The first impression that your resume brings is good. The header that provided is a real eye catcher, but there are a few things, that I believe, should be changed.
The initial layout of information is good, but it is a little confusing once you start getting into it and reading. There is little distinction between the different areas of your resume. It looks like you are lacking the space needed to differentiate between the different areas. I recommend that you remove the references section all together. In my past course work, many professors say that you should leave that part out because employers automatically assume that you would be willing to provide such information if they were to request it. This would help create some more room to make a distinct separation between topic areas. Another area that you could further edit or move would be the area that you explain technical and managing course work. Moving the information down to where you identify your ROTC work might create yet a few more lines of space.
In the end this is a nice resume that would easily catch the eye of an employer, but it might not leave the proper impression that you were wanting to leave.
Nice job on this resume, I do however feel that it is a little too busy with overpowering text. I feel that you have a lot of good quality information but that you might have too much information. I think that many employers and Human Recourses Representatives like to have a resume that is a very quick, easy read, one that has great quality information but that is simple. I think that the header of the resume is great, but you may want to start by revising your objective statement so that it starts in a more powerful, eye catching way. You can do this by starting it with a powerful verb such as “to obtain”, this just makes it more focused. Next when you get to the education part you may want to make the “west Lafayette” text a lot smaller because it is not really that important, and if it were smaller the more important text could stand out better. In the experiences section of your resume you might want to title it job experiences, and again I think you should make the city names and the dates much smaller in order to set less emphasis on them and more on the actually content of the resume. The only other thing you may want to consider is using bullet point format under your different jobs, also if you have 3 different segments under one job you need to have 3 under the others to create balance. I that you have great content in your resume and that an employer would really look twice at your resume if you could just make it a little easier to read.
Shane, overall your resume appears very organized and easy to read. So initially I was interested to read yours. I didn’t feel overwhelmed with information and felt I was able to get the information I needed appropriately. However, of course we all always have room for improvement. There were a few areas I think you could have worked on.
First, I’ll take a look at the look and overall feel. I didn’t really understand the point of your header line separator being blue. I don’t think your applying for some sort of design job, so you don’t need to really make your resume flashy. Stick to the necessities and the recruiters who will be reading your resume will get the information they need out of it just fine. Next, I was a little lost on your organization of your major and minor. I had trouble differentiating between the two. Also I’m not sure why you listed you technology and management coursework. I would probably combine these in with your skill set. Other than these few things I think the rest of your document flowed pretty well.
The next thing I would like to address is your work experience. First off you did a very good job of being quick and to the point here. However in doing so you should use more appropriate parallel action verbs. Also, I like how you focused on the most relevant information first. This allows the reader to address the most interesting set of job related skills quickly.
Overall not a bad resume. I think if you clean up these few little quirks it would be a great resume. My biggest advice would be to put yourself in any of your audience member’s shoes and think about what they would get from reading your resume and what they would think.
Resume Critique
The first impression that your resume brings is good. The header that provided is a real eye catcher, but there are a few things, that I believe, should be changed.
The initial layout of information is good, but it is a little confusing once you start getting into it and reading. There is little distinction between the different areas of your resume. It looks like you are lacking the space needed to differentiate between the different areas. I recommend that you remove the references section all together. In my past course work, many professors say that you should leave that part out because employers automatically assume that you would be willing to provide such information if they were to request it. This would help create some more room to make a distinct separation between topic areas. Another area that you could further edit or move would be the area that you explain technical and managing course work. Moving the information down to where you identify your ROTC work might create yet a few more lines of space.
In the end this is a nice resume that would easily catch the eye of an employer, but it might not leave the proper impression that you were wanting to leave.
Nice job on this resume, I do
Nice job on this resume, I do however feel that it is a little too busy with overpowering text. I feel that you have a lot of good quality information but that you might have too much information. I think that many employers and Human Recourses Representatives like to have a resume that is a very quick, easy read, one that has great quality information but that is simple. I think that the header of the resume is great, but you may want to start by revising your objective statement so that it starts in a more powerful, eye catching way. You can do this by starting it with a powerful verb such as “to obtain”, this just makes it more focused. Next when you get to the education part you may want to make the “west Lafayette” text a lot smaller because it is not really that important, and if it were smaller the more important text could stand out better. In the experiences section of your resume you might want to title it job experiences, and again I think you should make the city names and the dates much smaller in order to set less emphasis on them and more on the actually content of the resume. The only other thing you may want to consider is using bullet point format under your different jobs, also if you have 3 different segments under one job you need to have 3 under the others to create balance. I that you have great content in your resume and that an employer would really look twice at your resume if you could just make it a little easier to read.
Resume critique
Shane, overall your resume appears very organized and easy to read. So initially I was interested to read yours. I didn’t feel overwhelmed with information and felt I was able to get the information I needed appropriately. However, of course we all always have room for improvement. There were a few areas I think you could have worked on.
First, I’ll take a look at the look and overall feel. I didn’t really understand the point of your header line separator being blue. I don’t think your applying for some sort of design job, so you don’t need to really make your resume flashy. Stick to the necessities and the recruiters who will be reading your resume will get the information they need out of it just fine. Next, I was a little lost on your organization of your major and minor. I had trouble differentiating between the two. Also I’m not sure why you listed you technology and management coursework. I would probably combine these in with your skill set. Other than these few things I think the rest of your document flowed pretty well.
The next thing I would like to address is your work experience. First off you did a very good job of being quick and to the point here. However in doing so you should use more appropriate parallel action verbs. Also, I like how you focused on the most relevant information first. This allows the reader to address the most interesting set of job related skills quickly.
Overall not a bad resume. I think if you clean up these few little quirks it would be a great resume. My biggest advice would be to put yourself in any of your audience member’s shoes and think about what they would get from reading your resume and what they would think.