Fixing My Resume
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• IT technical articles published on several notable websites, including VMware and Spiceworks
• Spoke at an Spiceworld global IT conference on methods for best building relationships between vendors and companies
• Setup own website running Wordpress on LAMP server as a virtual machine on ESXi 5.1
• Setup and networked 2,700 laptops for Tableau conference in Las Vegas, NV -
Resident Onsite Technician February 2015-September 2015
Staples Clay, NY
Technical support and sales.
• Technical support on and off site ranging from new computer setups, training, troubleshooting & networking
• Sell electronics but especially computers with a focus on upselling and adding attachments
• Act as a guide and trainer to newer associates in matters of technical troubleshooting and improving sales skills -
There we go, with the few little word rearrangements that I did, we had to drop NOTHING and it fits in a single page. You had an entire page of just filler there.
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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!
