resume reviewing service

[rookie1010]

can you guys/gals suggest a good resume reviewing service?

 

[alent1234]

the internet and friends

post your resume on some forums and let people rip into it. or show it to friends.

 

[Specop 007]

I've seen people review resumes on here before. I would at least remove your contact info obviously, but there are some good resources right here on ATOT.

Whether they choose to help you or not...Whole nother issue.

 

[LS20]

post it ill give you my comments and you can take them as you please...

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the replies

should i upload it or post it?

 

[Albis]

upload makes it easier to look at

 

[Rastus]

The best way to develope a resume is to look at as many resumes online that you can find. You take the best ideas that other people have and incorporate them into your own resume while letting your own experience and personality modify it until it fits you. There is no other person or service on the face of this planet that can do that for you.

I've been working on my resume for years and when I have to seek employment it has become an effective tool for me.

If you want practice, go to your local employment office and start writing resumes for some of the other applicants that are hanging out there. You will find out you can write a good resume for a stranger in about thirty minutes. That's how I developed the skill.

Do not pay anyone for a resume, because of the individual nature of each document, there is no one-size-fits all for it.

 

[Spydermag68]

AT job fairs there is usaly a booth that has free resume reviewing service. You can aldo goto the local workforce center.

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the eplies

i supose i do a general search for resumes online to get the good ideas

can you suggest some good resumes you have seen online

any good sites which suggest good tips for reumes?

 

[rookie1010]

ok here is my resume, please tell me what changes should i make
Derek Del Toro

Date of Birth : 10th of March 1973
Address : 123 alpha street, beta state, canada
Telephone : 012 456 7893
E-mail : Derek.deltorof@gmail.com

KEY EXPERTISE
? Thorough understanding of 802.16 L1 & RF specifications
? Thorough understanding of 3GPP L1 & RF specifications.
? Carried out independent research on several key WiMAX & UMTS topics.
? MatLab, Simulink and C simulations
? UTRAN & WiMAX dimensioning using VB6
? Excellent Presentation and communications skills

WORK EXPERIENCE
Researcher
Rorik Laboratories of America, Canada
09/2004-till present
? Designed & Coded dimensioning tool for UTRAN
? Designed & Coded dimensioning tool for 802.16(WiMAX OFDM & OFDMA)
The dimensioning tools coded in VB6 include traffic engineering, propagation modelling coverage and capacity calculations.
? Attended Standardisation meetings for 3GPP (RAN1) & IEEE 802.16
Supported and obtained endorsement for Rorik?s noise suppressor solution.
? Presentation of dimensioning and planning methodology & demonstrated dimensioning tool to current & potential Rorik customers
? Team presentations for disseminating knowledge

UMTS L1 Engineer
Moroono Research Institute, Canada
09/2000- 09/2004
? Filed 3 IPRs on UE design and implementation.
? Generation of 12.2 kbps RMCH in C. The utility comprises of Convolutional coder, CRC, rate matching, interleaver and multiplexer. The utility also comprises of the convolutional decoder, rate dematcher, deinterleaver and the demultiplexer.
? Evaluated rate matching IPR proposal for Moroono Patent Committee and provided necessary feedback.
? Design, Coding & validation of Baseband Test Harness for Moroono Chip based UMTS User Equipment. The code consists of the initialisation code, UART handler, Interrupt handler.
? Design, Coding & validation of UMTS RF Test Harness for Moroono Chip based UMTS User Equipment. The code consists of initialisation code for the UMTS RF section, SPI bus routines & functions to exercise Analog and Digital sections of the RF chip
? Porting and validation of Baseband Test Harness for Moroona based User Equipment.
? Design & Testing of Baseband Circuitry for Development Board and Form Factor.
? Validation of Baseband & RF Test Equipment against 3GPP Standard specifications

PATENTS APPLIED
? Apparatus for indicating placement of call and disconnecting accidental calls
? Apparatus to detect authentic keypad input
? Alterable Fascia for Mobiles

EDUCATION
Research in Powerline Communication Networks
Concordia University, Canada. 01/1999 ? 08/2000

Characterisation of Powerline channel, development of protocol for Powerline. The Simulated Powerline Network was simulated in OPNET. It was further developed, coded in C and tested over a live powerline network.

M.Sc. Radio Communication Engineering
Concordia University, Canada. 01/1998 ? 12/98
Distinction (First in Class)

Project:
Data Link Layer Protocol for Power Line Communications
Design of System consisting of Medium Access Control Sub-layer and Logical Link Control Sub-Layer. The protocol was written in C language and was evaluated over an Additive White Gaussian Channel.

B.Sc. Electronics and Communication Engineering
Mexico University, Mexico, 1993 - 1997
Distinction

PUBLICATIONS & PRIZES

Technical reviewer for VTC2004 conference
"Data Link Layer Protocol for Powerline Communication" at International Symposium on Power Line Communication Limerick, Ireland, April 2000

First prize at 84th ST Micro meeting (Lyon, France October 2005) Noise Suppressor solution for Mobile phone, endorsed by RAN1, 3GPP committee

ACHIEVEMENTS
Awarded certificate of merit for being among top 0.1 % of successful candidates of All Portuguese Secondary School Examination (O level equivalent) in Mathematics

SKILLS
Programming: C, VB6
Modelling: UML
Environments: MS Dev., ARM Development System 1.1,1.2
Debugging Tools: Lauterbach Trace 32 In Circuit Debugger
System Design Tools: Hewlett Packard Advanced Design System, Cadence SPW, Mathworks MatLab 6.1,6,5, Simulink, OPNET Modeler
Operating Systems: Working knowledge of Windows, UNIX
Version Control: Rational Clearcase

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
Presentation Course (ABC)
WiMAX Planning Course (DEF)
UMTS Air Interface Course (GHI)
Advanced C Programming Course (KLM)
Time Management Course

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
? International Student Officer (Concordia University)
? Head Boy (Portuguese Embassy School, Mexico)

LEISURE INTERESTS
Soccer, Pool, Chess, Squash, Tennis, Badminton, Reading, Music

REFERENCES
Available on request

 

[WildHorse]

 

[hypn0tik]

From what I was told at one of my resume workshops, the bullets you have need the following criteria:

1. Verb (Tested, designed etc...) Basically, what you did.
2. What or Why.
3. OUTCOME! <- Most important from what I was told.

For example:

Sold computers at Circuit City
vs.
Sold computers at Circuit City increasing sales by 2%

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the tips.

hypnotik, i think you mean that i should mention stuff in active voice, correct?
what do you guys think of indentation with the bullet points, some one mentioned that it is good for readabaility.

 

[WildHorse]

 

[ActuaryTm]

Much needs to be restructured or tightened.

1. Remove the birth date.
2. "Key Expertise" and "Skills" can be combined into one section - either named a derivative of "Profile" (Profile, Professional Profile, etc) or "Summary of Qualifications".
3. The "Positions of Responsibility", "Leisure Interests", and "Professional Development and Training" can be removed. Most of the information contained therein is unnecessary for a resume, or can be added to other sections if need be. If you truly feel such items are an integral part of your successful campaign for employment, be certain to mention these things in the various stages of interviews.
4. "Patents Applied" and "Publications and "Prizes" can be condensed into the "Achievements" or similarly named section, with perhaps one or two subsections.
5. Bit of grammar tightening (accepted practice is the use of past tense verbs in the description of one's job duties).

Also, I personally would forego the above suggestion regarding the avoidance of underlining and bullets. In a non-plain text resume, underlining is generally the accepted format for positions held, while bullets are reserved for the duties performed in a specific work experience item.

Some basic formatting (including the aforementioned bullets and underlining) can add continuitiy to the document, which naturally makes it easier for a potential employer to quickly find the information sought.

 

[OulOat]

Yeah, bullet your accomplishment statements; otherwise, it would be too hard to read. You only have a min or two to impress the reviewer; making your resume easlier to follow can only help.

 

[rookie1010]

Hello people

i have redone my resume. if you could bash my resume a bit more, i would really appreciate it


Derek Deltoro
012 456 7893
Derek.deltorof@gmail.com
KEY EXPERTISE
? In-depth understanding of 3GPP & 802.16 L1 & RF specifications
? Carried out independent research on several key WiMAX & UMTS topics.
? UTRAN & WiMAX dimensioning using C & VB6
? Embedded C and ARM programming
? MatLab and C simulations
? Excellent Presentation and communications skills
WORK EXPERIENCE
Rorik Laboratories of America, Canada 09/2004-till present
Researcher
? Designed & Coded dimensioning tool for UTRAN (Release 99)
? Designed & Coded dimensioning tool for 802.16(WiMAX OFDM & OFDMA)
The dimensioning tools for UTRAN & WiMAX coded in C & VB6 consist of traffic engineering, propagation modelling coverage and modified knapsack based capacity engines for WiMAX & UTRAN. The modified knapsack models take into account mixed traffic. These dimensioning tools were used for responding to RFI?s internally and by Rorik customers resulting in saving of time to produce responses to RFIs and brought business to Rorik.
? Project co-ordinator for development of dimensioning tool
Co-ordinated with research team for link level and system level simulations and co-ordinated with field teams to tune propagation model
? Presentations of dimensioning tools & various Rorik wireless solutions to customers and internal management regularly and at Rorik open days
? Attended Standardisation meetings for 3GPP (SA4) & IEEE 802.16
Supported and obtained endorsement for Rorik?s Noise Suppressor solution.
Moroono Research Institute, Canada 09/2000- 08/2004
UMTS L1 Engineer
? Filed 6 IPRs on UE design and implementation.
? Design, Coding & validation of Baseband Test Harness for Samsung Chip based UMTS User Equipment. The code consists of the initialisation code, UART handler, Interrupt handler.
? Design, Coding & validation of UMTS RF Test Harness for Samsung Chip based UMTS User Equipment. The code consists of initialisation code for the UMTS RF section, SPI bus routines & functions to exercise Analog and Digital sections of the RF chip
? Porting and validation of Baseband Test Harness for Philips based User Equipment.
? Generation of 12.2 kbps RMCH in C. The utility comprises of Convolutional coder, CRC, rate matching, interleaver and multiplexer. The utility also comprises of the convolutional decoder, rate dematcher, deinterleaver and the demultiplexer.
? Design & Testing of Baseband Circuitry for Development Board and Form Factor.
? Validation of Baseband & RF Test Equipment against 3GPP Standard specifications
Concordia University, Canada 01/1999 ? 08/2000
Researcher
? Development of novel MAC & Logical Link Layer protocols for Powerline. The protocol was developed in C and tested over a live powerline network
EDUCATION
M.Sc. Advanced Mobile and Personal Radio Communication Engineering 1998
Concordia University,Canada.: Distinction (First in Class)
B.Sc. Electronics and Communication Engineering 1997
Mexico University, Mexico,: Distinction
PATENTS, PUBLICATIONS & PRIZES
? Patents applied:
o Apparatus for indicating placement of call and disconnecting accidental calls
o Apparatus to detect authentic keypad input
o Swivel type multi display Mobile Terminal
o Mobile Theft Prevention device
o Dual mode Transmissive - Reflective screen
o Alterable Fascia for Mobiles
? Technical reviewer for VTC2006 conference
? First prize at 84th ST Micro meeting (Lyon, France October 2005) Noise Suppressor solution for Mobile phone, endorsed by RAN1, 3GPP committee
? "Data Link Layer Protocol for Powerline Communication" at International Symposium on Power Line Communication Limerick, Ireland, April 2000
? Awarded certificate of merit for being among top 0.1 % of successful candidates of All Portuguese Secondary School Examination (O level equivalent) in Mathematics 1991
SKILLS
? Programming: C, Embedded C, ARM assembler, VB6, MapInfo MapX
? Modelling: UML
? Environments: MS Visual Studio 98, ARM Development System 1.1,1.2
? Debugging Tools: Lauterbach Trace 32 In Circuit Debugger
? System Design Tools: HP ADS, Cadence SPW, MatLab 6.5, Simulink, OPNET Modeller
? Planning tool: Marconi Planet
? Version Control: Rational Clearcase
? Project Management: MS Project 2003
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTAND TRAINING
? Presentation Course (ABC)
? WiMAX Planning Course (DEF)
? UMTS Air Interface Course (GHI)
? UMTS Architecture and Protocols (JKL)
? Advanced C Programming Course (MO)
? Time Management Course
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
? International Student Officer ((Concordia University)
? Head Boy (Portuguese Embassy School, Mexico)
LANGUAGES & INTERESTS
Multi-lingual: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Esperanto, Japanese(beginner)
Interests: Soccer, Chess, Squash, Reading, Music
REFERENCES
Available on request

 

[D1gger]

This all looks impressive, but just a reminder that formatting is also very important. If a resume is not well formated, some reviewers will simply toss it.

In addition, I like to see the references included in the resumes I review. It shows that you have gone to the trouble of lining up the references, rather than simply stating that they are "available on request".

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the reply digger. when i copy paste the stuff, it loses the format . is there any way to paste while maintaining the format in my word document.
I have re-written a section to include a bit more. what do you think?

for references should i include a colleague and a lecturer from university. what happens if i apply for a job where my ex lecturer from uni actually works and he is my reference. i got my resume into 2 pages, the moment i add the references it is going to go into 3 pages

? Designed & Coded dimensioning tool for 802.16(WiMAX OFDM & OFDMA)
The dimensioning tools for UTRAN & WiMAX coded in C & VB6 consist of traffic engineering, propagation modelling coverage and modified knapsack based capacity engines for WiMAX & UTRAN. The modified knapsack models take into account mixed traffic. The tools captured equipment specific features like receive & transmit diversity, sectorisation and multiple carriers. These dimensioning tools have been used for responding to RFI?s internally and by Morono customers and have resulted in saving of time to produce responses to RFIs and have brought business to Morono.

&


? Filed 6 IPRs on UE design and implementation.
? Design, Coding & validation of Baseband Test Harness for Samsung Chip based UMTS User Equipment. The code comprises of initialisation routines, UART handler, Interrupt handler.
? Design, Coding & validation of UMTS RF Test Harness for Samsung Chip based UMTS User Equipment. The code comprises of initialisation routine for UMTS RF section, SPI bus routines & functions to exercise Analog & Digital sections of RF chip
? Porting and validation of Baseband Test Harness for Philips based User Equipment

 

[Nevada]

you might want to check out vault.com. a little expensive though.
recent grads to 1 year: $99
2-5 years or graduate degree: $149
6+ years: $199.

 

[Rastus]

Rookie, you have a private message.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: D1gger
In addition, I like to see the references included in the resumes I review. It shows that you have gone to the trouble of lining up the references, rather than simply stating that they are "available on request".

Actually, the above is a bad idea for a multitude of reasons, and is generally not considered a good practice.

Also, a large percentage of employers have a reference system/form/etc. in place, and will ask for such information at the appropriate time. It is, however, a very good practive to have your references well-prepared ahead of time - either as a list that can be included in a followup letter/e-mail, or an addendum to your resume.

Also, it is vital (as silly as it may sound not to) to have contacted your potential references ahead of time. Unfortunately, some applicants do not adhere to such, only to have what they believed to be a "good reference" give a "not-so-good" recommendation.

Originally posted by: rookie1010
i got my resume into 2 pages, the moment i add the references it is going to go into 3 pages

It is extremely important to consider your audience in resume preparation. Your initial (that is to say, the one a prospective employer receives and reviews first) resume should very, very seldom exceed one well-formated page. As mentioned above, it is greatly dependent on the audience. Using your resume as an example, the duties listed for each experience item above are a bit too detailed at the moment. If a human resources representative were first in line in the review process, he/she might feel a bit inundated in the technical minutia, and choose not to continue reading. Many very qualified applicants make the common mistake of thinking the resume is a detailed laundry list of every task performed, when in fact it should be a concise document summarizing the general tasks and duties performed that can be read (and for the most part, understood) by nearly any professional individual - even a non-technical person. In your case, rather than list a specific task using a specific language under a specifc methodology adhering to a specific set of standards for a specific platform or application, raise the perspective to a higher point of view. As space on your resume is precious, it is also very important to not be repetitive or redundant - especially in how you word your duties.

A good practice is to mention in your cover letter (which can be as essential as your resume) that a more detailed version of your resume is available online (give the URL, of course) or by request. One line I tend to remind others of (I actually do technical career counseling these days) is this: an interested prospective employer can always ask for more information - but not less.

Be complete, but not exhaustive. Whet an appetite rather than offer an engorgement.

Remember, you generally have approximately thirty to sixty seconds to make that initial impression with your resume. So many of the same principals that apply in marketing and advertising apply here.

 

[rookie1010]

do employers actually ask for references? if they were to ask ones previous manager, and obviously if you leave between projects then you may end up with bad references from management.
i think in the UK the norm is a 2 page format.

in case i am bypassing the hr screening is the technical minutae too much,
i have this fear that if i do not mention the e.g. traffic model(mixed traffic) then the employer would not
1) be impressed
2) would think i am just BSing

i think this is a really cool tip

A good practice is to mention in your cover letter (which can be as essential as your resume) that a more detailed version of your resume is available online (give the URL, of course) or by request. One line I tend to remind others of (I actually do technical career counseling these days) is this: an interested prospective employer can always ask for more information - but not less.

i guess a detailed resume would be detailed for all the job positions one has held, and would include a bit more about ones educational qualifications

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: rookie1010
i think in the UK the norm is a 2 page format.

This may very well be true. I do not have all that much experience with such internationally, unfortunately.

in case i am bypassing the hr screening is the technical minutae too much,
i have this fear that if i do not mention the e.g. traffic model(mixed traffic) then the employer would not
1) be impressed
2) would think i am just BSing

That fear is for the most part universal. Do not let that fear cloud good judgement, however; employers can easily spot the qualified and well credentialled applicant from a concise, well-formatted resume.

Many technically oriented applicants stumble into this pitfall. It is a common mistake.

i guess a detailed resume would be detailed for all the job positions one has held, and would include a bit more about ones educational qualifications

Precisely - as well as more detailed job duties, and all the technical specifics you might feel necessary.

Again, good luck.

 

[Titan]

You are missing an objective. First thing, after contact info should be one long sentence stating what job you are looking for. This can be tailored to each company you apply to. You need to let people know what it is you want, state you're bussiness. Example:

Objective: A full-time professional engineering position that utilizes my extensive knowledge, challenges my creativity, and allows an opportunnity for success and growth in a team-based work environment.

Try to touch on: what you want, why you are good, and that you are a team player. If you know which industry you are getting into, that can help as well. Realize there are IT guys for every industry, if you have experience in IT for a particualr one, like banking, you will have a leg up.