Resume Writing Tips

[YUCI1004]

....I don't know how to write resume in other country, but in china, when you write resume, you'd better write your work experiece perticularly. and give detailed what you had done in your past job experiece, what role you are in your position. and of course your accomplishments-----this is extremly important! they will be the best thing to reveal your ability!

a good konwledge background is wonderful ,but if you do not attend university study will not a big problem. our employer just want to find the most suitable employee for the job. especially those who can do the job directly!or have some relevant experience.

if the employee do not have any relevant experience, you'd better get to know clearly the main tasks of the job you apply, and try your best to find out the relevant between your extra-job and this job.

i think interview is much more important than resume, and in resume, work experience is much more important than educational background!

....i don't know whether i express clearly...==||||

[lookout123]

I've literally looked at thousands of resumes as a recruiter, headhunter, sales manager, etc. I would make the resume along the lines of:


Mr Funny Name
123 buttcrack st
Moscow, TX 47198

Experience

XYZ company 2000-Present

Current job title 07-08
*Mad skill one
*Mad skill two
*Mad skill three
*Mad skill four
*Big accomplishment

Previous job title 05-06
*Mad skill
*Mad skill
*Mad skill
*Big accomplishment

Previous job title 04-05
*mad skill
*mad skill
*Big accomplishment

COK Company 03-04
Job title

BOLS Company 02-04
Job title

TYT Company 01-03
Job Title

Education
Currently working on _____degree
Any, and I mean Any certifications you do have
OJT
Self education (you obviously learned the skills you have, point out the systems you've learned in comparison to some class)

___________________________________________________
Create a separate cover page for each job you send the resume. It can be a generic letter, with just a bit of customization for the company. Should state why you want to move (advancement, opportunities for further growth, possible better training opportunity)

___________________________________________________
Place most of your emphasis on your current job since it is the only one that you want to build upon. Show a progression of responsibility and authority from job title to job title. Previous jobs are mentioned as company name and title only, just so they can see you have and have been working for years. You are encouraging them to ask you about your choices without wasting valuable resume space with unrelated skills stuff.

[glatt]

That's exactly what I want to see in a resume. Lookout did a better job of describing it.

[Flint]

Thanks, lookout. And thanks, everybody, again.

Originally Posted by lookout123

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Currently working on _____degree
...
...
Self education (you obviously learned the skills you have, point out the systems you've learned in comparison to some class)

For my job, there is no university degree. It doesn't exist.

My current title calls for:

Associates Degree in Computer Applications (preferred) or equivalent work experience

I have the experience, and I'm about halfway through an associate's in networking.

Everything I have is self education/OJT, and that will be made obvious in the "mad skills" section.
I obviously have to know how to do what I'm already doing; I'm just not sure how to describe that "in comparison to some class" ...

I'm struggling with education as a section. My education is in my job history. I don't want to have a weak-looking section.

[lookout123]

Associates Degree in Computer Applications

That's a degee.

List your OJT in your education section as exactly that:

On Job Training
*adh+
*buttkissing 202
*world fixing
* etc.

[Flint]

I want to thank you all again for all your advice. Many of you guys on here I consider role models in the IT field.

I have this thread open, both pages on a separate tab, while working on my resume while my daughter is taking a nap and my wife is at the store with little man.

I do so many different things it's a huge organizational task to list it all out. Haven't done that since my review two years ago, where they took what I typed up and copy/pasted it as my job description.

Now I'm trying to condense it into a list of concrete skillsets and accomplishments.

I wish I could just write "I will learn whatever system you have, because, look -- that's what I do!"

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Flint

Many of you guys on here I consider role models in the IT field.

You're welcome, sweetie!

[tw]

Originally Posted by Flint

I do so many different things it's a huge organizational task to list it all out. Haven't done that since my review two years ago, where they took what I typed up and copy/pasted it as my job description.

Now I'm trying to condense it into a list of concrete skillsets and accomplishments.

Different formats were proposed. You must decide what about yourself to sell. For example, do you sell your stability of employment? Then list the various types of jobs with how you worked those jobs until whatever. Do you sell your ability to grasp or grow in a job? Then sell how you took on new responsibility and how you did more than work a job - how you trained yourself. Do you sell yourself with experience to adapt to any jobs - from construction to flipping hamburgers to data processing, etc. Again, then sell that experience noting how each job was so different and how you adapted no matter what the job.

IOW before the resume format is selected, first decide what it is you want to sell yourself on. Chances are the resume may be written from different perspectives. Only then may it become apparent what is the best way to sell yourself.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Or write all the available formats and pick which one tells the story best. If you find yourself struggling with a format, it's probably not a good one for you.