Resume peer editing

rmarschk's picture

Here is a copy of my resume. Any comments would be great

Comments

SNL53's picture

Peer Review

1. In the objective you can be more specific and include the name of the corporate internship or training program that you are applying for.
2. The layout is a little confusing and it is kind of hard to find some of the information. It may be better if you put the "Objective", "Employment", etc. titles to the left or make them bolder so that they stand out more. The Boy Scouts of America and other two activities seem to be lost without a proper title. You could maybe title these Activities or Community Service.
3. It fits on the page okay but some of the font seems really small while other parts seem large.
4. Overall not bad, the font on the employment descriptions seems a little hard to read.
5. There are headings used correctly but they may be easier to read if they stood out a little more.
6. You may want to put the education above the employment because it seems to be more relevant to the job that you are applying for.
7. It does for the most part because your major is management and accounting but you may have a few things that you could add to either the objective or other information to make it more relevant.
8. You may be able to elaborate on the "Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Fraternity" and "Purdue Accounting Association" by listing any responsibilities with these.
9. I think it would help if the education was before experience.
10. A few of the items begin with action verbs but some of them do not, such as: "over", "annual", and "responsibilites". You may want to list the responsibilites under the "Hudson Soccer Association Head Referee" seperately.
11. It does for the most part but some of the terminology could be more specific.
12. For the most part, but may want to start the dates on the same line instead of justified all the way to the right.
13. The resumes information is overall pretty good but I think that if you organized it a little better it would be a lot more effective and easier to look over in a short amount of time.

Comments

1. Maybe you want to write the computer skills under another title and not under education and training
2. I like the title in the center but it’s kind of confusing having the subtitles with the same format as the titles
3. It fits perfectly in one page. It looks perfectly spaced.
4. The bold in the Purdue education part might be too much and confusing.
5. I would consider using bold only in the titles and subtitles.
6. I don’t find a part to be better placed.
7. I think it does support it considering your working experience and your minor.
8. I think the length of the resume is perfect and I wouldn’t change it.
9. Not all of them start with action verbs; some of the bullets should be rephrased.
10. I think that’s the best part of your resume, I liked how you used numbers with everything.
11. Yes, it has a good alignment.
12. You have a very good content and it would be very appealing if you just change some of the format.

mcmichel's picture

Resume Peer Editing

1. To make your resume better, I suggest you be more specific to the job position, list a couple skills, and incorporate the business name into your objective.
2. To make your resume more pleasing to the eye, I suggest aligning your titles of each section (objective, employment, education, etc.) on the the left hand side. This makes your resume much neater, more professionally appealing, and better on the eye.
3. The resume fits comfortably on one page.
4. The resume can easily be read and no crazy fonts are used.
5. Your bolding of headers is used effectively, but may be a bit much on highlighting your whole education section. The only part that should be highlighted, other than your titles for each part, is your major. When an employer reviews an application, your major should stand amongst the rest of the information.
6. Like previously stated in answer 2, the titles of each section need to be aligned on the left hand side of the page.
7. I think your objective is a bit vague and can use some tweaking. It needs to clearly state the position you are interested in pursuing and some qualities you possess that will be ideal for this job.
8. The resume looks good in length. Can you elaborate on any awards received in boys scouts?
9. Emphasize your education because that is the most important. Put it at the top, then place employment right below.
10. The bulleted items are placed in the order of importance, but not all of them begin with an action verb.
11. Yes, business lingo is used.
12. Yes, the resume passes the tests. Alignments of titles need to revised to the left side. Then further indentations can be made from there.
13. Overall I rate this satisfactory. A few changes need to be made, such as: with alignments, order of importance in sections and a stronger objective.