4 Year Retail Drone looking to get into new markets, please take 1 minute to tell me why my resume sucks.
well, I've been stressing out over this for a bit now, have tried several different formats to try and cut down the bulk but I can never get it to just one page. mainly, I'm wondering if it'd be better to start wit most recent job first and move backwards (how it is now but feels weird) or starting with my first job. should i even include my first job? the position I've set this hypothetical up for is a direct sales position with a corporate company (not my field, really, but their requisites line up) and so I'm guessing I shouldn't include it for lengths' sake? I also just want it to be shown how hard of a worker and loyal I am (several years at 2+ companies).
also: as for education, my issue is that I'm only a HS grad, just a little college, not currently attending so it's not really worth including an education field in the body of the resume, amiright? but is it super tacky to include it like I did up next to my personal info? kinda lost here, any and all suggestions welcome.
oh! and i'm looking to apply for server positions as well, so wondering if in that case it's worth sacrificing the 1 page rule in order to include my first job (fast food-although a nicer place)
thanks so much in advance. here it is: take a look
Posted Nov 29, 2012, 11:15 PM UTC
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Don't say 3 companies; 3 in 4 years might make you look flighty. You don't want to say what YOU want; you want to highlight what you can offer the employer. Try this:
Your layout's a little bland and hard to read. Rename 'Sales Representative' with 'Career profile' and have a line running underneath it extending to the right margin so each section stands out. Then have a blank line between sections (i.e., before 'professional experience') and again, underline that header. Put your dates over on the right so they are easier to read.
This is waaay too verbose. Remove any reference to "I" to sound more professional.
(remove personal confidence - they want to know what you can do for them and it makes you sound like a wet blanket)
This essentially highlights all of your achievements succinctly but if you want to add more:
should =
should =
"Operator/Back-of-House Specialist" (job title)
(again, remove all personal and nostalgia stuff. You need to sound like you can get the job done).
should =
Honestly, I don't think you need this, as you've (or I have, haha) basically stated exactly this in your bullet points above.
Tl;dr bullet points, cut it down, it's not an autobiography. ;)
hey thanks a ton! I really appreciate the input. totally agree, and kinda saw that coming, oddly enough I had already cut a ton of fluff out but it seems there's still a lot more.
thanks for the tip about not using "I", that actually made a lot of sense, don't know why I hadn't thought of that.
now a question: I hear what you're saying about the first section, Sales Representative etc, But I was actually using that as my "branding statement" that I keep reading about on here. but this forum's also made me fear using terms like "objective" and "profile" but if you think that's the way to go I'll consider it.
thanks again for your time! any other takers?
I see why you used it, but the way your formatting went, it looked like a header, and 'sales representative' is a weird header.