- one last call for resume help -

[demonlurking]

i think i've got it to a point that i like. i'm still not real happy with that education part, but i can't figure out how to make it better. i only had passing grades for about two semesters (about 1 year). so, my academic record isn't that great. so, here are the two options i've got at the moment

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[sue_n_julia]

I'm not up to looking at it tonight, but tomorrow is likely (headache issues). Can you wait that long??

S

[wanderingpixie]

He's got someone in HR looking it over Friday morning, so tomorrow should still be fine.

[allthingsnoisy]

I have your resume, I will respond early tomorrow morning.

[c_star]

Generally when I am helping my students write thier resumes I tell them never to put degree incomplete. Put the dates that you attended each institution for example I would do this:

Fall 1996 - Spring 1997 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Information Systems and Technical Writing

Let them either ask you or come to the realisation that 1 year is not enough to complete a degree.

[cyano]

agreed.

[wanderingpixie]

So, the main problem is that demonlurking attended in two very separated chunks. How do you make "Sep 1994 - May 1995 and Jan 1998 - Dec 1999" work?

It also implies that he's got 1/2 of his college classes taken care of... which he doesn't. It does say so outright, but it's an awkward misconception to correct.

a few resume tips

[allthingsnoisy]

* When listing your work experience, I would start each heading off by your job title. Employers are less concerned with where you worked than what you did while you were there

Re: a few resume tips

[demonlurking]

the job title in single quotes was a way to separate the roman numerals that so many places use these days. especially my most recent position. Systems/Programmer I looks a little silly and looks like bad grammar.

Re: a few resume tips

[wanderingpixie]

Moving them up to the job header will solve that problem, though.

Re: a few resume tips

[allthingsnoisy]

The Roman numerals are an internal designation and do not necessarily need to be carried over to a resume. Include only seniority titles like Lead, Senior, Director, Manager, etc. You can list yourself as Systems/Programmer, sans single quotes (which is incorrect punctuation).

[demonlurking]

For example, list specifically what versions of Windows/Linux/etc you've supported.

that's easier said than done at this point. i've been supporting windows and mac (both OS and software (ie. word, office, photoshop, pagemaker/indesign, etc.) for about 20 years now. if i were to give a full list of the versions i've supported, i wouldn't have room on my resume for anything else.

there's got to be a way to simplify that and still have room for experience.

[demonlurking]

hopefully it's not too late, but yeah, that'd be useful, thanks.