Is this a good Objective statement for a resume?

[SunnyD]

Programmer-Developer with extensive design and development experience in C/C++ and Microsoft Windows-based programming. Capable of developing ideas and code on demand in both team or individual development environments. Offering a wide ranging skill set with over 5 years of hands-on programming experience.

Is it good or does it suck? Seriously... I'm not sure what to think, and it's the best thing I've come up with so far.

 

[gump47371]

Not an expert on resumes, but I think you are including too many qualifications/work history in it. IMO

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: gump47371
Not an expert on resumes, but I think you are including too many qualifications/work history in it. IMO

I agree.

Need more like:

Well experienced Programmer-Developer looking for extreme challenges, capable of developing ideas and code on demand in both team or individual development environments.

Dave

 

[notfred]

There isn't the slightest hint of an objective in that statement.

 

[ajayjuneja]

That's a summary, not an objective...

An objective expresses what you want to do...

 

[JeffSpicoli]

Go back to school. You won't find a job with those skills and, if you do, you'll make more money working at the Krsipy Kreme. The US government has conspired against you to flood the US with foreigners willing to work for slave wages to take your job.

 

[ElFenix]

objective is what you're looking for, though i always thought the statement was stupid because you're looking for a job, probably the one you're applying for.

 

[SunnyD]

Okay, see, now all the fvcking resume sights say that the goal of the objective is to summarize what you can bring to the company, not what the company can give to you.

Now what you're all telling me is the exact opposite (which I agree).

I don't get it... this resume crap is just stupid.

.. oh yeah, hey Dave, can I steal that line?

 

[gump47371]

OK, here is my shot at it.

To develop ideas and code on demand in both team and individual enviroments using using over 5 years of hands-on programming experience in C/C++ and Windows-based programming.

Tweak it a little, but it should sound something like that. Like you said, not really a brag statement, more like you are bowing down to a king, telling him what you are going to do to benefit him.

 

[ajayjuneja]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Okay, see, now all the fvcking resume sights say that the goal of the objective is to summarize what you can bring to the company, not what the company can give to you.

Now what you're all telling me is the exact opposite (which I agree).

I don't get it... this resume crap is just stupid.

Here, maybe this will help:

My Wacky Looking Resume (pdf file)

Read the objective on that:

"To create or manage cool software products that enhance peoples? lives. I am especially interested in internship positions related to:

Speech Recognition & Dialogue Systems, Pervasive Computing, Web Services, Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Multimodal interfaces, Telematics, and Control Systems."

Not too broad, not too too specific

and yes, objectives matter.

Before you ask if this wacky style of resume works...

I have one interview this week (Intelligent Audio Systems), another next week (a venture capital firm in Pittsburgh), and an offer to go back to IBM again -- not too shabby for a crappy economy!

 

[SunnyD]

This is what I've got now, a spin on Dave's line:

Well experienced Programmer-Developer looking for challenging positions to utilize an extensive skill set, capable of developing ideas and code on demand in both team and individual development environments.

I kindof like that. Mostly what Dave said with a few modifications just to make me sound more appealing...

 

[ajayjuneja]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
This is what I've got now, a spin on Dave's line:

Well experienced Programmer/Developer looking for challenging positions to utilize an extensive skill set, capable of developing ideas and code on demand in both team and individual development environments.

I kindof like that. Mostly what Dave said with a few modifications just to make me sound more appealing...

sounds good to me! Change the dash to a slash though (modified above)

 

[SunnyD]

Done.

Ajay... I think that your active interview schedule probably has more to do with your extensive work history than your objective. But actually I think the way you designed your entire resume (kindof a more modern/fun design) lends to it as well.

I just wish I had as much work experience as you.

 

[dmcowen674]

Looks great now SunnyD, best of luck in your search.

Post a link to your resume up at the Networking thread at the top, it couldn't hurt.

 

[ajayjuneja]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Done.

Ajay... I think that your active interview schedule probably has more to do with your extensive work history than your objective. But actually I think the way you designed your entire resume (kindof a more modern/fun design) lends to it as well.

I just wish I had as much work experience as you.

Nah, I don't have that much work experience... the layout helps a lot. Most people get taken aback by it and then when I follow up with them I just say "I was the one with the wacky looking resume..."

And my interview this week with Intelligent Audio Systems is the result of cold e-mailing the designer of the speakers I own, Ken Kantor (He founded Now Hear This -- NHT). All happened out of the blue.

Most of the time, I get typecasted by employers because of the speech recognition work I've done, and so if I'm desperate for a job, I'm kinda screwed. Most places don't like the idea of interviewing someone like me for typical development roles, cause my resume gives the impression of "I want to do this"

rather than the impression of "I did real good work at this, so I can probably do real good work at other stuff that isn't necessarily Speech."

Thankfully, Ken Kantor saw that. But he's a CTO, and kinda famous in the Audio industry. And so did the VC firm, with whom I've had no contact with. But there are dozens of companies that won't give me an interview now that would have if I had less work specialized work experience.

 

[SunnyD]

Okay, here...

My Resume (PDF)

Too many bullets?

Critique?

Gonna go do my taxes now, I'll check back in a couple hours.

 

[GasX]

Here is my recommended Objective:

















(Objectives are pointless)

 

[alm99]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Here is my recommended Objective:


(Objectives are pointless)

Exactly

 

[alm99]

SunnyD, you are in Watertown? Are you looking for a job in NY or anywhere, the CNY economy sucks big time. Its been struggling for the last 30 years

 

[sciencetoy]

The whole point of the "objective statement" is to prove that you can write a line or 2 of standard business-speak. You don't want to be creative, and nobody really takes it seriously. It just proves that you've done your homework, that you can play the game even though it doesn't make any sense, and that in general you'll be one of the guys that won't give any trouble.

Your revised statement is fine.

 

[ajayjuneja]

Dan, I think your resume looks perfectly fine -- good luck with the job hunt -- Monster.com isn't all that helpful these days... just an FYI.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: alm99
SunnyD, you are in Watertown? Are you looking for a job in NY or anywhere, the CNY economy sucks big time. Its been struggling for the last 30 years

ANYWHERE but HERE!!!

I moved up here 4 months ago just because family was willing to take us in. Other than that, the first opportunity I get to get out of the miserable hell-hole I'm gone.