDs)
? Developed method for growth of vertical multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process for use in FEDs
? Operated fused-quartz thermogravimetric reactor for carbon nanofilament (CNF) and CNT growth via CVD process
? Designed vacuum chamber and cathode/anode stage for electrical characterization of candidate FEDs
? ...


For example "Assisted in accounts payable" What did you accomplish, how did it enrich your skillset? what did you learn from this?

"updated filing system resulting in reduced company expenses, increased efficiency and also maybe saved a few trees" - This isn't very professional

Try something like "Developed and implemented file system updates for increased efficiency and reduced overhead cost"
 

Drako

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Jun 9, 2007
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Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
spelling: In charged of...

and grammar.

Also, you might want to add more to your skills section. Quickbooks alone does not excite.
 

Tiamat

Lifer
Nov 25, 2003
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Also, never have a single bullet point lying by itself. References by request put in small text centered on the bottom most part of your resume page. Get rid of the tabulation grid.
 

IronWing

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Add hours per week worked in the two positions and total hours volunteered.