Resume Critique
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@eddiejennings One thing @scottalanmiller said in response to my resume was to build myself up FOR my resume. I had a specific interest in Linux and as such worked on Ansible, Graylog, a Jumpbox, Samba AD, Mattermost, Active Directory built entirely in Linux, etc. www.udemy.com is a GREAT resource that @IRJ recommended to me. I am currently in the process of learning Ansible, Puppet, and Salt.
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In your final - loos the boarder around the skills - nearly all resumes are digitally scanned and coded for key word searches. Boarders screw it up and you may get lost on a good position.
Any formal education - should also be listed. This isn't being negative - just not knowing your past... do you have any other experience? if possible - can you go back more than five years?
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@gjacobse said in Resume Critique:
In your final - loos the boarder around the skills - nearly all resumes are digitally scanned and coded for key word searches. Boarders screw it up and you may get lost on a good position.
Any formal education - should also be listed. This isn't being negative - just not knowing your past... do you have any other experience? if possible - can you go back more than five years?
For IT, 4 years is it. I do hold an Associate’s degree from a technical college. From my past career (8 years of teaching experience) I hold a Master of Music Education degree. Methinks my teaching experience and music degrees wouldn’t be relevant though.
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@eddiejennings said in Resume Critique:
@gjacobse said in Resume Critique:
In your final - loos the boarder around the skills - nearly all resumes are digitally scanned and coded for key word searches. Boarders screw it up and you may get lost on a good position.
Any formal education - should also be listed. This isn't being negative - just not knowing your past... do you have any other experience? if possible - can you go back more than five years?
For IT, 4 years is it. I do hold an Associate’s degree from a technical college. From my past career (8 years of teaching experience) I hold a Master of Music Education degree. Methinks my teaching experience and music degrees wouldn’t be relevant though.
Actually they do - shows organizational skills, and critical thinking.
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@wirestyle22 said in Resume Critique:
@eddiejennings One thing @scottalanmiller said in response to my resume was to build myself up FOR my resume. I had a specific interest in Linux and as such worked on Ansible, Graylog, a Jumpbox, Samba AD, Mattermost, Active Directory built entirely in Linux, etc. www.udemy.com is a GREAT resource that @IRJ recommended to me. I am currently in the process of learning Ansible, Puppet, and Salt.
Wait - didn't you leave IT?
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I personally don't like the large name at the top. Though, that's just my own opinion.
For Windows, add 2008 & 2008 R2; lets face is - if you know 2016, 2012 & 2012 R2, you will be absolutely fine with 2008 R2 & 2008.
Reduced telecommunication costs by 50%, from what to what?
That 2012 domain, did it include new server hardware? What did you use, Hyper-V? vSAN? Failover Cluster? Stick those project details in. The new domain and servers have improved what? Add metrics of some sort (new domain, servers, lines etc, took us from a 99.98% service availability to 99.995% availability securing x additional y per year in z...
Maintained software compliance... cool. But did you also do things like find ways to spend less on software? Add that in...
You used spice works for ticketing, but what about network/infrastructure monitoring?
'I setup PRTG Monitor to track system availability, errors/logs/ updates etc... improving overall performance of abc...I've always liked to see at the top of a CV a couple of lines on hat you want next. Aka, 'I am actively looking for my next challenge focusing on virtualisation and storage.' It tells me where you want to go straight away...
What about things you are currently learning? Powershell? VMWare? Studying another cert? Get it on the CV... it will be flagged and you get in the pile to check.
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Have you setup WSUS for updates? Using GPO to roll out the policy to the clients? Get that on.
Why did you move to 2012 domain? Ware the systems before that out of MS support and insecure? So you... actually improved security as the systems etc are now being updated and patched? Hmmm, perhaps. Perhaps not. Say why you went to 2012...
Any automation? Or what about backu management/testing of restores. Did you setup DR? Get that on?
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@tim_g said in Resume Critique:
I liked it.
Just something quick that immediately stood out:
I didn't like seeing the "from scratch" in there. "Implemented Windows Server 2012 domain" says it all. It may be just a nitpick, but thought I'd mention it.
I would agree, when possible, less is more.
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Change "Freelance IT Professional" into "Consultant" or something like that.
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Dokuwiki is mispelled.
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@gjacobse said in Resume Critique:
In your final - loos the boarder around the skills - nearly all resumes are digitally scanned and coded for key word searches. Boarders screw it up and you may get lost on a good position.
Any formal education - should also be listed. This isn't being negative - just not knowing your past... do you have any other experience? if possible - can you go back more than five years?
reallllyyyyy.... good to know, i have borders all over my resume.....
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Good point by @gjacobse about education. The resume is short and you want to at least fill a single page. Dropping degrees would not make sense here. At times, maybe, I know that @scottalanmiller does that. But on a one page resume, having some educational background information is probably quite valuable.
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@scottalanmiller said in Resume Critique:
Change "Freelance IT Professional" into "Consultant" or something like that.
I think Freelance implies he wasn't incorporated or LLC or anything like that. Personally liable. Consultant implies that he was.
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@tim_g How does "consultant" imply incorporation?
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because "freelance" doesn't.
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@tim_g said in Resume Critique:
because "freelance" doesn't.
That's not really a good argument.
I am going to have to agree with Scott on this, I would much rather see Consultant than Freelance. To me, freelance sounds like that guy who fixed his friends computer in the late 90s. The term just doesn't come across as professional sounding to me.
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@computerchip said in Resume Critique:
The term just doesn't come across as professional sounding to me.
It's not meant to.
I do agree "Consultant" sounds much better, but there is a difference between a freelancer and consultant.
If what he did was consulting, then he should list consulting. If he was freelancing, well, he can still put consulting or decorate it however he wants... and when asked about it, he can clarify.
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@tim_g said in Resume Critique:
@computerchip said in Resume Critique:
The term just doesn't come across as professional sounding to me.
It's not meant to.
I do agree "Consultant" sounds much better, but there is a difference between a freelancer and consultant.
If what he did was consulting, then he should list consulting. If he was freelancing, well, he can still put consulting or decorate it however he wants... and when asked about it, he can clarify.
Right, the full term is "freelance consultant." But we don't care that he was freelance, only that he was a consultant.
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I appreciate the feedback thus far. When I get home from work, I'll review it, answer questions, and make some edits.
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@gjacobse said in Resume Critique:
In your final - loos the boarder around the skills - nearly all resumes are digitally scanned and coded for key word searches. Boarders screw it up and you may get lost on a good position.
It is a sad state of things if borders screw up scanning.
