So how's my resume look?

[flambus]

every resume i get has the name centered. it ok not to have the name centered, as long as it looks professional.

 

[OSUdrunk]

I would get rid of the logo. The reason is that a lot of companies use some type of OCR scanning method to enter your resume into a database or whatnot, and a picture would probably screw them up.

Are you looking for an Internship or Full-Time job?

Here are some resume templates from Ohio State for full-time seekers. I assume they know what employers like and don't like:

http://career.eng.ohio-state.edu/ecs/STUDENT/ECStemplates.htm

For an Internship, here is another template:

http://career.eng.ohio-state.edu/ecip/student/Co-op%20Template.doc

Hope that helps.

 

[khtm]

<< dude what are you talking about?

Most resumes should be 1 page exactly!!! >>



Not sure where you heard that - it actually depends on the job and how much material you have for your resume. The only 'set-in-stone' rule I've been taught is NOT to have a resume that's longer than 2 pages.

 

[Descartes]

<< Most resumes should be 1 page exactly!!! >>



Dizamn! I'm only 21, and I have an extremely hard time condensing it to less than 2 pages. I still have to cut back to keep it at 2 pages, because I think 3 begins to be a bit much. One can only be so terse before they begin to leave holes in their experience.

 

[weezergirl]

argh, u guys are so confusing. lose the logo, keep the logo, center the name, don't center the name, it's too short, it's too long!

ok, i'm in college right now and i've attended a lot of resume workshops and stuff and from what i know this is what u should do: lose the logo, i've actually never even seen a resume with a logo on it!, name centering doesn't matter but most i've seen the name is centered while the rest is not, and if u are just starting out like u just graduated from school most people turn in only one page resumes. most counselors definitely recommend keeping it under a page and not over. but i do agree yours does seem short. there is too much white space since u have everything centered. there are a lot of "one page resumes" that have a lot more info then yours does. point is, i think u need to fluff your resume up a bit. it's possible to do that and still keep it under one page. check out the above person's links. notice how much they can fit into one page? most people's resumes look like that that i've seen. anyways, hope that helps!

 

[Davegod75]

please check out mine too ladies and gents and email me about suggestions

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~goddard/Resume1.html

 

[skace]

I didn't look at your resume, but read most of the replies. All I can say is keep it clean and simple. When redoing my resume I asked people who review them in particular to look at mine and constantly critique. The 2 biggest agreements were, long resumes suck and make your name easily readable on the top of the paper. The justification for the second agreement was that when you have someone flipping through a stack of resumes, the one thing you want to stick in their head above all other things is your name.

I split mine into 3 categories: Summary of Skills, Experience, Education (References on request also). I was told if your Education is more impressive than your Experience, switch the order, but mine isn't (I dropped out of college). So Basically, As I get more experience, I gradually try and push education off the resume, because it doesn't do me any justic. You may be in the same boat also because you mentioned that you would stop schooling if you got a job. I may post mine later when I'm at home if it helps you...

 

[Megatomic]

<< We laughed at the last guy who sent in a 2-page resume, which could have been done properly in 1...send in 3, and it would go on our"Wall of Fame." To me, it shows you can;t be clear and concise and get your point across with limited resources.



EDIT: Lose the logo >>



I don't know what industry you work in, but a 2 page resume is almost mandatory in my field. Yopu must have lots of experience and education to show before they will even call you.

I work in a high energy nuclear physics lab as an accelerator operator/controls engineer and before that I was a controls engineer for a systems integrator, just so you know where I'm coming from.

 

[MaxDSP]

A few here consider a 2-page resume to be wrong but you should have seen my boss's face when he saw a resume from an uninformed applicant. His resume was written in like 36 size font and spread out over 10-11 pages stapled together. His reasoning was probably that his resume would stick out but not necessarily because it was impressive but because it was downright idiotic. Im just wondering what kind of education and experience he had to come up with something like that.

 

[ggavinmoss]

I personally don't like all the centered text (but to each his own).

Also, the logo is a bit much. They know what A+ is -- they don't need a picture (and it's not as if only A+ certified people have that pic -- hell I could put it on my resume).

-geoff

PS - You have the right amount of information for 1 page, but when you get more in terms of experience/skills, don't hesitate moving to 2 pages.

 

[Soybomb]

I'm just curious to those of you who say the logo is unusual work in IT. At the computer shop and college I've worked at almost every resume we get from a person with a cert has a "Microsoft Certified Professional" "Novell", "A+", etc logo on them.