After reviewing your resume I noticed some very nice features and some that I think could be improved. I really liked how you included a career summary instead of an objective statement. I think this really helps since you have in a way decided to change career paths from construction to a more typical “engineering” career. This is also complemented by not simply having your major, minor, and GPA, but also a focus. This with you summary really lets them know where you are headed. I would have liked in you last line to include something about your internships rather than just saying you are going to “use the technical knowledge I’ve gained from my major”. It seems your leaving your real world experience behind and relying only on your knowledge from school. I also liked how you distinguished your skills sections into things you really proficient at verses things you have done. I think this will help you stand out and give the reader a sense of honesty, that your not trying to pull one over on them and tell them you good at things your not.
You have a lot of great information but I think your layout could use a boost. My initial reaction was that it seemed a bit wordy. By taking your main title points, education, work experience, and skills and making them their own column would give it a better flow. The handout under Friday of week 4 has some very helpful advice on columns. Also by bringing those to the left, you could indent the other information and really fill up the right side of the paper and give it a little more balance. There is a good example of column layout of pages six and seven of the handout.
I also thought you were selling your work experience a little short. Your career summary takes up as much space as your time with Mass. Electric. I would think a company would have a lot of interest in three summers of internships with the same company. Even if you have to drop the font a size and stretch the margins a bit, I would definitely fill this in a lot more.
I hope some of this helps. You have a lot of great stuff for a resume and probably even more that could be added.
The first thing I noticed about this resume is the career summary. This isn't a good thing though. It is sort of like an objective statement except way wordy-er. I would recommend editing the last two sentences down into one and making that your objective.
Moving to your work history. If you aren’t going to put what you did or why that position was valuable I wouldn’t put it on your resume. Since you’re looking for a construction/contracting job I might think about expanding upon electrical contractor job and removing the others. While you were only a laborer maybe you learned something about working for a contractor or gained something that you can apply to working at a contracting company. I think by trimming your career summary back you should be able to expand upon one more job that you’ve had.
Advanced in Microsoft Excel? That kind of language seems like resume filler to me. To help stand out I would change it to “capable of creating equations calculating blah, blah, blah.” Tell them way you are advanced in Microsoft Excel not just the fact that you are advanced.
I did like how you formatted your name at the top. It draws attention to it but it isn’t distracting. It also doesn’t take up that much room. You should some how distinguish between the section headings and the information in them. Maybe something as simple as underling the section heading or placing a horizontal rule between the section heading and information. That would help people skip to what they were looking for easier.
Resume Critique
After reviewing your resume I noticed some very nice features and some that I think could be improved. I really liked how you included a career summary instead of an objective statement. I think this really helps since you have in a way decided to change career paths from construction to a more typical “engineering” career. This is also complemented by not simply having your major, minor, and GPA, but also a focus. This with you summary really lets them know where you are headed. I would have liked in you last line to include something about your internships rather than just saying you are going to “use the technical knowledge I’ve gained from my major”. It seems your leaving your real world experience behind and relying only on your knowledge from school. I also liked how you distinguished your skills sections into things you really proficient at verses things you have done. I think this will help you stand out and give the reader a sense of honesty, that your not trying to pull one over on them and tell them you good at things your not.
You have a lot of great information but I think your layout could use a boost. My initial reaction was that it seemed a bit wordy. By taking your main title points, education, work experience, and skills and making them their own column would give it a better flow. The handout under Friday of week 4 has some very helpful advice on columns. Also by bringing those to the left, you could indent the other information and really fill up the right side of the paper and give it a little more balance. There is a good example of column layout of pages six and seven of the handout.
I also thought you were selling your work experience a little short. Your career summary takes up as much space as your time with Mass. Electric. I would think a company would have a lot of interest in three summers of internships with the same company. Even if you have to drop the font a size and stretch the margins a bit, I would definitely fill this in a lot more.
I hope some of this helps. You have a lot of great stuff for a resume and probably even more that could be added.
Resume Darft
The first thing I noticed about this resume is the career summary. This isn't a good thing though. It is sort of like an objective statement except way wordy-er. I would recommend editing the last two sentences down into one and making that your objective.
Moving to your work history. If you aren’t going to put what you did or why that position was valuable I wouldn’t put it on your resume. Since you’re looking for a construction/contracting job I might think about expanding upon electrical contractor job and removing the others. While you were only a laborer maybe you learned something about working for a contractor or gained something that you can apply to working at a contracting company. I think by trimming your career summary back you should be able to expand upon one more job that you’ve had.
Advanced in Microsoft Excel? That kind of language seems like resume filler to me. To help stand out I would change it to “capable of creating equations calculating blah, blah, blah.” Tell them way you are advanced in Microsoft Excel not just the fact that you are advanced.
I did like how you formatted your name at the top. It draws attention to it but it isn’t distracting. It also doesn’t take up that much room. You should some how distinguish between the section headings and the information in them. Maybe something as simple as underling the section heading or placing a horizontal rule between the section heading and information. That would help people skip to what they were looking for easier.
Andy