Please review my Resume

[Eeezee]

Major s to anyone who helps me out!

I'm a Physics major, and I'm applying for some research programs around the country for the summer. With the intended audience in mind, let me know if there's anything I should change or add. Also, the layout doesn't look like this, but I don't feel like uploading a word document to some webspace. The layout looks awesome, I just want to make sure that the meat is good.

Name

Contact Information

Birthdate

Education
University of Arizona College of Science
1118 E. 4th Street, PO Box 210081
Tucson, AZ 85721
520.621.6820
Attended August 2003
Plan to graduate with a BS in Physics in May 2007

Job Experience
University of Arizona Physics Department Professor?s Assistant
Proctored exams and graded papers and exams for Dr. Srinivas Manne
Course was Physics 102, introduction to Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Employment Duration: August 2005 ? December 2005, one semester

University of Arizona?s McKale Center IT Staff
Maintained over 200 systems assigned for tasks from word processing to video encoding. Also maintained several servers and SQL databases
Designed several ASP pages for employee use
Employment Duration: September 2004 ? August 2005

Phoenix Public Library Saguaro Branch
Shelved and cleaned books
Maintained the public access computers
Employment Duration: Every Summer starting in June 1999 ? July 2002

Honors + Awards
University of Arizona President?s Award for Excellence Scholarship
University of Arizona Provost Scholarship
University of Arizona?s Physics Dept ? Outstanding Student 2004-2005
University of Arizona?s Physics Dept ? Outstanding Student 2003-2004
University of Arizona Honors College Member
International Thespian Society Member
National Honors Society Member

Computer Experience
Two introductory university-level courses in C Programming
Thorough knowledge in OpenOffice and Microsoft Office
Can type 120 Words Per Minute (WPM) using a QWERTY keyboard
Some experience in IRAF and OSLO
Self-taught much Basic, PHP, ASP, HTML, and some Java and C++
Have been building and troubleshooting computers on my own since 1995

Hobbies+Interests
Computers, learning about hardware and software, and taking apart and rebuilding various electronics have been my greatest interests for nearly a decade. Studying Physics takes up most of my time, and I really want to learn more about Nuclear and Particle Physics. I need research experience to help narrow my fields of interest.

Edit Typo 😱

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Was this copied and pasted or did you type the whole thing out again? You spelled hobbies as hobbiest.

 

[Schadenfreude]

I got some advice from my mentor who is a State Farm Executive at the Corporate HQ - this is the best one I got, IMO;

- it's best to list your specialized skills that makes ou stand out (for instance, I am bilingual so that's noteworthy, and nothing like "proficient with Word" - who isn't?) at the top of your paper under your name & contact info.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Was this copied and pasted or did you type the whole thing out again? You spelled hobbies as hobbiest.

Copy-pasted the body, self-typed the headings. Sorry about that 😱

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
I got some advice from my mentor who is a State Farm Executive at the Corporate HQ - this is the best one I got, IMO;

- it's best to list your specialized skills that makes ou stand out (for instance, I am bilingual so that's noteworthy, and nothing like "proficient with Word" - who isn't?) at the top of your paper under your name & contact info.

Should I place Computer Experience and Hobbies/Interests right under Contact Info? Those are the only sections that really describe anything noteworthy

 

[bonkers325]

your cover letter is just as important as your resume. it gives you an opportunity to sell yourself even further, so try making a CV too.

dont need to spell out your hobbies and interests, just say what you want to do / expect to learn in a personal statement, either on your resume or in your cover letter

just my honest opinion 😛