Is my resume still BADHi, everybody! Can you please critique my resume, again? Because last month or so, I had a career counselor help me fix my resume; but even though I think my resume is better, I'm still not getting any interviews. So, can you please critique my resume, again? Thank you! Here's my resume: Objective Data Entry Clerk position, with a potential for advancement utilizing my current educationEducation ****** (********, **), Associate in Applied Science Degree, Web Design (May 2008) Computer Proficiencies Publisher Illustrator QuarkXPress
Database Management System Data Validation Indexed Organization Employment History Web Designer, ************ (*****, **), June 2005–Present
· Designed company website tapped into billion dollar market and reached 100 million dollar sales mark in 2005 through website promotion · Scanned image using Adobe Photoshop, applied color correction, and applied unsharp mask
Internship, ***** for Congress (*******, **), January 2002–January 2003 Internship, ******* Chamber of Commerce (********, **), June 1998–June 2003 · ...[Message truncated]
Hi. Why hasn't anybody responded to my post, yet? Why does everybody in this message board think that I'm annoying because I keep asking for help with my resume and cover letter? If so, then what's wrong with asking for help?
You don't have a completed degree that is in any way related to your "objective" So if you are pursuing webdesign, why are you applying for data entry clerk positions? either summarize your applicable skills in a coherent phrase or two e.g. Summary of Qualifications, and/or move your education to the end. for starters. It may be that people don't know how to help you, because your resume is confusing. Why are you looking for a data-entry position with your background? And your objective statement references your education, but your education is not a necessity for the job you say you are seeking. If that type of job is really what you want, you have to, as someone else said, move your education to the end of your resume, then focus your job experience on the tasks & skills you have used that are directly applicable to the type of job you are looking for. Right now, in reading your resume, an employer likely cannot see how your experience, other than your in-depth computer knowledge, relates to a data-entry position. Except to make you overqualified for one. You have to target your resume closely to the job you want. That may mean highlighting aspects of your career & education that were not "key" then, but are key to the job you want. Have you done actual straight-on data-entry work in conjunction with your job? Then highlight it, as in "designed database and was responsible for entering updates, new customers, etc." How fast can you keyboard? Put that in there. Or, maybe you need to be looking for a job more in line with your background....
1. Why on earth would anyone hire you for a data entry position? Not only are you overqualified, but you're underqualified as well - you have no data entry experience listed. 2. Why on earth would you look for a data entry clerk position, anyway? 3. You say you had a career counselor prepare that resume with you? Bluntly, never use him or her again.
Steven, FYI, you replied to my post (which says basically what you are saying--we are in agreement!) instead of the OP. Seems to be a problem with this new board--hard to keep track of to whom one is responding!
It seems that the organization of the resume is confusing....the long list...the opposite skill set of what you are applying for. I would take a deep breath, review some of the sample resumes out there and start over.
Besides the other comments, I notice some poor grammar and punctuationissues. You have mixed up words ending in "ed" with words ending in"ing". They need to agree. Also, try using complete sentencesrather than fragments. E.g. "Designed company website tapped....." Thismakes no sense, it needs a period. | |
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