Please rate my resume & cover letter

[Nutdotnet]

If you want my honest opinion:

Your resume is crap.

First, you need an Objective line. What is the purpose of this resume?

Second, for your technical skills: Put the computer languages first, the applications second, the operating systems third, and the classes fourth (you already said you had a degree).

For your professional experience: If this is your current job then your "action" verbs need to be in present tense. One is, the rest are not. Also, no full sentences...no full sentences. "COMPUTER TECHNICIAN in IT Department" would look better if it was directly under "HUB ENTERPRISES"

Where's your references? At the very least put: "References and a Writing Sample Availabe Upon Request".

 

[VTHodge]

Watch out for statmements that don't add any value, such as

Computers, hardware and software

Be specific about some of the actual things that you did. Tell them about your senior project. Have you written any really great programs that you would like to talk about during an interview?

 

You didn't graduate IN electrical engineering.

Write this: "I graduated from XXYY school with a degree in Electrical Engineering. My emphasis in the program was on XXYY."

EDIT: And there's no such thing as a "nearest convenience."

It's "earliest convenience."

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
Here are links to my resume and cover letter in jpeg format:

Resume
Cover Letter

Let me know what I can do to improve them. I have been applying for many jobs, but am getting little to no response back 🙁

Also, should I put down that I passed the FE Exam in my resume?

If you show up in Vantera, they might not hire you out of principle. 😉

 

[GasX]

Ask yourself this: what purpose does inserting an objective into my resume?

If you do not have a REALLY GOOD reason, stay away from having one.

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Resume:

Education:
"Computers; hardware and software" is not an activity - what do you do with them?

Technical Skills:
Shouldn't the classes you have listed under technical skills be under education?
They aren't skills...

Professional Experience:
Your title should be first, not last in the list
Managing your own consulting business was one of your responsibilities at this job?
Rewrite the other bullet points so that they are grammatically correct, clear and concise

 

[Enfer Singe]

fazolis has the best fettucini alfredo in the world.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Enfer Singe
fazolis has the best fettucini alfredo in the world.

Based on your profile, you are grossly lacking in street cred regarding your knowledge of where to find good Italian...

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: MetalMat

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
you should include an 'objective' type heading at the top of your resume

I keep hearing different things about that. Some people say to put an objective, and others say not to because when you add an objective you limit yourself.

when you make a generic resume, dont' put an objective, but when you have one for a particular company and a particular job, then yes put one.

 

[gsaldivar]

When writing a letter, try to avoid starting three sentences or more the same way:

I am submitting...
I recently graduated...
I feel that...
I gained experience...

Try to mix these up a bit so your sentences begin with different words.

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h

Originally posted by: MetalMat
Here are links to my resume and cover letter in jpeg format:

Resume
Cover Letter

Let me know what I can do to improve them. I have been applying for many jobs, but am getting little to no response back 🙁

Also, should I put down that I passed the FE Exam in my resume?

If you show up in Vantera, they might not hire you out of principle. 😉

Thats if Vantera makes it

:laugh:

 

[MetalMat]

Updated resume, check op

 

[MetalMat]

Just bumpin up for the afternoon atot peps.

 

[aeroguy]

I can open your old stuff fine, but your new resume gives me an error to the effect of:

could not open 'pa010361.fdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because it's been corrupted

Maybe it's just me though.

 

[compnovice]

Cannot open your file

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: aeroguy
I can open your old stuff fine, but your new resume gives me an error to the effect of:

could not open 'pa010361.fdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because it's been corrupted

Maybe it's just me though.

Ok fixed, its in a jpg format