Help With Resume
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Why not highlight your Linux experience?
Instead of saying "deployed Openfire and Owncloud," I would say something like this.
- Researched, implemented, and deployed Enterprise level messaging platform and File Sharing Platform on Linux Servers. Tasked as system admin for these server(s) and application. Some of my duties include frequent Operating System Updates, Application Updates, Testing, GPOs, and Security.
Doesn't that sound a million and a half times better?
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@IRJ Yes, it does. Thank you.
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Nobody cares about setting up accounts so I would either completely remove that information or phrase it in a way that is more impressive.
Instead of saying Setup accounts for new hire
- Active Directory duties include user management, GPOs, group membership management, file permission management, etc.
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Drop the iPads and iPhones. If you have this much experience nobody is worried whether or not you can support an iPad
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Instead of saying work with vendor to solve problems.
- System Admin on system1, system2, system3, system4, and system5. Some responsibilities include Operating System Updates, Applications Updates, Working with Vendor Support, Application Upgrades, Server and Application Backups, Testing, and Disaster Recovery.
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Take a minute and think about your target audience and what message you are trying to send. This will help a lot. Try to read your resume from the perspective of someone you'd want potentially hiring you. What would the information that you choose to include on your resume tell them about how you view yourself?
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Looking way better.
Now make the font for Skills and Employment just a tad later. They get lost in with the other headers. Or add a line underthem. Something to break up the page.
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@scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:
Looking way better.
Now make the font for Skills and Employment just a tad later. They get lost in with the other headers. Or add a line underthem. Something to break up the page.
Agree. That looks nice. I like the bulleted items....easy to scan for by both eyes and by whatever scanning tools they use for keywords.
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@scottalanmiller Done. I removed a lot of the filler from my older jobs to make it fit on a single page.
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@alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:
@scottalanmiller Done. I removed a lot of the filler from my older jobs to make it fit on a single page.
Yup, the older a job is, the leaner it should be.
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I should add that I never put an address on a resume. That is none of their business, it's inappropriate information for this stage of the process. Only HR gets your address and only after you are hired. Email and maybe phone number, that's it.
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@scottalanmiller Thanks Scott. All of you guys are awesome. I appreciate the help.
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Hope that it helps!
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Looks pretty good now. Only saw the "before" from the screencaps.
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@scottalanmiller said in Help With Resume:
Looking way better.
Now make the font for Skills and Employment just a tad later. They get lost in with the other headers. Or add a line underthem. Something to break up the page.
My capitalization and pluralization are wrong in a few places (see last bullet point)
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We're looking for a junior SA.
https://careers-riainvision.icims.com/jobs/2517/systems-administrator/job
Get your resume submitted, eh? -
@Grey Im in FL and you are in CO. Thats one hell of a commute.
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So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:
Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?
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@alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:
So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:
Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?
Sounds like filler to me. When I see that stuff I think "this guy copied stuff from a college class where the professor has no idea how resumes work - this is obvious boilerplate". I know lots of people are told to put this stuff on, but I use this as an example of why collleges aren't useful for professionals.
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@alex.olynyk said in Help With Resume:
So wife showed my resume to her boss and she suggests I add this:
Results driven professional offering a progressive, 17 year career in information technology.
Expertly manage technical support operations and troubleshooting issues to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
Process improvement champion researching ways to strengthen security, enhance efficiency, and control costs.I want to sell myself but don't want to sound over confident. Thoughts?
I agree with @scottalanmiller . It is fluff, but having the 17+ years experience statement on top of the resume helps. I do something similiar with my resume. All the other stuff is just fluff though. @alex-olynyk let me know if you would like to see my resume via pm.
