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What do you think of my resume?

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I'll be using this (or something similar to it) to hopefully secure some internships next summer. Let me know how you feel about aesthetics, wording and the general feelings you have about it:

My CV

Thanks! 😀
 
Employers are going to skip right over that first paragraph.

It's too long-winded. You don't need long and proper sentences - you want short, powerful blurbs that get the message across. Remember that these are just going to be glanced at during the weeding out process - it needs to be a quick read.
 
Originally posted by: DougK62
Employers are going to skip right over that first paragraph.

It's too long-winded. You don't need long and proper sentences - you want short, powerful blurbs that get the message across. Remember that these are just going to be glanced at during the weeding out process - it needs to be a quick read.
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Cool, thanks. I'll work on that.
 
dude.. u resume = too much cr@p on it..

> It's too long-winded

DUH...

u better ask a english major to review it
 
Is it cool to list your future degrees like that? If someone was just glancing they'd think you already graduated.
 
first para is too vervose.
remove the "my manager"... you never put in "references availabe upon request" blah blah...
people hire you on your resume first, then they talk to your references after... at least thats the way it has happened in 4 big corps i know, including the one i work for. my current HR person told me never to pur anything about references in your resume.
 
your left/right margins are also too wide. change them to 1inch - the standard.

edit: not just left/right- but top bottom also. there's too much blank space on all 4 sides of it.
 
Originally posted by: bradruth
Is it cool to list your future degrees like that? If someone was just glancing they'd think you already graduated.
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Yes, you have to if you are applying for an internship. It's expected for the position.

At UT they recommend we add all of our relevant courses to our resume. They have us do it because a lot of times, an internship is looking for a particular skill, I.E a VLSI class, for a semiconductor company. I'll PM you a copy of my resume as an example
 
Originally posted by: beer
Originally posted by: bradruth
Is it cool to list your future degrees like that? If someone was just glancing they'd think you already graduated.
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Yes, you have to if you are applying for an internship. It's expected for the position.
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I did not know that. Interesting.
 
Its pretty much been said but, get rid of first paragraph, get rid of long sentences, make your name bigger its should be a larger font than anything else on the page, I'd put the dates on the right, and bold the places you worked at and Education, career history...
 
the best thing you can do is go to your career center. i spoke to a counselor/advisor at my school's career center and they helped me tremendously. one thing i can say for sure is, TAKE OUT "Regularly refilled printers and cleaned workstations." if i were an employer i'd just laugh at that. 😛


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Since you don't have alot of experience to write down, if you actively participate in any student organization, you may want to include that as well. You should cater the resume and show experiences that would be needed for the job/internship you are applying.
 
Definitely Curriculum Vitae; however, this is definitely more a resume and not really a CV. CV's are generally only appropriate if you have extensive publishings or professional experience and are typically seen by individuals at PhD levels when applying for positions.

CV explained
 
Originally posted by: EXman
are you still able to take out garbage if asked?
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Yes, I'm still able - I'm really glad I posted it, since I made up that resume really quickly. I'm not planning on using it for another 6 months at least, so I just figured I'd get some criticism here.

Thanks for the help. I'm taking notes. :beer:
 
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