YAR(esume)T: Opinions?

[jmcoreymv]

I'm going to have to start applying for jobs soon and wanted some opinions on how to make my resume better. Thanks!

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[yllus]

The irony is your AT handle probably gives away your name anyways.

 

[jmcoreymv]

Originally posted by: yllus
The irony is your AT handle probably gives away your name anyways.

My handle is heavily encrypted, it would take a genius to figure it out.

 

[cyclistca]

Not bad. One improvement would be to use the SAR's approach for your work experience bullets.

SAR

S - Situation
A - Action
R - Results

Your bullets have the action part. They do not indicate why you did what you did and what was the result of what you did.

 

[Dirigible]

Since you're still a student, your education section seems a little small.

Say to what grad degree you're working, and when you'll expect it. Maybe something about your undergrad as well.

Take it with a grain of salt - I'm not in the engineering field.

 

[jmcoreymv]

Originally posted by: cyclistca
Not bad. One improvement would be to use the SAR's approach for your work experience bullets.

SAR

S - Situation
A - Action
R - Results

Your bullets have the action part. They do not indicate why you did what you did and what was the result of what you did.

Can you give me an example? It seems like if I do that, I wont be able to fit everything onto a page. (Plus the situation is usually "My boss told me to..." )

 

[jmcoreymv]

Originally posted by: Dirigible
Since you're still a student, your education section seems a little small.

Say to what grad degree you're working, and when you'll expect it. Maybe something about your undergrad as well.

Take it with a grain of salt - I'm not in the engineering field.

Thanks, those are good points. Now that I think about it, I've been asked those questions by potential employers several times.

 

[cyclistca]

Originally posted by: jmcoreymv

Originally posted by: cyclistca
Not bad. One improvement would be to use the SAR's approach for your work experience bullets.

SAR

S - Situation
A - Action
R - Results

Your bullets have the action part. They do not indicate why you did what you did and what was the result of what you did.

Can you give me an example? It seems like if I do that, I wont be able to fit everything onto a page. (Plus the situation is usually "My boss told me to..." )

After giving it more thought what you have is fine for someone with your level of experience. I would stay with what you have, the SAR approach is for someone with more experience.

Here's an example for the future. This is a bullet from my resume.

Rewrote customer?s bill print software decreasing processing time from six hours to two hours, freeing up critical computer resources and ensuring that bills were issued in a timely manner.

S - Customers program was taking 6 hours to run
A - Rewrote the program
R- Computer resources were freed up and bills were issued in a timely manner