While I help people with their resumes as a private practice, I’ve never been really great with my own. Irony, eh?
So, anyway, I’m not super-confident in the way some of the bullet points read. Plus, I always think my resume is crap, no matter how much experience I have on it.
It’s here, but if direct link won’t work, my email is in my profile.
Oooh, I am so nervous…
Is posting your name, address, phone number and entire work history on a public message board really the best idea? I’d rewrite it with the pertinent details left out, then post it.
As it is, I like the layout, personally, but I would link which jobs went with which skill.
Dagnabbit! I thought it was changed. Well, that’s fixed now. Entirely fictional address and phone data.
The reason I’m not doing the ubiquitous job->responsibilities format is because it then becomes a chronological style, which gets too long and has too much repeat info.
Thanks, though.
I should tell you I’m in high-tech; maybe the thinking of social service employers is different than my own.
It’s very vague. About a third of the way through, I wondered out loud, “when does the resume start?”. When I finally got to your roles, there was no description or dates. The whole thing makes me wonder what you did and when. It really comes across like you’re hiding something. Perhaps you haven’t worked in a few years?
In fact, you have more information describing your education than you do your experience, even though you’ve presumably been out of school for long enough where it’s secondary.
Bullets are key, but you need to bulletize lists of things. Bulletizing every sentence isn’t good.
When I look at the individual lines, they’re each very good. You talk in terms of accomplishment, you use strong words.
But because I have no context of what you did and when and for how long, I feel lost reading it. It comes across like you’re hiding something.
Sorry to be so harsh.
I just critiqued a resume for a friend who has the same style. I agree with Bill. It comes across like you’re hiding or embellishing, even if you’re not.