[ENTrePenuer]

I have done server management and network management but my resume looks very entpish, in order to make it past the HR Trolls (SJ's of some sort) to the technical people (NT's or malformed NF's) I need some help.



Anyone care to help me out.

[Jinxies]

How long have you worked at your positions, any specific projects you were a key player of, any quantitative results that you can add to spice it up?

I'm not sure what you have to work with to give you any help with :)

[openedskittles]

Quantify your results as best as possible, do NOT include an objective (usually does more harm than help, and is a very dated practice today anyway). It would be more helpful if I knew what else you had on there and how you were setting this up.

[dude10000]

What openedskittles said. Keep things simple, direct, specific, and relevant.

Imagine yourself as a person who has to sift through dozens, if not hundreds, of resumes. What kind of resume would you like to read, even on stylistic grounds? What kinds would annoy you? Which ones would sound pretentious? Which ones go immediately in the garbage can?

Just use a little imagination. Do your own thing, but make sure you own it. Keep your purpose in mind-- you're applying for jobs, not expressing yourself.

[CrimsonIce]

I'm in rather disagreement with keeping the resume concise and to the point. List your past job references and what your future plans are. There is nothing wrong with showing you have future ambitions. I've also included cover letters selling myself as some wonderful fairy of a sort. If the resume reader is sifting through dozens-hundreds of resumes why should I partake more than one minute to make it customized for a particular employer.

[openedskittles]

I'm in rather disagreement with keeping the resume concise and to the point. List your past job references and what your future plans are. There is nothing wrong with showing you have future ambitions. I've also included cover letters selling myself as some wonderful fairy of a sort. If the resume reader is sifting through dozens-hundreds of resumes why should I partake more than one minute to make it customized for a particular employer.

This sounds like a good idea, but is probably doing more harm than help. You should never have more than 1 page resume and it should not have references on it because you should have better things to fill up that space and the nature of a resume really leaves you with no appropriate place to discuss future ambitions, which should really only be touched upon if extremely relevant and in the cover letter. You should have references available upon request ideally. Cover letters are pretty standard, but keep it objective and show that you know what you're talking about and that you are serious about your interest in the job and the company instead of encroaching too much on what they want from the interview if they decide that you are serious