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Also, personally I think the different fonts/font sizes in your experience section looks weird.

Glen Ridge Board of Education ? Glen Ridge, NJ
Head Video Editor/Project Leader

The way you have "head video..." bolded or whatever just doesn't look right to me.
 
I agree with lizardboy's last two comments.

Additionally, I'd want to see a little more detail on your bullet points.

'Redesigning PC/104 Control System..." What are you doing in the redesign?
"Investigated a potential field navigations technique..." What did you find? How did you investigate?

Don't fall for the college career counselors' "stick to a one page resume" advice. Don't ramble, but don't cut out relevant info just to fit everything on one page.

<---- is in Recruiting.
 
Originally posted by: lizardboy
GPA?
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They don't track graduate GPA at my school, though unofficially it's about a 3.4. The reason I don't have GPA listed is because my undergrad GPA is 3.01 and while that is good for my notoriously harsh school (average for my dept. was 2.7), it is still kinda low compared to people from other schools, particularly Ivies.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
I agree with lizardboy's last two comments.

Additionally, I'd want to see a little more detail on your bullet points.

'Redesigning PC/104 Control System..." What are you doing in the redesign?
"Investigated a potential field navigations technique..." What did you find? How did you investigate?

Don't fall for the college career counselors' "stick to a one page resume" advice. Don't ramble, but don't cut out relevant info just to fit everything on one page.

<---- is in Recruiting.
Click to expand...

Yeah, about the one page thing. I was directly told at a job fair last Thursday that my two pager was "not the best way to present myself" so I cut it to one.
 
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Originally posted by: HotChic
I agree with lizardboy's last two comments.

Additionally, I'd want to see a little more detail on your bullet points.

'Redesigning PC/104 Control System..." What are you doing in the redesign?
"Investigated a potential field navigations technique..." What did you find? How did you investigate?

Don't fall for the college career counselors' "stick to a one page resume" advice. Don't ramble, but don't cut out relevant info just to fit everything on one page.

<---- is in Recruiting.
Click to expand...

Yeah, about the one page thing. I was directly told at a job fair last Thursday that my two pager was "not the best way to present myself" so I cut it to one.
Click to expand...

College career HR people don't know what they're talking about. Nobody in Recruiting cares how long your resume is as long as they can get the relevent info off of it easily.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Originally posted by: HotChic
I agree with lizardboy's last two comments.

Additionally, I'd want to see a little more detail on your bullet points.

'Redesigning PC/104 Control System..." What are you doing in the redesign?
"Investigated a potential field navigations technique..." What did you find? How did you investigate?

Don't fall for the college career counselors' "stick to a one page resume" advice. Don't ramble, but don't cut out relevant info just to fit everything on one page.

<---- is in Recruiting.
Click to expand...

Yeah, about the one page thing. I was directly told at a job fair last Thursday that my two pager was "not the best way to present myself" so I cut it to one.
Click to expand...

College career HR people don't know what they're talking about. Nobody in Recruiting cares how long your resume is as long as they can get the relevent info off of it easily.
Click to expand...
I typically didn't deal with recruiting companies for my job search. Every company that I did deal with and eventually worked for/helped in future hiring would almost always discard a long winded resume over one page.

BTW, log out of your moderator account before you edit your posts.
 
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Originally posted by: lizardboy
GPA?
Click to expand...

They don't track graduate GPA at my school, though unofficially it's about a 3.4. The reason I don't have GPA listed is because my undergrad GPA is 3.01 and while that is good for my notoriously harsh school (average for my dept. was 2.7), it is still kinda low compared to people from other schools, particularly Ivies.
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I'd put something like G.P.A.: 3.01 (Department Average: 2.7)
 
Originally posted by: SampSon

I typically didn't deal with recruiting companies for my job search. Every company that I did deal with and eventually worked for/helped in future hiring would almost always discard a long winded resume over one page.

BTW, log out of your moderator account before you edit your posts.
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Long-winded, yes. But I said to not cut out relevant pieces in order to keep it to one page. If they don't see what they're looking for at a first glance, they'll toss it.
 
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Originally posted by: HotChic
I agree with lizardboy's last two comments.

Additionally, I'd want to see a little more detail on your bullet points.

'Redesigning PC/104 Control System..." What are you doing in the redesign?
"Investigated a potential field navigations technique..." What did you find? How did you investigate?

Don't fall for the college career counselors' "stick to a one page resume" advice. Don't ramble, but don't cut out relevant info just to fit everything on one page.

<---- is in Recruiting.
Click to expand...

Yeah, about the one page thing. I was directly told at a job fair last Thursday that my two pager was "not the best way to present myself" so I cut it to one.
Click to expand...

College career HR people don't know what they're talking about. Nobody in Recruiting cares how long your resume is as long as they can get the relevent info off of it easily.
Click to expand...
I typically didn't deal with recruiting companies for my job search. Every company that I did deal with and eventually worked for/helped in future hiring would almost always discard a long winded resume over one page.

BTW, log out of your moderator account before you edit your posts.
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It's part of her sig
 
Originally posted by: lizardboy
Also, personally I think the different fonts/font sizes in your experience section looks weird.

Glen Ridge Board of Education ? Glen Ridge, NJ
Head Video Editor/Project Leader

The way you have "head video..." bolded or whatever just doesn't look right to me.
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So do you think it should just be the same size/type face as the company name?
 
I'd switch the Video Editor Job with the Teaching Assistant job.

You should list your experience by order of importance and relevance instead of chronologically. When the recruiters look at your resume, they're gonna skim it. The stuff at the top is going to stand out more.

Also, I'd combine the Leadership Experience section with the Experience section ("Experience" doesn't have to be just work experience) - Do it in the same format, descriptions when necessary, and in order of importance.

 
Thanks for the thought, Elitebull. The reason I have the TA stuff ahead of the Vid stuff is because I will be applying to engineering jobs and I think that it would be more important to them to see that I have engineering teaching experience rathan than to see that I am also a video editor, which isn't really applicable to the jobs I'm looking at.
 
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Thanks for the thought, Elitebull. The reason I have the TA stuff ahead of the Vid stuff is because I will be applying to engineering jobs and I think that it would be more important to them to see that I have engineering teaching experience rathan than to see that I am also a video editor, which isn't really applicable to the jobs I'm looking at.
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Right... the vid editor job is 2nd after your Research Assistant Job right now, so if you wanna emphasize your engineering, shouldn't the TA job be 2nd?
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Originally posted by: HotChic
I agree with lizardboy's last two comments.

Additionally, I'd want to see a little more detail on your bullet points.

'Redesigning PC/104 Control System..." What are you doing in the redesign?
"Investigated a potential field navigations technique..." What did you find? How did you investigate?

Don't fall for the college career counselors' "stick to a one page resume" advice. Don't ramble, but don't cut out relevant info just to fit everything on one page.

<---- is in Recruiting.
Click to expand...

Yeah, about the one page thing. I was directly told at a job fair last Thursday that my two pager was "not the best way to present myself" so I cut it to one.
Click to expand...

College career HR people don't know what they're talking about. Nobody in Recruiting cares how long your resume is as long as they can get the relevent info off of it easily.
Click to expand...

They say this b/c most people who use two pages put a bunch useless info. My advisor just tells me, try to limit it to one page, but if you need 2 pages, use it. Advisors tell college students to limit it to one page so they do not go on rambling about useless stuff.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: SampSon

I typically didn't deal with recruiting companies for my job search. Every company that I did deal with and eventually worked for/helped in future hiring would almost always discard a long winded resume over one page.

BTW, log out of your moderator account before you edit your posts.
Click to expand...

Long-winded, yes. But I said to not cut out relevant pieces in order to keep it to one page. If they don't see what they're looking for at a first glance, they'll toss it.
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exactly, my sister is a corporate level recruiter (she hires CEOs) and most resumes she gets are above 1 page. Her resume is about 3. Also, a little tip, most large companies have a software program that reads the resumes for key words. When applying for a job try to take as many key words from the job ad put them in your cover letter. It will help insure that someone reads it.

Oh, and if you apply through a website a lot of them have to be unformated text so all your little bullet points will go bye bye
 
Originally posted by: lizardboy
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Originally posted by: lizardboy
GPA?
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They don't track graduate GPA at my school, though unofficially it's about a 3.4. The reason I don't have GPA listed is because my undergrad GPA is 3.01 and while that is good for my notoriously harsh school (average for my dept. was 2.7), it is still kinda low compared to people from other schools, particularly Ivies.
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I'd put something like G.P.A.: 3.01 (Department Average: 2.7)
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That's cheezy. I think it's better to just put down GPA: 3.01 for undergrad and GPA: 3.4(something) for graduate GPA. The hiring managers will know you're in graduate school at Johns Hopkins with a good GPA and that the undergraduate GPA will not matter all that much.
 
Ive been told by career svcs that if your GPA isn't above 3.4 then I wouldn't put it down as its not really that big a deal to write about if you are not (summa or magna cum laude). If you have a masters degree put your anticipated graduation date on there as well as your research (esp if you are in the sciences) unless you have a perfect 4.0/4.0 master's gpa does not matter either as eveyone in a masters programs needs a 3.0 or better to graduate so all GPA's of graduating are 3.0 or greater by default. Most places will ask you for your GPA or transcripts if they are important to them in the interview, I would err on the side of caution and not put my GPA on the resume unless it was particularly outstanding.
 
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