Calling all resume doctors.

[MrFun]

Okay, my resumes are not getting me any interviews. So, I have revised my resumes a few times over the past months based on advice from other people.

But what does anyone on here think? I have attached them to this posting.

[SlowwHand]

AndrewR.Resume.doc
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Also:
If you're going to be at Linked In, what you've put there needs work.

[MrFun]

I changed the attachments and clicked on the links - they opened automatically using Microsoft Word.

[SlowwHand]

Works now.

Is there any way that you can state how you made things better in your previous work?

[BlackCat]

Uhmn, the "Research Associate" sounds like a chimpansee doing something instructed. While that probably is a correct description of what you did, I think that you should make it a bit more interesting.

About the instructor parts, I cant' help since I don't know how such is expected to be phrased.

[BlackCat]

I may have ben a bit short - IMHO a "Research Associate" do something that supports the research - that could be as simple as scanning a bunch of docs, but reading that in a resume would be a downer. It's fine that you can do simple tasks, but it really isn't "reseach". It's fine that you have participated in a research project, but just scanning isn't enough. Drop that unless you can document that you for example was a main driver in categorising the docs.

Just to clarify : Your resume says that your research experience is to scan docs wich a burger flipper at mcD can do.

I have no intention to be neither offensive or rude, so it's my honest answer.

[HalfLotus]

I thought all you boys were dying to join the military. Don't need much of a resume for that line of work.

[BlackCat]

I thought all you boys were dying to join the military. Don't need much of a resume for that line of work.

I don't know if MrFun want to join the army, but he probably don't want as long as he sureley would destroy the fighting ablility of the army - well at least accordingly to rightwing nutcases

[Riesstiu IV]

Mr. Fun is clearly a Saddam Hussein sympathizer. Just look at the guy in his avatar.

[MrFun]

I may have ben a bit short - IMHO a "Research Associate" do something that supports the research - that could be as simple as scanning a bunch of docs, but reading that in a resume would be a downer. It's fine that you can do simple tasks, but it really isn't "reseach". It's fine that you have participated in a research project, but just scanning isn't enough. Drop that unless you can document that you for example was a main driver in categorising the docs.

Just to clarify : Your resume says that your research experience is to scan docs wich a burger flipper at mcD can do.

I have no intention to be neither offensive or rude, so it's my honest answer.

Well, the title of that position really was Research Associate. So not sure why the Director called my position that, then.

[DaShi]

Uhmn, the "Research Associate" sounds like a chimpansee doing something instructed. While that probably is a correct description of what you did, I think that you should make it a bit more interesting.

About the instructor parts, I cant' help since I don't know how such is expected to be phrased.

Research Associate is a fairly common position for experienced researchers. It is one of the highest positions you can reach without a masters or PhD.

[DaShi]

I just scanned the first one and got bored. But a few quick points of advice:

1. Show accomplishments. Don't just list what you did, tell them the results of your actions. Also, there's a bit where you just copied a bullet point, don't do that.

2. Make it one page. You have a lot of jobs listed. A lot!!! Kill some of the earlier stuff that not relevant to the jobs you are applying for. Or just try to condense them into one heading. (see you've done this in the second one, good)

3. Put the months in your dates of employment

4. You've got to make the first part more catchy. Some people write a short summary of skills in a few sentences that basically sum up their highlights. You can list specific computer skills and stuff later. This allows your to fill your bullet points for each job with accomplishments. Depending on where you are applying the Abe Lincoln stuff is interesting and will make recruiters read more.

5. Can you speak Spanish? Put your fluency level under your skills

[DaShi]

Also, is 50 wpm fast? It doesn't sound fast to me.

[Hauldren Collider]

Yeah, I get around 90 words per minute when I'm typing up something from paper.

EDIT: Just did a couple typing tests. Ranges from 80-90.

[SlowwHand]

But a few quick points of advice:

1. Show accomplishments. Don't just list what you did, tell them the results of your actions.

That's what I said, but by now he thinks that anything I write to him is just to mess with him.