30 Days to a Better Man Day 6: Update Your Resume

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Villalobos Jr on June 5, 2009 at 10:11pm

This is perfect! Now i have double motivation for doing it. Career, as opposed to job, here i come!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Luevane on June 5, 2009 at 10:19pm

Family obligations will preclude me finishing this any time soon, but I will do it :)

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Permalink Reply by Chris Partida on June 6, 2009 at 12:12am

I had a job scare not too long ago, so I had mine updated, but spent some more time on it today (should've really tomorrow, but I couldn't wait).

I do need to really update the stylization of mine, since I do work in the design field. Right now it is simple, but not too simple. I need to create something more cutting edge, but still keep within the lines of acceptable.

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• Chris Partida_Resume.pdf, 431 KB

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Permalink Reply by Brett McKay on June 6, 2009 at 12:17pm

Chris-

I like the look of your resume. Very simple.

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Permalink Reply by javier alonso on June 6, 2009 at 12:12am

Done and attached, Brett. Thanks for the push, I just became an intern and needed to update my resume to move on new opportunities.

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• ALONSO DOMINGUEZ RESUME.doc, 57 KB

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Permalink Reply by Brett McKay on June 6, 2009 at 12:20pm

Impressive credentials! My only suggestion is to change the formatting a bit so you can try to get it on one page. It's a not a chisled in stone rule, but most HR experts suggest that a resume should only be one page.

I think this could be done by making the font a bit smaller. Other than that, very good!

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Permalink Reply by Darus Trutna on June 6, 2009 at 1:28am

Nice format if people would like to use it. I haven't really had a normal job so it is focused on leadership experience.

Suggestions welcome! :)

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• Resume modified for AoM (removed contact info).doc, 275 KB

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Permalink Reply by Brett McKay on June 6, 2009 at 12:22pm

This is a really great format! I'd definitely suggest people use this. Nice and clean and very scanable.

Also, impressive credentials! Army Commendation Medal= very cool. Thank you for your service!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Edward Wilson on June 6, 2009 at 2:23am

Done and done.

Not much to change - but always cathartic to trim it down to just over 1 page. No potential employer wants to wade through a 3-volume opus!

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• Mark Wilson CV.doc, 23 KB

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Permalink Reply by Craig Lloyd on June 6, 2009 at 9:24am

Hi Mark, I just had a look at your CV and have a few suggestions that I hope will be useful.

Perhaps you could move 'Education' fully on to the second page, which would allow you to adjust margins or whitespace to balance the spread and make it easier/less intimidating to read. I would also be careful about including age and nationality details - most employers will now ask for this information on a separate monitoring form so that there cannot be any predjudice claimed in the selection process. Here in N.Ireland I can't even mention the school I attended for this reason!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Edward Wilson on June 28, 2009 at 1:53pm

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the feedback. I would change it but I'm pretty happy in my job right now so the pressure is off to change it!

Cheers,
Mark

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Permalink Reply by Chris Partida on June 6, 2009 at 4:07am

I've got a bit of advice, for those that are emailing resumes, or even printing them on the go, it would be a good idea to save them as a PDF. My reason why is this; you don't want to send it to a possible employer/printer that doesn't (for some off chance) have Word, or whatever program you created it in.

Especially now, even the newest version of Microsoft Word uses a new file extension: ".docx" and some computers won't be updated enough to open them. Just an FYI.

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