Solved Fixing My Resume
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Ok, with Scott's help, we got it down to one page!
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Size looks good. Look at some of the small edits that I made in some of those posts. You still want to trim back pointless words and stuff.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Size looks good. Look at some of the small edits that I made in some of those posts. You still want to trim back pointless words and stuff.
Ok, went back and fixed all that. So, that being said, how's it look?
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Much better!!
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@gjacobse what do you think?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Much better!!
@scottalanmiller said:
@gjacobse what do you think?
I feel like it leaves off a lot of my business IT experience but I can explain more in an interview. Hopefully this will get me more of those!
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Here is the final link to a PDF version. @gjacobse and @Minion-Queen , what do you think?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/csauhoqzb90k8u0/A.J. Stringham Resume.pdf?dl=0 -
I have sent out a few copies of the new resume tonight to some local IT jobs...I'll report back with results.
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Good luck!
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@thanksajdotcom Good luck
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Good luck A.J
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@scottalanmiller said:
@gjacobse what do you think?
Looks pretty good.
One thing too about resumes. you need more than one. it needs to be tailored to the company and job you are applying for. you can also have a submission resume, and a interview resume. The resume and coverletter are to get you in the door and in front of someone. Once you are there,.. you want more information in front of them.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Good luck!
Go forth and conquer.
mind set - you are a full time employee right now, you my not realize it. your job is getting a job. Even if it isn't where you want to go (do we ever know were that is?) each job is experience and a place to step off to the next one.
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Looks good!
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I've actually never done the resume tailoring thing. I always just made one strong one and stuck to it. But I never went for IT & sales as two different jobs either.
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Looks like the process produced something really good, The final product looks tight and easy to skim but full of useful information.
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Less than 24 hours after sending out the newly revised resume, it's already gotten me one callback!
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Congrats!
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Good job. Or should I say, Good Job?
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Thought everyone would be excited to know that the resume you all helped me write awhile ago, especially with the help of @scottalanmiller , @gjacobse and a couple others, was used to interview for an IT job this week. When reading the resume, the guy actually at one point said "Wow...you're not an entry level technician..." to which I tried to be humble about it and I said "I've done a lot of different stuff". I should be hearing from them soon. The guy who interviewed me is the owner, and I'll be following up Monday, considering he was out of town for a couple days this week. But I wanted to give a HUGE THANK YOU to the entire MangoLassi community for helping me in this regard!!!
