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Would you hire me with this resume?

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Originally posted by: illusion88
I am updating my resume and am wondering what you guys think. Is there something else I could do with the formating to make it stand out more? Should I really push to get it down to one page? Do I need all my throw away jobs on there or should I keep it to the recent and relevant?

Resume (xxx out the sensitive bits)

why does everyone sensor out their name and address when putting out resume's? thats so dumb. if someone really wanted your info it would be easy to obtain... and since many people on ATOT could be potential employers, why would you post a contactless resumee...
people need to stop being to dam paranoid and stupid.
 
This thread is brutal, but I love it! :laugh:

Here are my suggestions, and I didn't scrutinze all the earlier posts, so I might have some repeats from what other people have said. Regardless, what I did read from others was good feedback though. 😛

- Unless you have like 10+ years of experience or have had a very wide (& marketable) range of skillsets, you should try to limit your resume down to a page
- If you're going to use a table, please make the borders invisible; this looks somewhat tacky imo. If you're adding this to recruiters' databases, their automatic converter may do funky formatting things with tables.
- Are you applying for an EMT job? it doesn't make much sense to start off with catering and all that other stuff. Irrelevance really hampers your chances of getting either a tech job, EMT, catering, or whatever else. If at all possible, you may not want to have that objective in there in the first place if you're going to be as vague as possible. Definitely place your Education on top of your work history since that's more important in what you're probably looking for.
- How come your cell alignment doesn't match on the first row of the table? 😕 Be consistent, please. :beer:
- Do you have any experience actually doing EMT work? You may want to highlight the jobs that are relevant to what you're looking for (your Camp Tawonga) versus the other ones.
 
I never seen a resume in this format, and I don;t like it. In fact, it is awful and no I would not hire you with that resume.
 
ouch, terrible.

clean up your layout, make it less busy. no resume should be more than 1 page long, so you can start by maybe excluding the details of the oldest jobs. put the relevant stuff FIRST. so your related education should be before your work experience. i would include a list of "job-speak" qualifications before that, even. don't put references on a resume. you don't need an objective. the objective should be obvious: to get the damn job! but everything else should be tailored to the specific job you are applying for, like your qualifications, "selected coursework" in the education section, the required skills you list for job experience, etc.
 
Layout still sucks but I guess you're working on that. NO reason to split up non medical/food service. Hell imho I wouldn't even put that on the resume. No reason for it to be there; at all. Other skills are also very questionable as you won't need them for this job; wtf are you going to do, remove the malware from his arteries?
 
2003 ? 2005 Santa Rosa Junior College
Maintaining a GPA 3.724. Obtained EMT-B certification in 2003.


Maintained a GPA of...or just GPA: 3.724; of course you lack consistency because you don't put your current gpa down..

but then again, I only know accounting resumes, so maybe yours is a bit different
 
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Layout still sucks but I guess you're working on that. NO reason to split up non medical/food service. Hell imho I wouldn't even put that on the resume. No reason for it to be there; at all. Other skills are also very questionable as you won't need them for this job; wtf are you going to do, remove the malware from his arteries?

I feel it is important to put down because hospitals do use computers and they do break down. Ever wonder why it takes so long to get discharged from the ER? It could be because some nurse can't figure out how to fax all your paperwork to all the different agencies that need it, or her computer is broken because she thought it was a good idea to open up some random email attachment.
 
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
2003 ? 2005 Santa Rosa Junior College
Maintaining a GPA 3.724. Obtained EMT-B certification in 2003.


Maintained a GPA of...or just GPA: 3.724; of course you lack consistency because you don't put your current gpa down..

but then again, I only know accounting resumes, so maybe yours is a bit different

I only took one class... I got an A in it so should I put down 4.0?
 
Originally posted by: illusion88
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Layout still sucks but I guess you're working on that. NO reason to split up non medical/food service. Hell imho I wouldn't even put that on the resume. No reason for it to be there; at all. Other skills are also very questionable as you won't need them for this job; wtf are you going to do, remove the malware from his arteries?</end quote></div>

I feel it is important to put down because hospitals do use computers and they do break down. Ever wonder why it takes so long to get discharged from the ER? It could be because some nurse can't figure out how to fax all your paperwork to all the different agencies that need it, or her computer is broken because she thought it was a good idea to open up some random email attachment.

If you're being hired to do medical work WTF would you want to fix their computers? You absolutely do not want to be stuck as the guy who knows how to fix computers (no idea where you're applying to). That's IT job, NOT yours. It's cool to be a jack of all trades kind of guy, if you want to be an admin. assistant or something, NOT if you want to be an EMT/join the medical field.

Re: the 1 class, I don't know, I'd rather remove that line, take out the "additional skills" and replace it with certifications (whereby you can put your EMT certification there)
 
NO!
Because only a fool hires someone based on a resume.
Resumes do NOT get you employed, at least by anyone competent. They get you an interview. The interview gets you the job.
Dont put outrageous amounts of data in it. One page is almost always enough even if you have 60 years of experience.
Keep It Simple Stupid.

The longer and more complicated it is, the less likely an employer will spend time on it. They dont devote 5 whole minutes to every single resume they read. Its normally about 20 seconds each and thats assuming they find some interesting info early on in the top half of the page.

I got a big book with about 100 other tips. When I left the Navy part of my transition program included a two-day workshop with a fellow from the California Department of Labor. He talked about all the things that employers actually like to see on resumes and not what has tradtionally been thought of as resume material over the years.

Most important concept is that no sane person will hire you strictly from the info on a piece of paper. The interview is what gets the job. You just need to provide enough info to show that you are able to do it, and are interesting enough to call back. No more.

EDIT: Let me show you mine (with edits of course).
Its called a functional resume. It got me an interview along with 9 other guys when about 100 applied. I had extensive help with the Dept of Labor gent and he was not at all suprised when I got the interview and the job. (We also went over some tips on interviews.)
http://www.savefile.com/files/865883

It shows useful work experience and accomplishments. You might think it bad to put in a lot of acronyms and such, but as I knew this would be read by an engineer or someone with a technical backround it was OK. Anything they dont understand they can call me on and find out.
The point is this puppy was visually appealing and layed out in a manner that even a human resources manager could understand what I had done. It makes people WANT to call me and find out more about this interesting person. And my potential supervisor or manager could still see that I was able to do a lot for them.

Thats really what an employer is asking themselves when they read a resume:
"What can this person do for me?"

Show them!

EDIT 2: Along those lines, your second update (3rd attempt) is much better but I would still consider moving experience ahead of education. Again, they arent entirely concerned with what you know, but they are concerned with what you can offer them.
I dont like the objective either. It doesnt really show that you have an interest in helping them, more like an interest in helping yourself, which may come off as a little arrogant to a potential employer.
"This guy wants me to hire him just so he can get more experience and then leave me in 6 months with a hole to fill? Ohhhhhh really? Screw him!"
Actually, they probably wont say that, but you get the idea. The objective should sound more helpful to the employer.
 
I wouldn't hire anyone without a solid interview. You may (or may not, I don't know) look good on paper, but appearance, charisma, and personality are equally important.
 
Originally posted by: MotionMan
You left out your Social Security Number.

(A joke inspired by another thread)

MotionMan
Thanks, it's funnier when you explain it.

Edit: Re: OP: Protip: Everyone knows what an email address looks like. You don't have to label it.
 
Originally posted by: hjo3
Originally posted by: MotionMan
You left out your Social Security Number.

(A joke inspired by another thread)

MotionMan
Thanks, it's funnier when you explain it.

And it saves about 10 follow-ups from people who do not know the joke and post:
"I never put my SS on a resume!!!"

MotionMan
 
Where's the hot chick? 😕

Edit: The 3rd version is looking 100x better than the 1st one. In your EMT-B for SLCC, remove the "through SLCC" part. No need to be redundant.

The proportion of white space on the left side to the right side sort of bothers me, but that's probably cuz you used Adam's template. 😛 Not too big a deal.
 
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