I just graduated from UCF about a month ago and so far I've had no luck. My degree is in MIS so I'm looking for something IT related in the Orlando area. Preferably not tech support but since thats where all my experience is in I'll consider it if the position is right.

If you're intrestested you can take a look at my resume from this link:

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~jas75163/WebResume.doc

I've been trying to find something for a month now so this is starting to get pretty old. If anyone knows of any openings I would appreciate it if you could let me know. My e-mail address is soma0007@yahoo.com

Thanks!

 

Jason-

A little constructive criticism, your resume is too plain and doesn't stand out. What you listed for your objective isn't what employers want to see. For objective, you list the job you're applying for (Ex: Chief Info. Consultant, Charge Nurse, Staff Accountant). When employers see what you (and most other students) wrote for the objective, it doesn't suggest personal interest in that particular company because they're going to think you're sending that same resume to everyone. Also, make it longer than one page at your own risk. Your resume should be one page max. You NEED to put your e-mail address on the resume too.

 

SFB767,

Thanks for the suggestions, I do appreciate it. I could have sworn I had my e-mail address on there somewhere...

Anyhow I usually do my customization in the cover letter (ie matching their requirements to my qualifications) but now I will extend that into the resume as well.

I will also try to be more specific when it comes to my objective.

As for the length I keep hearing conflicting advice. Some, like yourself say no more than one page else it goes into the circular file. Others say make it as long as it needs to be but keep it concise. As you saw I tend to side with the later arguement because I don't see how I could fit all my qualifications on one page without making it too vauge. Do you have a good one page resume I could see? Perhaps that would help me slim mine down a little.

Thanks again!

 

I've taken a few classes on making resumes and having job interviews. They do say to keep your resume to one page only. From what I gathered from glancing at yours I can suggest...

1. You can list your work experience locations/dates as just a plain list. (Try not to have any gaps in the dates, maybe include time in school)

2. Then you then could list your job descriptions as skills or work experience in a different section. Keep the most important stuff and add in the less important ones if you have extra space.

3. You can trim down your areas of expertise by listing "software" as on line, hardware as one. Maybe list the type of customer service.

4. Or you can use cloumns to put short line lists side by side. Sometimes it's good to have some mixed formatting, it kinda looks like a resume template from Microsoft Word right now.

 

Not to argue but I don't think resume length is a "one size fits all" type of thing. A person with many (10+) years of experience can't hope to fit everything on one page without being too vauge. However, since I'm not one of those people perhaps I should reconsider...

I believe what you're describing is called a functional resume as opposed to traditional chronological one. I considered one but my understanding is most recruiters/HR people despise them as it looks like you're trying to hide something.

Ok, so it is/was a Word template It looks like I need to reformat it to make it a more visually appealing.

Thanks to both of you for the help, its quite timely as I had a recruiter call me today regarding a temp position I applied to. She said my background was good but I needed to elaborate more on my Windows XP experience for her client. I won't have time to re-write the entire resume (shes expecting it in the morning) but there definately appears to be more room for improvement.

 

Ok, so I lied. I re-did the entire thing making it all one page and I reformated it so it looks more attractive (I hope).

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~jas75163/WebResume2.doc

I also tried to customize it in response to the job listing I got a call about today. You can see it here:

http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/ser...0&c=1&source=1

Unfortunately they told me the pay rate was a typo, its not quite that high Not that I'm complaining, beggars can't be choosers afterall...

Let me know what you guys think.

 

have you tried scoring a job on monster.com /

 

Yeah, I know what you're talking about when it comes to resumes longer than one page. They're usually for engineers, PC people, etc. that have to list projects on there, etc., etc.

I'll show you my resume, but not on here. I'll be free on campus Monday from 10-1 if you want to meet up.

By the way, your new resume looks 100 times better.