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please see my resume at http://www.tennis4real.com/resume.html
How can I improve my resume?
How can I improve my resume?
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david90 said:please see my resume at http://www.tennis4real.com/resume.html
How can I improve my resume?
Seeking an associate embedded software engineering position with a company that looks for a motivated candidate with excellent problem solving skill and a strong work ethic.
david90 said:please see my resume at http://www.tennis4real.com/resume.html
How can I improve my resume?
cristo said:point 2 "successfully troubleshooted..." (or troubleshot, though I'm not sure that's a word);
cristo said:Here's my comments, for what they're worth:
I agree with Evo, that you should probably start your objective with "Motivated..., i.e.
Motivated candidate with excellent problem solving skills and strong work ethic seeks an associate embedded software engineering position.
though that may sound a little like something out of a personal column! Bullet point 3 in qualifications, change to "proficient in..."
Prof experience bullet point 1: surely you "design, build and test", rather than the other way around; point 2 "successfully troubleshooted..." (or troubleshot, though I'm not sure that's a word); bullet point 4 setup is a noun, change to "...set up..."; bullet pt 7, change to "tests"; bullet 11, change & for "and"; bullet 12 change "comparing" to "compared"
That's all I can see on first glance. I can't help at all with the actual content, but hope that helps a little!
berkeman said:Yeah, troubleshot would be the word, but still sounds too funny. How about change:
"Successfully troubleshoot and fixed many electronic circuits."
to:
"Successful at troubleshooting and fixing many electronic circuits."
david90 said:I implemented most of your advices except for changing "proficient with" to "proficient in"
It doesn't sound right to me. It sounds right if I were to say "proficient in leadership" but in this case it doesn't sound right if I say "proficient in digital multi meter." Anybody agrees with me?
david90 said:I can't believe I put design build and test instead of test, build and design. lol. Must be backward day when typed my resume :P
Gokul43201 said:Looks like others here have pointed out grammatical hiccups. I haven't read all the posts here, but I shall assume the grammar has been ironed out by now.
There was one point I want to address, and maybe Berkeman should respond to it. I don't think it's a good idea to say that you (the OP) are proficient with scopes, spectrum analyzers, function generators and the like. That's kind of elementary, isn't it? And DVMs? Do you really need to say on your resume that you know how to use a DVM?
berkeman said:Yes. You are proficient with objects, and proficient in skills.
But you just did it again... The physical order is design, build and test. (and then iterate!)
Gokul43201 said:There was one point I want to address, and maybe Berkeman should respond to it. I don't think it's a good idea to say that you (the OP) are proficient with scopes, spectrum analyzers, function generators and the like. That's kind of elementary, isn't it? And DVMs? Do you really need to say on your resume that you know how to use a DVM?
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