Resume Critique

[overst33r]

My goal is to switch careers from Engineering to Finance/Banking. I am currently studying for the GMAT to apply for a local MBA program. I wasn't sure if this meets the requirements of putting "Pursuing MBA degree" on here.

I tried to make my resume appeal to someone in the finance world, but I feel it could be better. Please critique and ask any questions you might have. Thanks!

http://www.wikiupload.com/DXEZZ9LIM01P8IP

 

[FelixDeCat]

derp

 

[postmortemIA]

I would remove following:

Reliable, decisive, and result oriented individual

Ability to analyze, problem-solve, and multi-task in a fast paced team environment

It is a subjective claim, and resume should be about facts. It is up to your interviewer to establish that based on rest of the resume and direct questions.

Education would go to bottom for me.

Be ready to answer many "why are you leaving engineering field" questions. I'd try to emphasize more of your leadership skills and common ground between two sectors.
srecno.

 

[overst33r]

First of all, I doubt anyone is interested in hiring a derp.

Under the education section you mentioned that you were pursuing an MBA. Adding a projected graduation date might be helpful since this is your new career field.

Under the summary section I might reword your first item to "Experienced engineer with business acumen looking to add value in the financial / banking sector." This would highlight your natural management skills for business.

Since 'experienced' will be now be used to start the first item of the first section, I would reword the second item to "Design and development experience along with implementation of products and processes".

Thanks for the re-wording. I will revise.

I would remove following:
Reliable, decisive, and result oriented individual
Ability to analyze, problem-solve, and multi-task in a fast paced team environment

It is a subjective claim, and resume should be about facts. It is up to your interviewer to establish that based on rest of the resume and direct questions.

Education would go to bottom for me.

Be ready to answer many "why are you leaving engineering field" questions. I'd try to emphasize more of your leadership skills and common ground between two sectors.
srecno.

I mainly put those in there for the computer search engines. I agree, they don't add much value and come across as generic.

I'm going to need to work on a better answer for that question. Currently I say "I am switching fields because I feel I can contribute more to [insert company/field] with my personality and skill set."

It's a tough question to answer and come across as valuable... Any ideas?

Hvala!

 

[silverpig]

I would remove following:

Reliable, decisive, and result oriented individual

Ability to analyze, problem-solve, and multi-task in a fast paced team environment

It is a subjective claim, and resume should be about facts. It is up to your interviewer to establish that based on rest of the resume and direct questions.

Education would go to bottom for me.

Be ready to answer many "why are you leaving engineering field" questions. I'd try to emphasize more of your leadership skills and common ground between two sectors.
srecno.

This.

I do a lot of work helping business school students prep for interviews. The key thing when writing a resume is "show me, don't tell me".

It's the difference between:

-I am a dynamic, solutions-oriented thinker and problem solver, with a track record of results
vs.
-Developed, coded, and implemented a job tracking system which identified process inefficiencies and led to $400k in annual savings


or with another example and more simply:

-I am a good leader, with good leadership skills, and I work well in a team
vs.
-Here's an example of when I led a team, and this is what was accomplished


Also, if you go to your resume and change every instance of "I am a" to "seeking a" and your resume now reads like a job posting on monster.com, you're doing it wrong - especially if you don't know what the job posting is for.